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  • 2025 VT Coverts Cooperator Training

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Choose your weekend! Spring Training: April 25-27 at Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, VT Fall Training: September 12-14 Kehoe Conservation Camp, Castleton, VT If you love your woodlands, enjoy seeing wildlife and want to learn how a healthy forest can enhance wildlife habitat, provide recreational and timber benefits this weekend is for you! Learn about managing your woodlands and reaching out to others in your community by attending. This program connects you with resource professionals, landowners and others while learning how you can improve your woodlands. To learn more, apply online, see a [Read More...]

    Free

  • NWSC Seed Series: Riparian Woody Plant Phenology for Spring Collection

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Time: 5:30-7:30pm Where: NorthWoods Stewardship Center Join the Riparian Lands Team at NorthWoods Stewardship Center as they kick off NWSC’s Seed Collection Series and walk you through spring phenology of target tree and shrub species for seed collection across Vermont. Hear about seed collection and processing techniques used for spring species and how you can help us scout for species of interest. This is the first in a series of events on seed collection. Attendees of this event will be invited to practice what they have learned [Read More...]

    Free

  • Women and Our Woods: Beginner Chainsaw Use and Safety

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Saturday, May 31, 2025 8:00 am – 4:00 pm at NorthWoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston Women Owning Woods Vermont invites you to learn to be safe with a chainsaw!  This course is designed to introduce the safe handling of a chainsaw, as well as boost the confidence level of anyone who has very little or no experience with a saw. Topics covered: parts of a chainsaw, safety, bucking (cutting an already felled tree), and basic maintenance. Participants should bring a helmet with a face shield, eye and ear protection, or chaps if [Read More...]

    $200

  • Game of Logging Levels 1 & 2

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Level 1 - Saturday, June 28 Level 2 - Sunday, June 29 Cost: $250 per level Expert instructors from Northeast Woodland Training will teach the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use, precision tree felling, and equipment care. Take the guesswork out of sawing- your safety matters! The minimum age for Game of Logging classes at NorthWoods is 16 years old. Participants ages 16-17 must have a parent/guardian waiver. For more information and to register contact [email protected]. Pre-registration required; space is limited, so sign up early!

    $250

  • Audubon Training & Endorsement Workshop for Vermont Foresters

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Wednesday, Aug 13th, 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm Where: Northwoods Stewardship Center | 154 Leadership Dr, Island Pond, VT 05846 Registration required. This event is for forestry professionals. To register, or for more information, please contact Tim Duclos at: [email protected] Support Wildlife, Strengthen Forests Habitat for birds and other wildlife is a top priority for many Vermont forest landowners. Audubon is here to help you meet that goal. Through our Forester Training and Endorsement Program, you'll gain practical strategies for enhancing forest diversity and resiliency-benefiting birds, biodiversity, and landowner satisfaction. This training [Read More...]

  • Game of Logging Levels 1 & 2

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Level 1 – Saturday, September 20 Level 2 – Sunday, September 21 Cost: $250 per level Expert instructors from Northeast Woodland Training will teach the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use, precision tree felling, and equipment care. Take the guesswork out of sawing- your safety matters! The minimum age for Game of Logging classes at NorthWoods is 16 years old. Participants ages 16-17 must have a parent/guardian waiver. For more information and to register contact [email protected]. Pre-registration required; space is limited, so sign up early!

    $250

  • Wildlife Track & Sign Workshop

    NorthWoods Stewardship Center 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT, United States

    Saturday, February 21, 2026, $5 Two sessions: 9:30am to Noon OR 1:30pm to 4:00pm 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT Join Wildlife Track & Sign Professional Lucian Avery for a 2.5-hour excursion at NorthWoods Stewardship Center. Intended for beginner and intermediate wildlife trackers, we will discuss track and trail identification and explore the behavior of any wildlife trails we find. This program is geared towards adults and teens. Wear lots of warm layers, as we will move at a gentle pace and spend lots of time circled up discussing the tracks [Read More...]

    $5

Outreach Events and Workshops Cancellation Policy: Unless otherwise noted, 50% refunds will be provided for cancellations made at least a week before workshop start date. No refunds for reservations cancelled less than seven days before the workshop start date. Workshop dates and venues are subject to change. NorthWoods Stewardship Center reserves the right to cancel a program at any time, in which case NorthWoods will notify registrants via email and a full refund will be provided.

Questions about an event or registration? Email us: [email protected], or call 802-723-6551 during office hours. Thank you!