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Wetland Restoration: "What Do You Want to Do That For?"

By Troy Bishopp / October 7, 2013

Enhancing wetland areas on your farm can bring a whole new community of wildlife to your land. The title in layman’s terms is really pronounced, “Whatta ya wanna do that…

Elderberry and Beyond: New Options for River Lands in the Northeast

By Liz Brownlee / June 28, 2013

Riparian buffer plantings can reap rewards for nature and business. By Liz Brownlee and Connor Stedman Stan Ward springs into his greenhouse full of excitement, eager to show off elderberry cuttings.…

Any Help at All Would Have Been Better Than the Help I Have Got

By arw225@cornell.edu / June 11, 2013

By Jan Andrews If you are going to have horses and live on a farm, you are going to be harvesting hay. Putting away hay is a thankless job. It…

Conservation Success on Full Moon Farm

By Andrea Brendalen / March 27, 2013

by Andrea Brendalen and John M. Thursgood Full Moon Farm is a NOFA-Certified Organic farm run by husband and wife, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt.  The farm started in 1999…

Happy Cows, Healthy Fish

By Carley Stein / October 1, 2012

Gordon Waite, a man with a friendly demeanor and steady smile, manages twenty Herefords on his 67-acre farm situated in Granville, Vermont. Gordon cannot picture himself doing anything besides farming.…

Off the Ground: Conservation Program Promotes both Hay Yield and Bird Habitat

By Toby Alexander / April 2, 2012

  In our last two “Stewardship and Nature” columns, the National Audubon Society described the partnership they have had with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and landowners to facilitate the…

Photo Feature: Remembering Summer’s Bounty

By Rachel Whiteheart / January 9, 2012

Welcome to our new photo essay feature!   For 2012, we’ll be bringing you seasonal images from the Whole Systems Design Research Farm in the Mad River Valley region of Vermont. …

Farmscapes For Birds, Part 2

By Margaret Fowle / January 9, 2012

Audubon Vermont is working with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on two exciting programs, called the Forest Bird Initiative (FBI) and Champlain Valley Bird Initiative (CVBI). Both programs engage…

Farmscapes for Birds

By Margaret Fowle / October 3, 2011

This article is the first in a two-part series.  In the winter article I will highlight some real-life success stories of working with landowners in partnership with NRCS and Audubon…

The Wonder of Life

By Bill Duesing / July 4, 2011

This will be the fifth and last in a series of essays penned by Bill Duesing and edited by Suzanne Duesing from the book Living on the Earth: Eclectic Essays…

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