A Plan for the Future of Sierra de Bahoruco
…from Chile, Grupo Jaragua’s Andrea Thomen, and VCE Research Associate Jim Goetz, each trained in the Open Standards process for crafting conservation plans. The process is participative, with community members,…
Birders Bolster Big Data Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Vermont eBird
…year also marked the 13th annual Vermont eBird County Quest, a friendly competition encouraging birders statewide to submit their bird sightings to Vermont eBird. The annual year-long contest pits county…
Maine IFW Seeks Comment On Proposed Changes To State Threatened And Endangered List
…must do so by August 15. Comments can be submitted by email to or by mailing comments to Becky Orff, Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, 284 State Street, #41 State…
Field Guide to November 2018
…closer to you. Bird feeders and weedy fields will likely be the best places to spot these northern newcomers, as they will be coming so far south in search of…
2023 Marks the Second Successful Community Science Teacher Workshop
…Because of this, we want to share our excitement about community-sourced data with local teachers who will then spread this to our next cohort of community scientists- their students. If…
‘Nature’s Medicine Cabinet’ Helps Bumble Bees Reduce Disease Load
…for some of the common parasites and diseases that ail bees and other pollinating insects. “The more we look, the more we see that these compounds are in nectar and…
Lamoille Birders Win 14th Annual Vermont eBird County Quest
…eBird County Quest in 2024. Marking the 14th year, this event continued to bolster Vermont’s enormous database of bird sightings, all in the spirit of friendly competition. The annual year-long…
Gardening for Bees
…20,000 interaction data points, we’ve assembled a list of plants that are important for many common bees and/or support specialists (the picky eaters), as well as native replacements for common…
“Getting Rusty” with a Spring Migration Blitz
…the most persistent of humans. Their winter wooded wetland habitat often presents similar access difficulties. Compounding this challenge, blackbirds are often considered common and “resilient,” which may have caused the…
A Field Guide to March 2018
…and his work has now given us a fairly complete understanding of the chemical compounds and how to neutralize them. The scent-gland secretion is a yellow oil composed primarily of…
