Who: Michael Snyder, Vermont Commissioner of Forests, Parks & Recreation
What: Vermont’s Forests: Connecting People, Place and Time
Where: Aiken Center, Room 102, Univ. of Vermont Campus (next to the Davis Center) Free parking, check out our website for details (www.branchoutburlington.org)
When: Sunday, February 16, 4:00 pm
Why: Learn what’s up with our precious forests
How much: FREE
What else: Home-made refreshments will be served!

Michael Snyder is Vermont’s Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation. The buck stops with him, and it is no small task to keep his finger on the forest’s pulse. On Sunday, February 16 at 4 pm, Mike will present a lecture titled “Vermont’s Forests: Connecting People, Place & Time” at the Univ. of Vermont Aiken Building, room 102 for Branch Out Burlington’s winter seminar, co-sponsored by Burlington’s Parks & Recreation Department. Over 80% of Vermont’s area is covered with forest, and it is Mike’s job to make sure our forests are healthy and productive, and continue to contribute significant revenue to the state’s citizens. He is also our state’s official foliage forecaster, but there’s not too much call for that right now! He will share his thoughts about the important role of trees for the working landscape and will draw links between the forest trees that cover our mountainsides and those that populate our cities.

Mike, a graduate from UVM, has been the Commissioner since 2010, but before that he had his boots in the woods, serving for 14 years as Chittenden County’s Forester, where he provided land stewardship assistance to private landowners, cities and towns. He also taught forestry courses at UVM for 12 years and continues to write the “Woods Whys” column for Northern Woodlands Magazine.

Branch Out Burlington! is a group of volunteers who help plant and care for the trees of Burlington. Our goal is to promote a vision of a city graced by a variety of beautiful and healthy trees, and a citizenry actively involved with the perpetual expansion and preservation of our urban forest.

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