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Vermont’s Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is in the midst of writing the first-ever comprehensive management plan for the Worcester Management Unit — and the process has proven controversial, both with lawmakers and with the public.
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The UVM Food Systems Research Center will conduct a long-term study of the maple industry to measure its impact on climate change, and the sustainability of the industry.
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The roughly 19,000-acre area is a hot spot for recreation and home to a number of diverse ecosystems. Regulators propose allowing timber harvests on about 10% of the land.
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Old forests are good for water quality, plant and animal and fungi life — and may even have a better shot at surviving climate change. And some scientists want to know: Can we make our young forests more like old forests?
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For the past few months, Canada has been dealing with some of the worst wildfires its ever seen. More than 20 million acres have burned so far — a record for the country. Firefighters from all over the world, including Vermont, have come to help fight these fires.
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One of the largest remaining parcels of privately owned forest in central Vermont has now been conserved permanently.
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Vermont has long been a kind of hunter’s paradise. But beyond taking a bear, moose or wild turkey during their designated hunting seasons, a first-time children’s book author has spun a tale about a kind of hunting — or more specifically, foraging — that can be done almost any time in Vermont’s spring, summer or fall seasons.
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Host Connor Cyrus talks with a forester about climate change's effects on fall foliage.
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The goal of the program is to remove more carbon from the atmosphere by growing more and better quality wood, verifying the results and building markets for climate-friendly wood products.
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Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with insect and tree experts about this year’s spongy moth infestation and what Vermonters can do to keep them at bay.