Forest Stewardship Institute

30 01, 2026

Mast & Crop Tree Release in the Spitzer Forest

2026-01-30T16:44:32-05:00January 30th, 2026|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

If you find excitement watching grass grow, you might get really excited watching trees grow! As we manage the NorthWoods Demonstration Forest, we have to think in “forest time,” understanding that trees can live for hundreds of years and ecological processes can take decades, centuries or longer to unfold. In forest time, most of our Demonstration Forest is still very young. Last summer and fall we worked in one of these young stands of ~40 year old hardwood trees that started growing after heavy logging in the 1980s. NorthWoods manages [Read More...]

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27 03, 2024

Monitoring Climate Resilience with Ali Kosiba

2024-03-27T18:16:25-04:00March 27th, 2024|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

In 2023, with the support of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) Kurt Gottschalk Science Fund, the NorthWoods Stewardship Center partnered with UVM Extension Forester Ali Kosiba to establish climate resilience monitoring plots in the NorthWoods demonstration forest. Using protocols developed by UVM Extension, NorthWoods forestry staff and interns collected data that will be used to evaluate a forest stand where past timber harvesting was designed to improve climate resilience, bird habitat, and other ecological values. Sustainable Forestry Interns at NorthWoods spent their 10-week season working on a wide variety of [Read More...]

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9 01, 2024

Devan Pensinger

2024-03-20T20:06:52-04:00January 9th, 2024|FSI Staff, Staff|

Devan has had a lifelong love of the natural world that led her to pursue a career in the outdoors learning about and advocating for flora, fauna, and landscapes that bring her so much joy. She graduated from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a degree in Conservation Biology. Upon graduation she moved back to Colorado, where she grew up, and worked in a variety of seasonal field ecology positions. Some highlights included collecting meteorological data in the winter on the continental divide, spending summers monitoring flora in environments [Read More...]

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8 01, 2024

Sam Perron

2024-03-20T20:07:21-04:00January 8th, 2024|FSI Staff, Staff|

Originally from central New Hampshire, Sam was drawn to the far north to work in NorthWoods’ Forest Stewardship Institute. He brings forestry experience drawing from his undergraduate education at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina, as well as time spent working and playing in the New England woods (including internships with the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and Northern Forest Canoe Trail). Since graduating college in 2011, Sam has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy in Western Massachusetts and the Brattleboro Food Co-op in Vermont, giving him a view of the non-profit conservation [Read More...]

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28 04, 2023

Heard about Hydroseeding?

2024-01-02T10:56:53-05:00April 28th, 2023|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands|

Hydroseeding is a direct seed application method that sprays large concentrations of seed on the land by using a trailer-mounted tank and sprayer system.The machine sprays out a slurry of seeds and water and sometimes (but not always) mulch and fertilizer. The sprayer is used to apply seed in a manner that minimizes the potential for movement of seeds from the site. This method is commonly used to quickly revegetate roadside excavation sites using conservation mix and grass seed.  Although it is a more common use, this method isn’t limited to [Read More...]

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28 04, 2023

NorthWoods Hosts Vermont Coverts Cooperator Training 

2023-04-29T13:56:36-04:00April 28th, 2023|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Right on the brink of spring in the Kingdom NorthWoods hosted the Vermont Coverts Cooperator Training for three days of education and peer-to-peer learning. The Cooperator training, which has been offered around the state by Vermont Coverts since 1985, teaches landowners and interested Vermonters about forest and wildlife habitat management. NorthWoods and Vermont Coverts have partnered in the past on cooperator trainings, webinars, and other landowner education programs as a way to broaden the reach of both organizations. The training this spring was attended by 18 forest landowners and stewards who [Read More...]

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22 02, 2023

Forest Carbon & Markets Explained

2023-02-22T10:30:39-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Forest Carbon in Vermont Vermont, the Green Mountain State, is somewhat synonymous with forests. Vermonters take pride in the forested landscape that they live amongst for its natural beauty, role in the economy, ecological benefits, and recreational opportunities. As our planet faces the challenge of adapting to a warming climate, Vermont forests have an important role to play. The sequestration and storage of carbon is quickly becoming a focus of management, policy, and public opinion. Understanding how to support our forests in this task, and how it is accounted for can [Read More...]

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15 12, 2022

Invasive Plant Control in the Clyde River Watershed

2023-08-23T10:10:56-04:00December 15th, 2022|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Watersheds|

Project Overview The NorthWoods Stewardship Center, located in the Clyde River Watershed in East Charleston, Vermont is an organization with a strong sense of place. As a conservation and educational organization in the North East Kingdom of Vermont, many of our programs and projects emphasize the importance of local stewardship to promote healthy ecosystems. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Habitat Stamp funded invasive plant control completed in the Clyde River Watershed was a collection of projects that addressed the spread of non-native plants in the area. These projects were completed [Read More...]

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13 10, 2022

Hunting Season Safety & Resources

2022-10-13T11:51:46-04:00October 13th, 2022|Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The NorthWoods Stewardship Center property is intended to be a long-term community resource, and will not be posted. However, management priorities and educational programs may require that we prohibit or limit certain activities. These include, but are not limited to research, school programs, and other forms of recreation. Hunters should exercise special caution while hunting on NorthWoods property, as it remains open to the public for a variety of non-motorized recreational uses throughout the year. Hunters should review the NorthWoods Trail Map to be familiar with areas that are likely [Read More...]

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13 09, 2022

Seeding Conservation – Staff Highlight: Jessica Colby

2023-08-23T10:11:14-04:00September 13th, 2022|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science, Staff|

Jess Colby knew since she was a kid that she wanted to work in conservation. Currently working as our Riparian Projects & Forestry Outreach Coordinator, Jess brings expertise from her degree at UVM, plus years working and volunteering with various conservation agencies and organizations to her work at NorthWoods in riparian restoration work and wildlife conservation.  One of her early introductions to the world of conservation was working with NorthWoods' YCC crew at the Pondicherry division of the Silvio O Conte NFWR as a teenager. "I've always been pretty set on [Read More...]

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Trails: Sunrise to Sunset, 7 days a week.

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