Are you a landowner with a vernal pool on your property? Do you want to contribute to Citizen Science and learn more about the importance of vernal pools? Sign up for Get Your Feet Wet: Introducing Vermont Center for Ecostudies' Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Project and Vernal Pool Conservation for Landowners, a workshop co-sponsored by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, the Vermont Woodlands Association, the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, and the Hogback Mountain Conservation Area.

The workshop will begin with an indoor presentation by Liza Morse, the ECO AmeriCorps Vernal Pool Monitoring Program Coordinator at VCE, on vernal pools, vernal pool conservation, and VCE's new citizen-science Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Project (VPMon). We will then break for lunch (bring your own), following which Liza will guide us to a site on the adjacent Hogback Mountain Conservation Area where participants will carefully learn protocol and precautions used in monitoring a vernal pool. By participating in the workshop, interested attendees will be ready to go out and monitor vernal pools as VPMon citizen scientists, themselves.

This is a free event but registration is required as space is limited to 25.RSVP ONLINE AT: https://vernalpoolmonitoring.eventbrite.com/

Dress for the weather and walking on uneven and wet terrain. A backup date will be announced if necessary due to weather limitations. Direct questions to Silvia Cassano at info@vermontwoodlands.org or call 802-747-7900.

Jan 13, 2025, 5:30 PM

Jan 16, 2025, 5:30 to 7 PM

Jan 17, 4 PM to 10 AM, Jan 18, 2025