Workshops, Webinars, Field Trips, and Other Events

Take an easy and slow walk through the agricultural fields at The Farm Upstream with VCE Bee Biologist Spencer Hardy to learn about native wild bees. Along the way, you’ll learn how to capture bees safely, identify bees, and add your observations to the Vermont Atlas of life to help science and conservation. You’re invited to join VCE staff for a casual bring-your-own picnic lunch on the farm following the walk. No prior experience is necessary to participate and have fun! Limited spots available – advance registration required.

Let’s go look for butterflies!

Scientists want to know what kind of butterflies live near you. Come join a team from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the NorthWoods Stewardship Center for a day of butterflying near Brunswick, VT. This is a great opportunity to meet other nature lovers and learn about butterflies in the field with the experts. No experience necessary—just an interest in butterflies! All ages welcome, but minors must be accompanied by an adult.

We will meet at the NorthWoods Stewardship Center at 10 am to select teams and travel in groups to various sites in the Brunswick and Ferdinand area to conduct butterfly surveys for the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas. We will have options for low intensity (roadside surveys, minimal walking) or medium intensity (1 – 3 miles of walking).

Grab a friend or come alone and join us for all or part of the day.

Let’s go look for butterflies!

Scientists want to know what kind of butterflies live near you. Come join a team from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the Middlebury Area Land Trust for a day of butterflying near Middlebury, VT. This is a great opportunity to meet other nature lovers and learn about butterflies in the field with the experts. No experience necessary—just an interest in butterflies! All ages welcome, but minors must be accompanied by an adult.

We will meet at a central location at 10 am to select teams and travel in groups to various sites in the Middlebury, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Bridport area to conduct butterfly surveys for the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas. We will have options for low intensity (roadside surveys, minimal walking) or medium intensity (1 – 3 miles of walking).

Grab a friend or come alone and join us for all or part of the day.

Anthropo-de-centric aims to illuminate endangered wildlife through the endangered art of stained glass painting. 

VCE biologist Kevin Tolan will participate in the reception with a talk about the Breeding Bird Atlas.

VCE and Lawson’s Finest Liquids have teamed up once again to brew up Bit O’ Balsam, a specialty beer with a special purpose.

Join us at Lawson’s taproom on August 19th to celebrate the subtle taste of montane bird habitat. Proceeds from sales of the limited batch of Bit O’ Balsam beer benefit our longterm monitoring program Mountain Birdwatch. Hear from the scientists researching Bicknell’s Thrush (the bird featured on the beer’s label), and get the opportunity to name an individual Bicknell’s Thrush for the second annual Race to the Atlantic if you donate enough to deploy a tracking tag. Event starts at 4 pm with remarks starting at 5:30 pm.