2009 Trees for Streams Program

Many name the trres they plant. The names range from Mordru to Georgina. Others simply enjoy the fact that their trees are “happy trees” as they pass the test of being planted correctly. All in all this year 300 + students and volunteers were able to dig deep, hands down, and plant trees, many for the first time. The results for the 2009 Trees for Streams Program is a lasting impression of smiling kids and adults, happy trees, and best of all protected riverbanks. Now in its 10th year, Lamoille County Natural Resources Conservation District & Nature Center’s (LCNRCD) Trees for Streams has become an invaluable program for participating landowners who over time have been witness to a steady loss of land that adjoins rivers.....

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Vernal Pool Monitoring Project 

Spotted Salamanders, Wood Frogs, and Fairy Shrimp were on the list for students to find this spring at potential vernal pools listed by Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) within their Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project. LCNRCD’s Kim Komer took the lead to help VCE complete an education and outreach component to the Vernal Pool Mapping Project and trained students and teachers from Lamoille Union Middle School, Lamoille Union High School, and Laraway School to field-verify vernal pools. Vernal Pools are seasonal wetlands often small in size but rich in diversity that offer an incredibly important and unique role for critical species that are adapted to the ephemeral living conditions... 

 

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