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Resiliency: Our Communities, Our Forests

By Charlie Hancock, CHC Board Chair

Posted 11/7/19

Charlie Hancock introduces the CHC fall newsletter.

A Springtime Reflection, in 2020

By Jenny Goyne, CHC Board Member

Posted 4/6/20

Jenny Goyne reflects on the importance of nature during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thank you, 2020 Donors!

Posted 2/12/21

Stewards (Over $500) Thomas & Cecile Brannon, Farnsworth Fund, Everett & Susan McGinley, Nancy Patch, Renee Reiner, Lew & Claudia Rose Sustaining (monthly) Sara Lourie, Titus & Jane Presler Canada…

Nancy Patch Receives Arthur Gibb Award

Posted 11/24/21

On October 23, CHC's Board Vice-President Nancy Patch was honored with the Arthur Gibb Award from the Vermont Natural Resources Council. VNRC presents the award annually to a Vermont resident who has…

CHC Partners with NEFF

Posted 3/2/24

Read about the collaboration of their collective mission to conserve and maintain the biodiversity of regional forests and woodlands

Charlie Hancock receives Community Leadership Award

Posted 9/12/24

The 2024 Vermont Community Leadership Award was presented to Charlie Hancock of Montgomery, Vermont at the 5th annual VT Community Leadership Summit on August 6, 2024

Giving Game Cameras a "Soak" in the Cold Hollows

By Joshua Morse, University of Vermont

Posted 6/6/21

After a pause in operations due to COVID, University of Vermont PhD candidate Josh Morse returned to the Cold Hollows to check on his game cameras. Click here to read a project update.

WildPaths Season Three Begins

By Bridget Butler, CHC Program Director

Posted 4/4/18

Here we are headed into Season 3 of the WildPaths Project with lots of momentum and interest building in the wildlife connectivity community. This year we're encouraging all our volunteers to use…

Adapting Forests to Climate Change - Healthy Forests Are Not a Luxury

By Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager & Joanne Garton, Special Projects Coordinator at VT Forest, Parks and Recreation

Posted 2/1/19

The two dry summers of 2016 and 2017 marked a challenging time for trees. Lack of water, high temperatures, and dry soils added to the growing list of environmental stressors that often tax Vermont’s…

Birder Broker: Matching Landowners with Birders for Conservation

By Bridget Butler, Bird Diva Consulting

Posted 4/30/19

Want to learn more about the birds on your property? Want to go birding in previously un-surveyed parts of Vermont? Register for Birder Broker today!

Reflections on Cold Hollow to Canada's Annual Gathering

By Jessica Boone, CHC Board Member

Posted 11/7/19

Jessica Boone reflects on this year's Annual Gathering.

Delayed Implantation in American Black Bears

By Lucy Rogers, CHC Board Member

Posted 2/1/19

The Northern Forest is chock-full of plants and animals with impressive adaptations: peregrine falcons that can reach diving speeds exceeding 200 mph, porcupines with hair that has evolved into…

Why Natural History Matters

By Kent McFarland, Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Posted 11/7/19

Kent McFarland, Conservation Biologist for Vermont Center for Ecostudies and Co-Host of VPR's Outdoor Radio, summarizes his talk at this year's Cold Hollow to Canada Annual Gathering.

Conservation Easements 101

By Charlie Hancock, CHC Board Chair

Posted 2/1/19

Donating, or selling, a conservation easement is not a decision to be taken lightly. By definition, a conservation easement is forever, so before considering if it may the right thing to protect your…

Young Writer's Project Invasives Challenge

By Liza Morse, CHC Administrative Coordinator

Posted 2/1/19

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is aptly named, as a bright metallic-green beetle whose larvae bore into ash trees and feed underneath the bark, disrupting the tree’s ability to transport water and…

Big Questions About Big Maple

By Cold Hollow to Canada Board

Posted 4/30/19

Read more about the big questions the CHC Board raises in response to the changing maple industry in Vermont.

Hybrid Science: Students, Storytelling, and Coyotes in the Green Mountain State

By Joshua Morse, University of Vermont

Posted 11/7/19

University of Vermont graduate student Joshua Morse describes his partnership with Cold Hollow to Canada and his research on Vermonters' perspectives on coyotes.

Expanding the Woodlots Program

By Everett McGinley, CHC Treasurer and landowner in CHC's Woodlots Program

Posted 7/6/20

Learn more about our plans to expand the Woodlots Program.

