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Marcus Rosten is the director of Western New York Wildway, an initiative from Western New York Land Conservancy with the mission of connecting conservation land throughout the western part of…

Scudder Parker has lived in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont for more than 70 years. He was a Protestant minister for two decades, a state senator for eight years, and a candidate for…

Welcome to another season in our pollinator garden! This spring has brought fresh blooms, eager visitors, and a few improvements to help the garden thrive – including a new stone border…

Lee Kantar is the moose biologist for Maine and has been with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife since 2005. In 2019, Lee was award with the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award at…

Laura Waterman is a rock climber, an advocate for wild places, and a writer. She founded The Waterman Fund, after losing her husband, writer and mountaineer Guy Waterman, to continue their…

Noah Charney is an assistant professor of conservation biology at University of Maine, where his research includes spatial ecology and unisexual salamanders. His first book, Tracks and Sign of…

Ramona Peters is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, who have called the land that is now eastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island home for more than 12,000 years. She is the…

Bridget Butler is a naturalist, conservationist, and birder in northern Vermont. With decades of experience in conservation and education, she now serves as the executive director of Friends…

Sydney Lea is a novelist, naturalist, editor, poet, and former professor. He was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015 and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Among…

Ryan Trapani is the director of the Catskill Forest Association (CFA), a nonprofit which provides forest services and education to 1,100 members. He has worked in forestry and forest…

Melody Starya Mobley was the first Black female forester hired by the U.S. Forest Service, where she worked for 28 years. She was also the first Black woman to graduate with a B.S. in forest…

Ted Levin is a zoologist, photographer, and award-winning author. His essays have appeared in publications including Audubon, The New York Times, Sierra, and Sports Illustrated. He is the…

Alicia Daniel is a naturalist and educator in Burlington, Vermont. She is the founder and director of Vermont Master Naturalist, has taught at the University of Vermont in the Field Naturalist…

Heath Bunnell has worked in the woods since he was a kid, stacking wood and tagging along with his father and grandfather, although as a young man, he briefly lived in Alaska, working longline…

Todd Davis is the author of eight full-length collections of poetry, including his most recent collection Ditch Memory: New & Selected Poems (Michigan State University Press, 2024). He has…

Nigel Manley is an avid outdoorsman, single malt whiskey connoisseur, and soccer referee for local schools. In his long career with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests…

Our pollinator garden is official! We applied to a UMaine and UNH Extension program to have our garden certified as “pollinator-friendly.” We met the criteria and received our…

As kids, Jay and James Clarke traveled to state fairs and jobsites with their father and his portable sawmill. The twin brothers bought their first mill together as teenagers and settled into…

Mary Holland is a Vermont-based author, naturalist, and photographer. She has written numerous books for children and adults, including the perennially popular Naturally Curious: A…

Between our Autumn Open House and Upper Valley Thrives, it has been an eventful couple of weeks for our new pollinator garden. We had a wonderful time toasting our 30th anniversary with…