Category: Conservation
Late Season Garden Workshops
Seed Saving & Sharing Workshop Thursday, September 15th, 5pm – 6:30pm Tommy Thompson Community Garden Free! Register Here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054EADA922A3FE3-seed1 Join us for a last workshop in the Garden…READ MORE
Bringing Habitat Home
Forward by Dan Cahill, Land Steward Collective work has emerged in Burlington to bring presence and healing to our small and large open spaces. Burlington Parks Recreation and Waterfront,…READ MORE
Rock Point Revealed
Edited by Eva Pepe Rock Point is a unique, multipurpose “urban wild” area situated on the northern shore of Burlington on Lake Champlain. This popular peninsula has distinctive geological and…READ MORE
A Brief Geological History of Burlington
Written by Hayley Kolding and Charlotte Cadow One billion years ago, the ground where we now stand was a violent and shifting land of collisions. Heat from our planet’s mantle…READ MORE
Life Under the Snow
Written by Alicia Daniel, Vermont Master Naturalists Our van full of field naturalists pulled into a snow-covered parking lot in the Vermont woods. Suddenly, the snow erupted in front of…READ MORE
Bobcats in Burlington
Along the muddy shoreline of the Winooski River where the silver maples stretch their long limbs out over the water, I always look for animal tracks hoping to find the…READ MORE
Relocating and Integrating Trees Across the City of Burlington
Article by Eva Pepe The trees in Burlington do us a multitude of silent favors. They mitigate the progression of the climate crisis by sequestering carbon that would otherwise enter…READ MORE
Ecological and Accessible Trails Coming to Arms Forest
During the summer of 2021, Burlington Parks Recreation and Waterfront is working with Timber and Stone to improve the trails in Arms Forest. Phase One of the trail design emerged…READ MORE
311 North Avenue Park Property
The Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront (BPRW) property currently known as 311 North Avenue is a unique park, modest in size at 12 acres, and rich in its value and…READ MORE
Bedrock to Birds: Plants, Animals, And Human History
By Chris Ajello and Alicia Daniel This is the second part of an article exploring the incredible diversity of Burlington’s landscape across space and time; in particular, we will carry…READ MORE