Even though vernal pools are both key breeding habitat for charismatic species and hidden powerhouses in the forest ecosystem, they face an uncertain future here in Vermont. That's why the Vermont Center for Ecostudies is coordinating the Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Project (VPMon) to establish and maintain a baseline of vital information on Vermont's vernal pools.
VPMon is driven by citizen scientists, meaning that all our data is collected by passionate Vermonters who visit their adopted vernal pool a few times each spring. Every volunteer gets involved by attending a training just like this one.
We'll cover:
- What a vernal pool is.
- How to identify the key inhabitants of a vernal pool.
- The VPMon methodology: what, when, and how data is collected and submitted.
If you want to participate in local conservation, then attending this training (and becoming a Vernal Pool Monitor) is a great way to do it. This workshop will give interested volunteers what they need to get involved in VPMon, and we'll cover a whole lot of vernal pool ecology and amphibian natural history too!
The training will take place in a to-be-determined room on the Middlebury College campus from 7-8:30 pm on Wednesday, February 20th. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP by emailing me at awells@vtecostudies.org.
More information about the Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Project can be found on the VCE website: https://vtecostudies.org/projects/forests/vernal-pool-conservation/vermont-vernal-pool-monit[...]ct/.
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