Naturalist Journeys 2026
This season, Naturalist Journeys is about understanding how our watersheds function, how our rivers flow, and which actions move us towards—or away from—becoming a more resilient riverside community.
All Presentations are 6:30 – 8 PM at North Branch Nature Center
Presentations will be livestreamed and recorded. Check the event links below for the livestream links.
Upcoming 2026 Naturalist Journeys Presentations
Naturalist Journeys 2026 Recordings
- Forest Hydrology: How Forests Cycle, Absorb, and Store Water with Dr. Ali Kosiba
- Follow the Water: From the Origins of our Rivers to their Downstream Impacts with Michele Braun
- River Management and Flood Disasters in Vermont with Shayne Jaquith
- River Conservation in a Floodier Future with Kassia Randzio & Erin De Vries
Thank you to our Naturalist Journeys 2026 Sponsors
Past Presentations
Ecological Forestry
How to Love a Forest: Discussion and Book Launch
Ethan Tapper 2024
Ecological Forestry: Boots on the Ground
Alex Barrett 2025
Flexing Forests: Managing Woodlands for Adaptability and Uncertainty
Jess Wikle 2025
Wilderness Works Too: The Promise of Passive Rewilding
Shelby Perry 2025
Forest Management is for the Birds
Steve Hagenbuch 2025
What Land & What Next? How to Protect Forests in Changing Times
Caitlin Cusack 2025
Climate Change
Understanding Forest Carbon: How Forests Mitigate Climate Change
Ali Kosiba 2024
Getting to 30 by 30: The Science and Stories of Conserving Land
Gus Goodwin 2024
Stories from the Poles: Science and Adventure in Greenland and Antarctica
Ruth Heindel 2024
Coming Back Home: Turning Towards Uncertainty, Wonder and Connection
Amy Butler 2024
Under the Smoke: Boreal Forest Wildfires and Culture in Northern Quebec
Naomi Heindel 2024
Wool Rugs, Grazing Sheep, and Climate Change
Kimberly Hagen 2024
Ecology & Geology
Wildlife Biology & Travel
The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale
Ky and Lisa Koitzsch 2023
On Safari: Wildlife Adventures Around the World
Sean Beckett 2023
How Animals Make and Use Sound
Laurel Symes 2021
(Supplemental video: fish make sounds)
CloseFishes of Vermont: Confessions of an Ichthyologist
Doug Facey 2020
Monitoring Rabies in Vermont
USDA Wildlife Services 2020
Wolves: Conservation and Conflict in the Northern Rockies
Sean Beckett 2019
Raising Whales
Joe Roman 2019
Life of a Conservation Photographer
Isabelle Groc 2022
Birds
Alpine Habitats, Climate Change, and Rosy-Finches
Carl Brown 2022
Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist
Donald Kroodsma 2021
Nocturnal Bird Migration
Larry Clarfeld 2021
Green Mountain Meadowlarks
VT Center for Ecostudies 2021
Owls of Vermont
Zac Cota 2021
Solving Sparrows
Bryan Pfeiffer 2020
Tuning into Nocturnal Bird Migration
Bill Evans 2019
Insects & Invertebrates
Botany & Fungi
Indigenous Plant Uses in Southern Greenland
Dr. Simone Whitecloud 2023
Lady Fern Evolution
Bertrand Black 2022
The Real Dirt on Truffles
Rowan Jacobsen 2022
Get the book: https://www.bearpondbooks.com/book/9781635575194
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