Eastern Franklin County Conservation Commissions meet

By Sarah Downes

Posted 6/4/24

A brief review of the meeting of several local conservation committees and their plans for the future

Cold Hollow Mountain History; The Road Not Taken by Nancy Patch

By Nancy Patch

Posted 3/2/24

Read about how a part of the Cold Hollow Mountain range was once slated for ski resort development

The Dinosaur and the Warbler

By Charlie Hancock

Posted 6/6/21

Read about how our work to create early successional habitat can support a diversity of bird species in the Cold Hollow region.

Forest Carbon: A Natural Climate Solution and Tool for Advancing the Pace of Conservation

By Charlie Hancock, CHC Board Chair

Posted 7/6/20

Learn more about the carbon aggregation project from Cold Hollow to Canada and the Vermont Land Trust.

CHC Co-founder Nancy Patch honored

Posted 6/4/24

Vermont Woodlands Association honors Nancy Patch with the 2024 Kathleen Wanner Outstanding Service Award

A CHC Reading List

Posted 6/6/21

Looking for your next beach read or lounging in the shade of a large tree read? Look no further than a list compiled by the Board members, staff, and Woodlots landowners of Cold Hollow to Canada. We…

Supporting Songbirds in the Cold Hollow Region

By Liza Morse, Administrative Coordinator, Cold Hollow to Canada

Posted 7/6/20

Learn more about the work Cold Hollow to Canada and the landowners in our Woodlots Program are doing to support songbird habitat in the Cold Hollow region.

Cold Hollow Land Conservation Fund Update: “The Land Belongs to the Future”

Posted 4/30/19

Update courtesy of Vermont Land Trust. Read more about the two properties now protected under conservation easements with the help of the Cold Hollow Land Conservation Fund.

Emerald Ash Borer: What to do to save our ash trees

By Nancy Patch, CHC Vice Chair

Posted 11/7/19

Nancy Patch discusses the impact Emerald Ash Borer will have on our forests and what landowners can do.

Preserving a Special Place

By Matt and Barb Paggi, Landowners with CHC's Woodlots Program

Posted 7/6/20

Matt and Barb reflect on the permanent conservation of their property in Belvidere.

VT Coverts Training Opportunity

Posted 3/2/24

Register for Upcoming Training Sessions

Annual Gathering: Save the Date

Posted 6/6/21

We are thrilled to announce that Judith Schwartz, author of The Reindeer Chronicles, will be speaking at our annual gathering in October. We invite you to join us on the evening of Thursday, October…

Setting the Table for Songbirds

By Bridget Butler, The Bird Diva & CHC Program Director

Posted 1/25/18

You can enhance the backyard or woodland buffet for birds with a little planning this spring. Meet two species of shrubs that are great picks for wildlife in our region.

Demystifying Succession Planning

By Emma Sass, UVM Forest Research Technician

Posted 8/21/18

The future of the forested landscapes across the Cold Hollow to Canada area—and across Vermont—will be strongly shaped by the legacy planning occurring over the next several decades. Planning for…

Of Bears and Beech: Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s Deerfield Wind Black Bear Study

By Liza Morse, CHC Administrative Coordinator

Posted 4/30/19

Read more about Vermont Fish & Wildlife's Deerfield Wind Black Bear Study and CHC Administrative Coordinator Liza Morse's experience out in the field with project biologists.

A Collection of Fall Poems

By Geof Hewitt

Posted 11/7/19

A collection of fall poems by CHC Woodlots landowner and Vermont Slam Poet Laureate Geof Hewitt.

Divestment and Democracy, or, Why I Quit My Job

By Greg Mikkelson, CHC Board Member, Richford Woodlots Landowner, and former Associate Professor at McGill University

Posted 4/6/20

Read about why Greg left his position at McGill and the importance of divesting from fossil fuels.

Wonderings from the Woodlot

By Jessica Boone

Posted 3/2/24

A sentiment of forest mindfulness from one of CHC's own

The Long Game

By Charlie Hancock

Posted 6/6/21

Read CHC President Charlie Hancock's full intro to the Spring Newsletter.

Expansion in Jay Richford

Posted 3/2/24

With a conservation easement in place, VLT sells a significant block of substantial acreage in Jay and Richford

Trail Camera Contest Winners

By Sophie Mazowita

Posted 3/2/24

Captivating carnivore behavior leads CHC’s inaugural trail cam contest

New Members

Posted 3/2/24

Meet CHC's newest members

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