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Vermont Family Forests Events

VFF workshops are usually held rain or shine, but sometimes weather conditions will cause us to cancel a workshop. We ask that you call the VFF offices (453-7728) the morning of the workshop in case of rain, snow, or high winds. We will leave a message on the answering machine if the workshop is cancelled. For programs offered by other groups, please call the listed contact.


Events updated on:1/24/10

VFF Events

GAME OF LOGGING TRAINING PROGRAM

The Game of Logging training program combines Scandinavian logging techniques with the latest systems for working safely around trees. We cannot overstate the value of these courses. We have participants who’ve used chainsaws for 30 years prior to taking GOL Level I say that the course changed the way they work in the woods. Please download our registration forms below.

SPRING 2010 - Spring registration form

Level I: 4/1/2010 at 8:00 am
Level II:
4/8/2010 at 8:00 am
Level III:
4/15/2010 at 8:00 am

FALL 2010 - Fall registration form available soon

Level I: 10/7/2010 at 8:00 am
Level II:
10/14/2010 at 8:00 am
Level III: 10/21/2010 at 8:00 am

Visit VFF at the GREEN ENERGY EXPO

When: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM
Where: Green Energy Expo, Middlebury High School

VFF will present a workshop entitled "Green Energy From Healthy Forests"

• • • We will discuss best management practices for maintaining healthy forests.
• • • We will introduce our "Town Forest Health Check" - 12 benchmarks of forest health and ways that interested citizens can measure them in the forest.
• • • Also we will discuss NeighborWood, a forest-based version of community supported agriculture (CSA) that seeks to produce and use firewood in ways that are sustainable, efficient, local, and fair (SELF).
• • • And we will offer for sale 50 cords of graded firewood to test the VFF NeighborWood System. This system provides customers with a pre-buy option and a product quality & quantity feedback mechanism.

WILDFLOWER WALK

Trip Leader: Liz Thompson, Conservation Biologist
When: Saturday, May 1
Time: 2:00 PM
Where to meet: Waterworks in Bristol

Looking forward to spring? So are we! That's why we've already set aside time with local conservation biologist Liz Thompson for a wildflower walk as the blooms are bringing color back to our local landscape. Save the date!

BELTANE CELEBRATION

When: Saturday, May 1
Time: 5:00 PM
Where to meet: Waterworks in Bristol

Details coming soon! Please save the date.

Other Local Conservation Events

Tracks, and Signs: A Winter Ecology Walk

Trip Leader: Jim Andrews
When: Saturday, February 20th, 9:30 to 11:30
Where to Meet: Upper Plains Road in Salisbury, across from the town landfill
Cost: Free Open to: Anyone
Organized by: The Salisbury Conservation Commission

Join local naturalist Jim Andrews on a leisurely walk through the more accessible sections of the Salisbury Municipal Forest. We will do some winter identification of trees and discuss any wildlife tracks and signs that we locate as well as any birds seen, or anything else of interest. Perhaps we can add a few new species to the 2010 Salisbury vertebrate tally. We will meet at 9:30 across from the town landfill on Upper Plains Road and park along the eastern side of the road. This should be only a moderately strenuous hike, off trail, down into the Halnon Brook valley and back. There is a very short steep section along the bank of the river but otherwise it will be gently sloping. This is a diverse woodland with a good chance of seeing a variety of tracks and trees of many species. If there are over 6 inches of snow on the ground you should bring snow shoes. Snow shoes can be rented in advance from the Salisbury Elementary School during school hours if you do not have any.

Call Heidi Willis (352-4327) or Jim Andrews (352-4734) if you have questions. No registration required.

"The Art of Action: Shaping Vermont's Future Through Art"
Exhibit at Vermont Folklike Center

The only showing in Middlebury for this state-wide traveling exhibit, “The Art of Action: Shaping Vermont’s Future Through Art” will be at the Vermont Folklife Center (VFC).

The brainchild of visionary Vermont philanthropists Lyman Orton and Janice Izzi, in partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, this exhibit takes an imaginative peek into the future of our fair state through the eyes of 10 Vermont visual artists. These artists, commissioned to create suites of artwork that address issues identified by members of the Council on the Future of Vermont as essential to our State's economic, environmental and social future, have created pieces that are designed to inspire Vermonters to act toward attaining their vision for the future of our state, and to reaffirm that the state is 'the place to be' for creative and entrepreneurial leaders.

For more information about the exhibit or the public presentation, visit the Vermont Folklife Center website. For information on the complete statewide tour see the Art of Action website.
                                                                                   


For more information about any of Vermont Family Forests' events,
contact us at 453-7728 or e-mail info@familyforests.org