riparian lands

17 10, 2025

Fall Riparian Seed Collection Field Workshop

2025-10-17T13:37:59-04:00October 17th, 2025||

Saturday, October 25, 8:30am-12:30pm Practice seed scouting, collection and processing techniques used for fall riparian woody plant species. This event is open to the public and is a great opportunity to get out in the field, no prior training necessary. Free, but limited attendee slots, so please register early! We will meet at NorthWoods Stewardship Center and be ready to depart in our vehicles to the collection site at 8:30, please bring boots and layers and come prepared for 4 hours in the woods and fields, whatever the weather. This event is approved for 2.5 Cat [Read More...]

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27 02, 2024

Our Seeds go to Svalbard!

2024-02-28T12:55:34-05:00February 27th, 2024|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands|

Some of these adorable baby trees are now chilling, perhaps for 100 years or more, in a drawer in Norway! Last fall the Riparian Lands crew teamed up with the Statewide Seed Coordinator at Intervale Center to collect gray birch in the Champlain Valley and with our ECO AmeriCorps member Sarah Redman, here in Brighton, VT. Some of the seeds from both collections were later sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa to be tested and stored long-term. These samples currently have a 96%-98% [Read More...]

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30 08, 2023

Chokecherry Collection (Becoming Bog-people with VT’s Seed Coordinator)

2023-08-30T12:24:16-04:00August 30th, 2023|Conservation science, Riparian Lands|

(Photo collage - Our Riparian Lands crew teamed up with Brooke, fell into a bog, and collected from the Victory Basin Wildlife Management Area during the first week of August.) Between invasive species removal and building beaver dam analogs, the Riparian Lands Crew has been hard at work staying on top of seed collection efforts by collecting chokecherry (Prunus virginiana). With the help of State Seed Coordinator Brooke Fleischman, and ECO AmeriCorps Member Dana Welch, the crew has collected more than 28 lbs of seeds from seven different sites across [Read More...]

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30 08, 2023

How to Build Beaver Dam Analogs w/ MWA

2023-08-30T12:19:10-04:00August 30th, 2023|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Watersheds|

Controlling the flow of water is a large part of ensuring the health of riparian areas. One way that we can achieve this is by mimicking and encouraging beaver activity through the use of  Beaver Dam Analogues (BDAs). This form of Low-Tech Process Based Restoration (PBR) uses human-made “leaky beaver dams” to slow down the flow of water and spread it out to increase the saturation of the water table. Our goal is that these control structures work well enough to encourage nature’s environmental engineers (actual beavers!) to move in [Read More...]

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21 03, 2023

2023 Riparian Lands Crew Join the Team

2023-03-23T11:40:47-04:00March 21st, 2023|Con Sci Staff, Conservation science, Highlights, News|

We are excited to welcome two new members to the Riparian Lands Crew, Alex Sehl and Jake Gallinger. Riparian Lands Crew Member Jake Gallinger Jake recently graduated from SUNY College of Envionmental Science and Forestry with a degree in Wildlife Science and will be joining the Conservation Science Department for the first time after serving as the Youth Conservation Corps Crew Leader for the Moosehorn NWR crew last season. They love spending time outdoors and engaging in activities such as hiking, kayaking, bird watching, and camping. Riparian Lands [Read More...]

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