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Field Guide to May 2021

May 3, 2021  |  Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Bees buzzing, birds migrating, lady beetles emerging from hibernation, and so much more! Celebrate the spectacle of spring phenology in this Field Guide to May.

Field Guide to April 2021

April 1, 2021  |  Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Migrating birds, blooming flowers, and (of course) mud season. April in Vermont is upon us, and spring is here! Find out what’s happening outside in your Field Guide to April.

a bobcat track in snow

Mammal Big Year: Winter Update

March 30, 2021  |  Pete Kerby-Miller

Mammals are on the move, and Pete Kerby-Miller is tracking them. Find out what they found in this Mammal Big Year Winter Update!

Discover the Bees in Your Backyard this Spring

April 8, 2020  |  Spencer Hardy

Spencer Hardy, VCE’s Vermont Wild Bee Survey Project Coordinator, shares a video from the field, and how you can get involved in the Vermont Wild Bee Survey.

VCE Awarded 2018 TechGrant

June 1, 2018  |  Karen Bourque

VCE’s scientists continually seek to incorporate emerging technologies to enhance their data gathering and analysis capabilities, and thanks to a generous 2018 TechGrant award from the TechFoundation, VCE’s Vernal Pool Monitoring Project will benefit from such a technological boost.

From Barely a Peep to a Cacophony

May 17, 2014  |  Kent McFarland

It’s a warm spring evening. The sun has set. Down in the valley, there is a chorus erupting, and up on the hill in a pond, another is just beginning….

VCE Expands Vernal Pool Conservation Work

December 4, 2013  |  Steve Faccio

VCE is bringing its biodiversity mapping skills to the conservation of vernal pools across the Northeast. With a major grant from the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC), VCE will compile…