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SUMMARY:How to Manage Invasive Species across a Watershed (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at an upcoming field workshop sponsored by North Branch Nature Center in collaboration with the Warren\, Waitsfield and Fayston Conservation Commissions and the University of Vermont’s Ecological Planning Laboratory. \nHow to Manage Invasive Species across a Watershed (Workshop) will be held on September 22nd from 4:00 to 6:30 pm. The tour will begin at the Waitsfield Town offices at 4144 Main Street. For more information and to register\, go to the North Branch workshop page\, at https://northbranchnaturecenter.org/event/wlc-invasives/ . \nThe Mad River Valley Knotweed Project has been working for eight years to map and control invasive plants and restore riverside habitats in the Mad River Watershed. Along the way\, they’ve experimented with every technique under the sun\, from hand-pulling to mowing to goat grazing\, partnering with university faculty and biodiversity experts along the way to improve and evaluate their efforts and create a comprehensive GIS mapping system\, and develop experience in riparian habitat restoration. On this tour\, see what techniques have—and haven’t—worked\, what kind of progress has been achieved\, and learn why managing invasives requires experience in community building and systems thinking. The workshop will be led by Sean Beckett\, Program Director at North Branch and an accomplished educator. \nServing as workshop resources are:\n– Noelia Barrios-Garcia\, an Instructor and Invasive Species Ecologist with the Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources at UVM.\n– Jito Coleman\, chair of the Warren Conservation Commission.\n– Andrea Henderson\, co-chair of the Fayston Conservation Commission.\n– Curt Lindberg\, chair of the Waitsfield Conservation Commission and co-founder of the Vermont Biodiversity Alliance. \nIf you are concerned with the threat presented by Japanese knotweed and wondering about management options and sensible watershed strategies to stem its spread\, please join us.
URL:https://mrvvillage.com/event/how-to-manage-invasive-species-across-a-watershed-workshop/
LOCATION:Waitsfield Town Offices\, 4144 Main Street\, Waitsfield\, VT\, 05673
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet the Knotweed Goats
DESCRIPTION:The Mad River Valley conservation commissions and Mad Goat Initiative invite all to join them for a meet and greet with the goats on July 30 at Riverside Park in Warren from 4-7pm. \nCome by to visit with goat herders and conservation commission folks\, and learn about local efforts to control knotweed here in the Mad River watershed. This is the first year deploying goats to graze the knotweed and organizers want to give you\, the public\, a first-hand look at how it’s going. A small herd of goats has been deployed at Riverside since early July and people can see them in action and pet some of the new baby goats. \nAll are welcome for a swim\, picnic\, a beverage or just hang out for a while. Learn more about the goats and the river. valley. Please leave dogs at home.
URL:https://mrvvillage.com/event/meet-greet-the-knotweed-goats/
LOCATION:Riverside Park\, Riverside Park 770 840 Vermont Rte 100\, Warren\, Vermont\, 05674\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Family Friendly,Public Welcome
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SUMMARY:MRV Biodiversity Series – Ecological Forest Management
DESCRIPTION:Ecological Forestry – Healthy Woods are Messy \nIn October\, the Biodiversity Series will continue with ‘Ecological Forestry presented by Ethan Tapper – the Chittenden County Forester. \nWhat does it mean to love a forest? \nVermont’s forests are highly-altered: as a result of our land use history\, non-native invasive pests and pathogens\, climate change\, and an array of other challenges and stressors\, our forests are generally young\, simple and degraded\, missing many critical habitats\, features and functions as they head into an uncertain future. As we consider what it means to care for forests at this moment in time\, it is clear that radical action is needed to protect their biodiversity and their ecological integrity\, and to help them build resilience and adaptability as they prepare for the pervasive influence of global change. \nEcological forestry is a reimagined vision of forest management – one that seeks to manage forests “like they manage themselves.” Ecological forestry is regenerative in nature\, using forest management to emulate natural disturbances and natural processes\, to help forests become more diverse\, complex and resilient and even to make Vermont’s young\, simple forests more like old growth forests. It does so while also providing local\, renewable resources – wood – which have global biodiversity and human-rights benefits. \nEthan will talk about what ecological forestry is\, what it looks like\, and why it is so crucial at this moment in time. \nAs the Chittenden County Forester for the Vermont Department of Forests\, Parks and Recreation\, Ethan Tapper advises private landowners\, municipalities\, conservation organizations\, foresters and loggers on the responsible stewardship of forestland\, administers Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal (or “Current Use”) program in the County\, and manages over 4\,500 acres of Community Forests. He writes a monthly column for 11 newspapers and a quarterly column in Northern Woodlands magazine\, maintains a YouTube channel\, and leads public events throughout New England which are attended by thousands of people each year. Ethan is the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance’s 2021 CFM Forester of the Year\, the 2021 recipient of the Vermont American Tree Farm System’s Education and Outreach Award\, 2020 recipient of Vermont Coverts’ James B. Engle Award\, and the 2022 recipient of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program’s Vermont Tree Steward Award. Learn more about Ethan’s work at: https://linktr.ee/ChittendenCountyForester
URL:https://mrvvillage.com/event/mrv-biodiversity-series-ecological-forest-management/
LOCATION:Big Picture Theater\, 44 Carroll Road\, Waitsfield\, 05673
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Pollinator Corridors
DESCRIPTION:MRV Biodiversity Series – Pollinator Corridors \nSeptember 14\, 2023 @ the Pavilion at the Lareau Farm Inn\, Waitsfield VT\n6:30 pm – 8:00 pm \nLearn why it is important to create Pollinator Corridors throughout our state and country to provide the necessary habitat and food for all our pollinators to survive. You can make a difference by creating pollinator habitats whether it is small porch gardens or larger meadow gardens. \nAGENDA \nPollinator Pathways\n– Presented by Green Mountain Forest Service – Sue Staats\, GMFS Fish and Wildlife Technician\n– A presentation about the condition of habitats for pollinators covering the past\, present\, and what the future has to hold with a special video from Doug Tallamy. \nBee the Change\n– Mike and Tawnya Kiernan\, founders of Bee the Change\n– A presentation about the activities of Bee the Change and their goals to create a Biodiversity Garden in every town in Vermont. One free plant to begin your own pollinator garden for every attendant.\n– Q&A \nWe Need Your Help – Become Part of the Solution
URL:https://mrvvillage.com/event/pollinator-corridors/
LOCATION:Lareau Farm Inn\, 46 Lareau Rd.\, Waitsfield\, 05673
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Tri-Town Community Knotweed Education Program
DESCRIPTION:Brian Colleran\, an invasive species ecologist who studied the spread of Japanese Knotweed in Vermont following Hurricane Irene\, will be the featured speaker at a June 20th Tri-Town Community Knotweed Education Program. It will be held at the Lareau Swimming Hole in Waitsfield from 5 to 6 pm. Residents and visitors to the Mad River Valley are invited. Brian will explore how Knotweed spreads\, the impact it has on local ecosystems and water quality\, and the benefits of various management strategies. Leaders from the Valley’s three Conservation Commissions will talk about the comprehensive Knotweed control program they’ve developed and showcase the various control strategies being employed at Lareau. Attendees will also get a chance to practice some of these strategies and learn how they can get involved.
URL:https://mrvvillage.com/event/tri-town-community-knotweed-education-program/
LOCATION:Lareau Park\, 6051 Vermont Rte 100\, Waitesfield\, VT\, 05673
CATEGORIES:Community
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