Posts by North Branch Nature Center
In a Beaver Bind
By Sean Beckett, Program Director Few wild animals are more entangled in the history of human development than the beaver. Once a symbol of pioneering profit, beavers today represent either…
Read MoreConservation and Community at NBNC
by Braden DeForge, 2021 Conservation Stewardship AmeriCorps Member Sitting on the floor of the Nature Center on a hot June afternoon, we sifted through envelopes of photographs archiving the changes…
Read MoreThe Art of Place: Community Connections Through Art and Nature
By Chelsea Clarke Sawyer, Communications Coordinator Inspiration struck Brooke Piana and Katrina Jimerson on a hot July day last summer. Here at NBNC for our week-long Vermont Biodiversity Educators Institute,…
Read MoreThe Nature Of Wild Houseguests
The Nature Of Wild Houseguests By Sean Beckett, NBNC Program Director (This is an expanded version of the article published in NBNC’s semiannual “Field Marks” newsletter.) As sure a sign…
Read MoreAmphibian Migration on VPR
Vermont Pubic Radio’s Lexi Krup recently reported on New England’s spring amphibian migrations, featuring North Branch Nature Center’s work alongside many project partners and friends including the Vermont Agency of…
Read MoreMore Than Meets The Eye: A Birder’s Journey
[Photo: Eleanor Ray] By: Richard Littauer (NBNC Board Member) Published in The Bridge, March 8 2022 On the last day of 2021, I drove to Maine to see a bird…
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