Grassland Birds Field Technician Position Available for Surveys in VT and NH
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE), in partnership with Massachusetts Audubon, is seeking a temporary field technician to complete grassland…
Grassland Birders Sought to be ‘out standing in the field’ This Summer
Birders across New England are invited to greet the sunrise and enjoy the tumbling song of the bobolink on clear…
Team Berak Finds Reason for Optimism in Haiti
Jim Goetz, a dedicated team of Haitian conservationists and I just completed 3 days of banding and point counts at…
Behind the Scenes of Conservation Research
2 a.m. hikes up steep mountain trails to conduct dawn point counts. Mist-netting on Mt. Mansfield as the sun rises. …
Connecting with Farmers to Bridge the Gap
The hallways of the Lake Morey Resort were abuzz last weekend during the annual Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference in…
“Getting Rusty” with a Spring Migration Blitz
Have you heard a squeaky-hinge song lately, or seen a flash of rust-tipped feathers under a bright yellow eye? Once…
VCE Brown Bag Lunch Series: Conserving Plants and Animals in a Changing Climate
Please join us for our upcoming informal brown bag lunch seminar with Dr. Hector Galbraith on January 14th at noon. Bring your…
Access matters: closed fields?
From the Birding Community E-bulletin: opportunities for those who enjoy grasslands – from birders to hunters – are vanishing. Across…
Grasshopper Sparrow Listed in Eastern Canada
Owing to population declines that have been taking place over the past four decades in eastern Canada, the Committee on the…
Bumble Bees in Peril
Unprecedented search by VCE reveals four species either extinct or declining More than one-quarter of Vermont’s bumble bee species, which…
