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27 05, 2025

Backcountry Olympics Camp

2025-05-27T16:44:46-04:00May 27th, 2025|Camps|

July 28 – August 1 Ages: 10-15 Campers will earn badges and medals in this backcountry olympics-style camp. We’ll have challenges on all terrain, all across the Northwoods campus. Campers will participate in activities like cross-cut sawing, ax throwing, archery, and atlatl as a team. Campers will be awarded badges based on their proficiency level within these areas. At the end of the week, we’ll celebrate our accomplishments with a wet and wild obstacle course, flag flying ceremony and team showcases! No experience necessary – all abilities welcome. Drop-off/Pick-up: Monday-Friday, 9am to [Read More...]

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22 05, 2025

Jenny Newland

2025-05-22T14:47:45-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Staff|

Jenny grew up in the Northeast Kingdom surrounded by family, fields, wetlands, and forests. After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in earth science, she joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Bolivia working with women’s groups and soaking in amazing culture and scenery. After returning to the U.S. and spending some time back home, Jenny decided that forestry would be a great way to apply her skills and get to work outside, so she returned to academia and completed a master’s degree in forestry at the University [Read More...]

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22 04, 2025

Sign up for Summer Camps!

2025-04-22T12:27:35-04:00April 22nd, 2025|Education, Highlights, News|

Summer Camp Registration is OPEN! We have camps for all sizes- from littles through teens. Give your child a fantastic summer experience: swimming, paddling, hiking, mountain biking, camping, and learning about the beauties of nature -- large and small. Check out the full list of our NorthWoods Camps in East Charleston and and Mountain Bike Camps in East Burke:   Browse Camps

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26 03, 2025

Tips On Tracking

2025-03-26T13:56:56-04:00March 26th, 2025|Education, News|

Whether you have snow or mud right now, it is a great time to identify tracks as creatures begin to become more active and get ready for spring! Throughout this winter, our Education staff have been teaching visiting students about the habits of our wild neighbors including some basics about identifying tracks! Environmental Education and Outdoor Recreation Instructor Cecilia Field here shares a lesson with some artwork and examples of tracks commonly found around the NorthWoods campus. When trying to identify a track, get yourself a good tracking guidebook (we [Read More...]

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26 03, 2025

Winter Trail Thank-You’s!

2025-03-26T13:34:22-04:00March 26th, 2025|News|

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Dashney Nordic Center this season! We had a great time interacting with community members and visitors. We feel very fortunate to be part of sharing this community resource. As always, a special thanks to Burke Mountain Resort, landowners and stewards of these special trails and property. New this year, we teamed up with Kingdom Trails, opening trail access to even more folks. With a season total of 55 inches, it took a lot of work to stay on top of the grooming compared to recent [Read More...]

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3 03, 2025

Celebrating the All Persons Trail Opening

2025-03-03T11:40:23-05:00March 3rd, 2025|News|

On Saturday, February 22, NorthWoods welcomed members of the community to celebrate the winter opening of our All Persons Trail (APT). With trail construction concluded in the fall and signage put in place this winter, we were excited to officially open the trail - a big step towards making our campus more welcoming and accessible for everyone! A huge thank you to our many gracious funders for prioritizing this work, to ReCon Trail Design for making the trail a reality, and to Adaptive Sports Partners for supporting this event and [Read More...]

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30 12, 2024

How We Built and Paddled a Wooden Canoe in 5 Easy Steps

2024-12-30T16:16:25-05:00December 30th, 2024|Highlights, News|

by Luke Thompson Step 1. Acquire forms It was January in the North East Kingdom and a few days into what would later become known as “the ice storm of ’98.” Jayson Benoit and I were heading out on a mission to buy a slightly used set of canoe forms north of the border in Quebec. Canoe forms are a series of canoe cross sections made of void free plywood that attach in line along a rigid strong-back to form the shape of a canoe. This particular shape had evolved [Read More...]

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30 08, 2024

Celebrating 35 Years of Stewardship

2024-08-30T14:41:32-04:00August 30th, 2024|Highlights, News|

On August 24th, the NorthWoods community came together to celebrate our 35th Anniversary of conservation and education. The weather was perfection and we were amazed at the turnout, with an approximate count of 46 people helping to hike ALL the fire tower step and decking materials up the mountain! Then over 100 hikers, friends and alum gathered at the NorthWoods lodge to eat good food, listen to live music, socialize with old friends and celebrate the NWSC community: where we’ve come from and where we’re headed! In addition to some words [Read More...]

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26 07, 2024

Marie Desrosiers

2024-07-26T11:28:17-04:00July 26th, 2024|Staff|

Originally from a seaside town in Massachusetts, Marie made her way to the NEK and the mountains in 2018 after many years of camping and hiking vacations around Vermont. Marie has over a decade of experience working and volunteering with non-profit organizations in various capacities, which she has brought with her to her role of Administrative Assistant at NorthWoods. She has also used her skillset to help with development work. Though her work is more behind-the-scenes than many other roles at NorthWoods, she enjoys helping the organization run smoothly. Marie also [Read More...]

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10 07, 2024

Morgan Larson

2024-07-10T15:56:57-04:00July 10th, 2024|Con Sci Staff, Conservation science, Staff|

Morgan Larson (they/them) is another Southerner who has found their way to Abenaki territory! Originally from Anadarkos-Caddo territory (so called Dallas, Texas) Morgan grew up loving the magic of the Blackland Prairie and Cross Timbers forest, having artistic, spiritual, and recreational relationships with these beautiful (and endangered!) ecosystems. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a B.A. in Sociology in 2011, Morgan became a Master Gardener and Master Naturalist for Denton and Dallas county respectively. Through these programs they started working at nature preserves, non-profits, and public school districts [Read More...]

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Office: Monday – Friday, 8am-4pm

Trails: Sunrise to Sunset, 7 days a week.

Mailing Address

PO Box 220, East Charleston, VT 05833

Get in Touch

Email: [email protected]

Main Phone: 802.723.6551

Office & Administration ext: 301
Conservation Science & Forestry ext: 302
Education & Outreach ext: 303
Conservation Corps ext: 304

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