As debate continues over Syrian refugees resettling in Rutland, we're taking a look at the history of immigration into Vermont. We'll look at waves of immigration into the state throughout the past centuries, and how the pre-existing population has received new Vermonters: Irish, French Canadians, Jews, and more. And we'll talk about how immigration is tied to internal debates about our identity as a state.
We're joined by historians Vincent Feeney and Jeffrey Potash. Vincent Feeney is author of "" and 鈥�.鈥� Jeffrey Potash is co-author of 鈥�."Also on the program: a suggests that the US needs to be doing more to fight the spread of invasive forest pests before our landscape is changed irrevocably.VPR'srecently spoke with, a Dartmouth College biologist who studies the population biology of forest insects.
Broadcast live on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
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