Vermont Coverts Woodlands For Wildlife

TO ENLIST VERMONT LANDOWNERS IN A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE DIVERSE WILDLIFE HABITAT AND HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS.

VERMONT COVERTS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN 2021. WE CONTINUED WITH OUR ONLINE PROGRAMMING AND MOVED TO SOME IN-PERSON EVENTS, TAKING NECESSARY COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS. DUE TO CONTINUED OUTBREAKS, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OVERNIGHT COOPERATOR TRAINING THIS YEAR. IN 2021, WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED OUR NEW LOGO, WEBSITE, AND THE HEARTWOOD PODCAST. WE ALSO DEVELOPED A SIGN THAT COOPERATORS CAN DISPLAY AND A NEW COVERTS T-SHIRT, HELPING TO SPREAD OUR PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK. THIRTY-FIVE ONLINE AND 12 IN-PERSON EVENTS WERE HELD AS WELL AS INFORMAL COOPERATOR ZOOMS OVER LUNCH AND IN THE EVENING. WE STARTED AN ONLINE BOOK GROUP WITH A SLOW READ OF ALDO LEOPOLD'S SAND COUNTY ALMANAC. WE PRODUCED 4 NEWSLETTERS VIA MAIL AND NUMEROUS E-MAIL E-NEWSLETTERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE CONTINUED OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH LAND ETHIC VERMONT, WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN STRATEGIC PLANNING TO SHARE THIS CONCEPT THROUGH VERMONT. 2021 PROGRAMS: EMERALD ASH BORER PART 2 MAKING SENSE OF FOREST CARBON MARKETS TRACKS AND SIGNS SECRET LIVES OF BATS WATERSHED BIOASSESSMENT BOBCATS, COYOTES AND THEIR COUSINS DEER IN YOUR WOODS MINK, OTTER, SKUNK, OR FISHER? THE WEASELS THE RODENTS: SQUIRRELS, BEAVERS, MICE AND MORE SCA DISCUSSION (BIMONTHLY) WOW: TOOL TIME FORESTS FOR FISH HABITAT AND FOREST MANAGEMENT WITH NRCS NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS VERNAL POOLS: WICKED BIG PUDDLES OR CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT WOW:INVASIVE+ WOOD TURTLES ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION WHAT IN THE WOODS? WOW: INVASIVE2 COFFEE WITH THE NEW COUNTY FORESTER REFLECTIONS ON HISTORICAL LAND USE AND CURRENT WILDLIFE HABITAT LET'S TALK TURKEY WOMEN ON THE LAND:A LANDOWNERS GUIDE TO STEWARDING HER LAND(TALK) WOMEN ON THE LAND:A LANDOWNERS GUIDE TO STEWARDING HER LAND(WALK) TROUT:THE FISH THAT GROWS ON TREES MOOSE ON THE LOOSE VERMONT'S FOREST BIRDS:WHO'S SINGING IN MY FOREST I-NATURALIST HIKE UP BUCK MTN(ADDISON COUNTY COOPERATORS) RUTLAND COUNTY WALK AT SKIP ABELSON'S BIO BLITZ AT COOPERATOR TRACY WINN'S ESTA HIKE IN TINMOUTH UNDERSTANDING GYPSY MOTH (LDD) NATURE JOURNALING WITH CLARE WALKER-LESLIE RIVER CORRIDORS FOR WILDLIFE LEOPOLD BENCH BUILDING RIPARIAN PLANTINGS TREE INDENTIFICATION: FALL FOLIAGE & PHENOLOGY+ CLIMATE ADAPTATIONSWOODS WALK WITH ALI KOSIBA CURRENT USE EXPLAINED BAT CONSERVATION AND YOU PLANNING AND EXECUTING A SUCCESSFUL TIMBER HARVEST WOODCOCK WANDERINGS OVERVIEW OF COMMON TREE PESTS COOPERATOR SOCIAL HOURS WINTER READING WITH LAND ETHIC VT