Hi all,
Join me and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife this Saturday for a walk focused on wildlife and wildlife habitat management at the Catamount Community Forest. This will be the second-to-last chance to learn more about the upcoming forest management project at Catamount in person before we get started, so if you have questions or haven't checked it out yet, please join us! Details are below. My article for this month is called is called Reimagining Forest Management. You can read it here: https://mcusercontent.com/58398f7a782118e355bf99377/files/3dc6897d-c09f-1977-3cc0-1ec2ea25e5[...]pdf
Wildlife Walk at the Catamount Community Forest w/ Vermont Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Saturday, August 12, 1:00-3:00 PM
Join Ethan Tapper, the Chittenden County Forester, and Andrea Shortsleeve of the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife for a wildlife walk of the Catamount Community Forest in Williston. We will walk through the Community Forest and talk about what wildlife are using it, and how it might be managed to provide habitat for a greater diversity of critters. We will also visit the area of Catamount that will be managed this September and discuss how this management will benefit Vermont's native fauna. To attend, just show up! Meet at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 12 at the Catamount Community Forest's parking lot at 553 Governor Chittenden Road, Williston, VT, ready to spend two hours out in the elements. This event will happen rain or shine!
ETHAN'S SUMMER 2023 EVENTS
• Managing Forests for Carbon and Climate Change w/ Dr. Tony D'Amato -- Catamount Community Forest, 553 Governor Chittenden Road, Williston -- Saturday, August 26, 1:00 – 3:00 PM;
ODDS AND ENDS
Summer 2023 is all about the highlighting the upcoming Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) project at the Catamount Community Forest, which will take place in September. To learn more about the ASCC project at the CCF, check out a compilation of articles, videos and other resources about this project at the Catamount Community Forest LinkTree, here: https://linktr.ee/CatamountCommunityForest
Check out my takeover of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/vtforestsparksrecreation/ Between July 24-30, each day I posted a collaborative post with one of the partners that we've been working with to develop and celebrate the project at the Catamount Community Forest: the Vermont Land Trust, the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources, Audubon Vermont, Vermont Coverts, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and City Market Coop. I'm excited to highlight the coalition of partners that are involved in this project, and to show how excited about it we all are!
Check out my YouTube channel, sign up for my email list, read my article archive, stay posted about my various projects and see other links and resources at my LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ChittendenCountyForester
Watch my keynote speech for the New Jersey Forestry Association's annual conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dze8WAd8rvo&t=495s
Subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5pCDPHUyOiA2vW1l7L6oA?sub_confirmation=1
Best,
Ethan Tapper
Chittenden County Forester
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