This blog features the writings of a variety of naturalists including participants of the Vermont Master Naturalist Program.
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How To Learn Trees in Winter
By Lorna Dielentheis The winter before last, I spent the whole season teaching myself trees. I’d been introduced to tree ID before, had…
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Glaciers to Gardens
By Kate Taylor Recently I spent the day as part of the Vermont Master Naturalist Program learning about world history. I don’t mean…
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An afternoon at Peacham Bog
By Lorna Dielentheis, VMN Mad River Tier II participant Note: I wrote this reflection and then realized I never properly introduced the natural communities…
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Fleeting flowers on ancient ground
By Leslie Spencer, VMN Lower Winooski participant This weekend marked the bittersweet conclusion to my year in the Vermont Master Naturalist (VMN) program. Our cohort…
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Vernal Pools & Phenological Traditions
By Lorna Dielentheis Have you ever heard the shrill cries of spring peepers on a warm April night? Or the bizarre quacks of…
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Flowers, frogs, and bees, oh my
By Leslie Spencer, VMN Lower Winooski participant 2024 As spring unfolds before our eyes, there is so much for us to tune into—moments…
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Winter tracks and trees
By Leslie Spencer, VMN Lower Winooski participant 2024 An Immense World Lately, I’ve been reading An Immense World by Ed Yong. It’s been a refreshing…
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What bedrock can teach us
By Leslie Spencer, VMN Lower Winooski participant 2024 Bedrock, a noun and an adjective Today, let’s talk about bedrock — both as a noun and…
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An ancient world revealed: Exploring burlington’s champlain thrust fault
By Rachel Mullis, VMN Lower Winooski participant 2024 Under a canopy of red oaks on a balmy day in September, a couple dozen…
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A Question of Scale
By Alicia Daniel Sun streams under the evening clouds, lighting us up on Raven Ridge. We are glowing, and not from exertion. Eighteen…
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