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Old forests are good for water quality, plant and animal and fungi life � and may even have a better shot at surviving climate change. And some scientists want to know: Can we make our young forests more like old forests?
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For the past few months, Canada has been dealing with some of the worst wildfires its ever seen. More than 20 million acres have burned so far � a record for the country. Firefighters from all over the world, including Vermont, have come to help fight these fires.
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One of the largest remaining parcels of privately owned forest in central Vermont has now been conserved permanently.
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Vermont has long been a kind of hunter’s paradise. But beyond taking a bear, moose or wild turkey during their designated hunting seasons, a first-time children’s book author has spun a tale about a kind of hunting � or more specifically, foraging � that can be done almost any time in Vermont’s spring, summer or fall seasons.
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Host Connor Cyrus talks with a forester about climate change's effects on fall foliage.
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The goal of the program is to remove more carbon from the atmosphere by growing more and better quality wood, verifying the results and building markets for climate-friendly wood products.
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Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with insect and tree experts about this year’s spongy moth infestation and what Vermonters can do to keep them at bay.
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Scientists at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute's Vector-Borne Disease Lab are conducting studies to better understand how the Powassan virus spreads among ticks.
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The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail � on purpose.
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At the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in northern New Hampshire, the pandemic broke a decades-long streak of field research. Now, scientists there...