By Dave Muska, Teacher-Naturalist It’s warm late summer’s day and fields are abuzz with the gentle call of crickets and soft swaying of goldenrod. As I step from the sun…
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By Sean Beckett, Program Director On a winter night in January, Montpelier threw a film festival about living with rivers. The evening featured kayaking documentaries, student proposals for riverside parks,…
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By Samantha Ford, Owner of Turn Stone Research Editor’s Note: The timeline for this research begins 231 years ago, when the first deed was signed for the property. The human…
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By Fiona Modrak, Teacher-Naturalist A little over a year ago, when I first started at the Nature Center, one of my colleagues suggested we check out a video by an…
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By Victoria Lee, Teacher-Naturalist I have been infatuated with Eastern Hemlock since we first met in the summer of 2019. We were introduced in the atmospheric hush of a remnant…
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By Pete Kerby-Miller, Teacher-Naturalist Memory is oddly tied to mundane details. It might be an anniversary, or a traditional meal, or even a particular scent that pulls us into reminiscence.…
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By Patricia Fontaine, 2022 Adventures Afar Participant How does one describe the extraordinary wonder of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks? Once called America’s “Serengeti,” the region’s vistas so impressed…
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NBNC is seeking artists to show mushroom/fungus themed work in our gallery, in a group show running from September through December, 2023. We invite all interpretations of this theme and…
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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…
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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…
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