Posts by North Branch Nature Center
The Nature of Yellowjackets
By Kerry Brosnan, 2022 VHCB AmeriCorps Conservation Technician I was eating brunch outside with friends when an unexpected visitor came to our table. Buzzing, yellow, and black, an Eastern Yellowjacket…
Read MoreThe Path of Service
By Ken Benton, Education Director From the very first moment Griffin Cumming walked through the door of NBNC last March, his contagious smile and unbridled enthusiasm melted the hearts of…
Read MoreIn 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…
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