New Hampshire’s New 10-year Wildlife Action Plan Shows Gains and Challenges
…keep common species common,” says Normandeau. “It’s far less expensive to protect the land and water that wildlife needs to thrive than it is to restore species and habitat once…
A Field Guide to April 2019
…recently emerged insects before settling down into a territory or continuing on their journey north. Submit your bird sightings to Vermont eBird and feel free to include photos and comments…
Gifts for the Conservation-minded People on Your Gift-giving List
…selection of styles, colors, and sizes at: https://www.bonfire.com/mountain-birdwatch-swag/ Vermont Atlas of Life T-shirts and Hoodies The detailed artwork of Katama Rose Murray graces the back of our Vermont Atlas…
Blackbird Backlash- Going Beyond Conserving the Cute and Cuddly
Rusty Blackbird sightings from Opening Weekend of the Spring Migration Blitz, 1-3 March 2014. Data from eBird. The Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz is in full swing, and opening weekend…
A Field Guide to March 2019
…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 volatile compounds…
Volunteers Help the Vermont Atlas of Life Build Biodiversity Big Data in 2019
…called ‘research grade’ when it has: a date, latitude and longitude coordinates, photos or sounds, and the community agrees on the identification to species level. We have nearly 250,000 research…
New Study Shows Native Cherry Trees Better Support Native Moths
…little bit? For a research paper published in May in the open-access journal Ecosphere, VCE staff biologist Desirée Narango and her co-author Katherine Straley decided to find out. Together they…
Reflections from 2023 Summer Interns
…and an unwavering commitment to preserving it for generations to come. Trip to the top of Mount Mansfield with Emily Marple, Pablo Sosa-Negron, and Melory Brandao (left to right). Taken…
New e-Butterfly Mobile App Uses AI to Make Butterfly Observations Accessible to All
FOR RELEASE on July 26, 2024 Contacts: Emily Anderson Director of Science Communications Vermont Center for Ecostudies Isabel Matte Communication Coordinator Space for Life e-Butterfly.org is a collaboration…
Two Mountain Birdwatchers Receive the 2016 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
The Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award honors Julie Nicholson’s extraordinary passion and commitment to birds and wildlife conservation through her many years of tireless work as a citizen scientist. It…
