As we reconcile with this “floodier” future in a landscape of riverside towns, the wellbeing of all Vermont communities depend on knowing the basics of how rivers work. This fall, we present a season of free field trips and workshops to understand how our watersheds function, how our rivers flow, and which actions move us towards—or away from—becoming a more river-resilient community. More Info

Mammals are a dominant taxon across the globe, inhabiting every continent and often filling the niches of both apex predator and primary vertebrate herbivore in any given terrestrial ecosystem. Their impact on natural systems— from shaping rivers, to the modern species composition of forest trees—is profound, as is their entwinement with human history of economics, war, epidemic disease, extirpation, and reintroduction. A weekend-long Biodiversity University course.