VT Coverts: News & Publications
2012 Training Dates and Locations:
June 1-3 at the Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston
Sept 7-9 at Kehoe Conservation Camp, Hydeville
Congratuations to VT Coverts Class of Fall 2011
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Vermont Coverts Featured in April 2011 Burlington Free Press! Click on this link:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011204030301
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Vermont Coverts NING Site
Visit the Vermont Coverts "Ning" site www.vtcoverts.ning.com for blogging, forums, classifieds and photographs.....if you would like to join, send your email address to Lisa at info@vtcoverts.org or fill out the profile information on www.vtcoverts.ning.com...... This does not replace our website www.vtcoverts.org........
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Vermont Coverts on Facebook
Coverts has joined Facebook offering information from cooperators, university extension staff, Vermont State wildlife and forestry experts, and others. We are easy to find and looking for more friends. Let people know. Thank you.
Can't make some of the workshops?
Check out the calendar for Webinars being held on the Internet that are related to forestry and wildlife! If you do not have internet or high speed, most libraries in Vermont now have high-speed internet computers for your FREE use! Take advantage of these Webinars and make sure to register early!
Pennsylvania Forests Web Seminars
Participants in the online seminar program must be registered and have a "Friend of Penn State" User ID and password. This is free and easy to do.
If you are having difficulty accessing the PA Forests Web Seminar Center during normal business hours (7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. ET), please call us toll-free, 1-800-235-9473 or rnrext@psu.edu. If you're having trouble accessing the site after hours or have a Friend of Penn State account login question, please contact the Penn State ITS Help Desk, 814-863-1035, helpdesk@psu.edu. Or you can contact Allyson at abm173@psu.edu.
See Calendar for more information about webinar registration
Awards Recieved at 25th Anniversary Celebration
The following Coverts Cooperators and non-Coverts members recieved carvings, identified below, by Alan Yale, Derby, Vermont, in recognition of their contributions to Coverts. Coverts member awards are now known as David Clarkson awards and non-member Coverts awards are known as James Engle awards.
David Clarkson award Year James Engle award
John Whitman 2008 Nate Fice
(Fox diving in the snow) (swimming loon)
Barry Lawson 2009 Patricia Ayers-Crawford
(Landing Mallard Drake) (half bufflehead drake)
Peter Upton 2010 John Elder
(swimming beaver) (Marsh wren)
Sidney Craven 2011 Annette Smith
(gray squirrel) (red squirrel)
Vermont Coverts Logowear is Still Available
VTCoverts Fleece Long Sleeve
VTCoverts Fleece Vest
VTCoverts Tee Shirt & Cap
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Children's Books About Trees, Woodlands and Their Creatures
(mostly New England)
Check out the children's books on the Links and Resources page! Thanks to Anne Dannenberg for putting this children's bibliography together!
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New Vermont Wetland Rules Available
The Agency of Natural Resources has released the new Vermont Wetlands Rules . You can also visit www.anr.state.vt.us
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Coverts Receives Governor's Award
Vermont Coverts' project Helping Forest Owners Plan for Woodlands in Their Estates has been selected to receive recognition in this year’s Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention. Thom McEvoy put together the nomination. Thanks Thom!! A nice feather for our cap during our 25th year. An awards presentation took place in Montpelier on May 3 at 4:00pm.
The following comment was made during the award ceremony:
Vermont Coverts Woodland for Wildlife had its origin 25 years ago as the Coverts Project, a UVM Extension program. With 46 million acres of forests in VT, 80 % of which are in private ownership, the program sought to educate forest owners about managing their forest lands for wildlife – in addition to other uses. This was accomplished through training “Cooperators” to serve as local opinion leaders in their communities on all forest-related subjects.
In 1996 VT Coverts became incorporated as a non-profit organization, with a modest budget and a mission that includes a focus on helping landowners plan for woodlands in their estates. Forest lands owned by families that do not have long term generational plans are often sold to the highest bidder, or divided or converted to non-forest uses. Without adequate planning, larger forest parcels are in jeopardy of becoming smaller, fragmented, with loss of habitat value. VT Coverts does not lobby or publish position statements on forest policy issues. Aside from 3-day initiation workshops offered twice a year (to groups of 20-30), all of the organization’s education efforts are initiated, developed and delivered by trained Cooperators in their communities.
VT Coverts has trained over 450 Cooperators. Since 2003, Cooperators have offered more than 30 workshops, reaching out to nearly 400 forest owners. Similar programs have been adopted in at least 14 states. Today Vermont Coverts is one of the most highly regarded conservation organizations in the state. We congratulate VT Coverts on its upcoming 25th anniversary of educating forest owners on management for wildlife.
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Estate Planning for Forest Landowners Brochure Available
The document "Estate Planning for Forest Landowners: What Will Become of Your Timberland?" has been finalized an the electronic version was posted on the web. This document replaces the September 1993 document of the same name. The link to the pdf document is: http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/31987. For more information please contact Neal Bungard at the US Forestry Service at nbungard@fs.fed.us.
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Last Updated: Jan 13, 2012