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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.

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…

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…

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!

Jessica Boone reflects on this year's Annual Gathering.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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

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

Learn more about our plans to expand the Woodlots Program.

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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

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

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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…

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.

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…

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 CHC Woodlots landowner and Vermont Slam Poet Laureate Geof Hewitt.

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

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

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

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

Captivating carnivore behavior leads CHC’s inaugural trail cam contest

Meet CHC's newest members

The hunt to rediscover Vermont’s long-lost lady beetle species is on. Learn more about what Vermont Center for Ecostudies is doing to document lady beetles and how you can get involved.

With permission from Audubon Vermont, we're pleased to share this piece on the benefits of blow downs. Find out what to do with spots that were impacted this fall on your property.

The Franklin County Conservation district is now accepting applications for its annual $500 college scholarship. The goal of the scholarship program is to encourage young people from Franklin County…

Help support the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas' first ever fundraising event. Learn more here.

Read about the Switchback Gives Back program which benefitted CHC for the month of March.

Make sure to visit our events page to see what's happening in our region this fall and winter. We partner with local conservation commissions and other groups to bring quality programming to the Cold…