![Results from the Vermont Atlas of Life](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spatterdock-darner-280x200.jpg)
Results from the Vermont Atlas of Life
Never before has Vermont known more about the diversity of life within its borders. Yet never before have we needed…
![Bumble Bees in Peril](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/9413123220_62531aea97-280x200.jpg)
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…
![Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Rough-legged Hawk](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/map3-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Rough-legged Hawk
Keen birders have spotted the annual arrival of Rough-legged Hawk, a buteo of the north that winters here in Vermont….
![Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Day: It's What the Fox Says](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox21-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Day: It’s What the Fox Says
Fox Sparrows are coming to a feeder near you! Check out the Vermont eBird data from contributors like you. Some…
![Vermont Atlas of Life Photo-observation of the Month](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/beetles-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Photo-observation of the Month
Our September guest photo-editor, Andrée Sanborn, selected some amazing photos from over 2,000 observations submitted to the Vermont Atlas of…
![Abscission and Marcescence in the Woods](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/untitled-280x200.png)
Abscission and Marcescence in the Woods
Across the hillsides many deciduous trees have lost their leaves, but some still sport a full golden-brown canopy shining brightly….
![Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project: Results from the First Four Years](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/vpmp_confpools_web1-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project: Results from the First Four Years
The Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project (VPMP) is an ongoing effort to map the location and distribution of vernal pools…
![Vermont Atlas of Life New Partner: Merck Forest and Farmland Center](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/header-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life New Partner: Merck Forest and Farmland Center
We’d like to welcome Merck Forest and Farmland Center (MFFC) as the newest partner with the Vermont Atlas of Life….
![VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Kevin-Hemeon-280x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.
![VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ruth-Stewart-276x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
For more than 30 years, Ruth Stewart has been an avid student of natural history, an environmental advocate, conservationist, citizen scientist, and teacher.