New Hampshire’s New 10-year Wildlife Action Plan Shows Gains and Challenges
Dozens of scientists and more than 1,000 concerned citizens contributed to the updated New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan, a 10-year blueprint for conserving nongame wildlife throughout the state.
A Field Guide to October
October is a month of change. The leaves slip from green to gold. Then, suddenly, they all seem to drift to the ground. “Stick season” arrives. So here’s your field guide to moments that you might not otherwise notice during these few weeks that feature yellow-brown hills beneath a deep blue sky.
A Field Guide to May 2015
The month of May is a show-off. May shouts of life and rejuvenation. Read all about it in our Field Guide to May.
A Vernal Explosion of Life
On an early spring day, biologists Kent McFarland and Sara Zahendra stand in front of a vernal pool in Strafford. It’s noisy. Early spring heralds the return of life to the pools.
A Field Guide to April
April is the carnal month. The forest and wetlands return to live with cold desire. Here’s VCE’s Field Guide to April.
Ecologists Meet to Advance Vernal Pool Conservation
In late-Oct., the Vermont Center for Ecostudies hosted a one-day regional workshop in Smyrna, Delaware to introduce the Vernal Pool Data Cooperative (VPDC) to potential cooperators in the Mid-Atlantic region…
Back from the Nearly Dead
Just a few days ago they were frozen rock hard, a frog-sicle. But today, they are barking up a storm in the pond. They’re back from the nearly dead. Late last…
Vernal Volunteers Wanted
The Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project needs volunteers to field-verify potential vernal pools. Visit our interactive online map to see all potential pools we mapped and those that have already been…
Vernal Pool Workshop on April 7
To be held in conjunction with the Northeast Natural History Conference Learn the finer points of vernal pool mapping and conservation at a conference in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 7. VCE’s…
Behind the Scenes of Conservation Research
2 a.m. hikes up steep mountain trails to conduct dawn point counts. Mist-netting on Mt. Mansfield as the sun rises. Attaching geolocators to grassland birds in the back of a…
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 to know more. Vermonters cannot respond effectively to climate change,…
December eNews
The December edition of VCE’s eNews features snowy owls arriving, peregrine falcons dying, and vernal pools being conserved. If you’re not already an email subscriber, you can join with a…
