Citizen Science
Planting Tomorrow’s Forest
By Sean Beckett, Program Director Live in Vermont for 30 years, and you think you know maple trees — until you try to grow some! Last spring our Vermont Master…
Read MoreThe Nature of Loons: An Afternoon on the Pond
By Emily Sloan, Office Manager My paddle sweeps and swishes, a light breeze floats along the water surface, and I am happy to be out on the pond on this…
Read MoreThinking Like a Shrub Willow
By Ken Benton, Director of Education Often in the spring, when the waters of the North Branch have not fully thawed, massive ice chunks are driven up onto the riverbank,…
Read MoreIn Search of Vermont’s Fungi
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…
Read MoreForecast: Rainy, Connection Likely
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.…
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…
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