Halkias: A tale of two maples
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by award-winning journalist Telly Halkias. It first appeared in the Bennington Banner. The Iroquois considered the maple tree a sacred symbol, and a direct gift from God....
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Landscape Confidential: Rotting wood
Shelf fungi grow horizontally, so that you can tell if a tree, like this one, stood as a dead snag for years before falling to the ground. Photo by Audrey Clark Editor’s note: Landscape Confidential is...
View ArticleRon Krupp: The great American chestnut
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, a gardener and author whose most recent book is “Lifting the Yoke — Local Solutions to America’s Farm and Food Crisis.” He lives in South Burlington. For...
View ArticleHalkias: A tale of two maples
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by award-winning journalist Telly Halkias. It first appeared in the Bennington Banner. The Iroquois considered the maple tree a sacred symbol, and a direct gift from God....
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Landscape Confidential: Rotting wood
Shelf fungi grow horizontally, so that you can tell if a tree, like this one, stood as a dead snag for years before falling to the ground. Photo by Audrey Clark Editor’s note: Landscape Confidential is...
View ArticleRon Krupp: The great American chestnut
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, a gardener and author whose most recent book is “Lifting the Yoke — Local Solutions to America’s Farm and Food Crisis.” He lives in South Burlington. For...
View ArticleHalkias: A tale of two maples
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by award-winning journalist Telly Halkias. It first appeared in the Bennington Banner. The Iroquois considered the maple tree a sacred symbol, and a direct gift from God....
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Landscape Confidential: Rotting wood
Shelf fungi grow horizontally, so that you can tell if a tree, like this one, stood as a dead snag for years before falling to the ground. Photo by Audrey Clark Editor’s note: Landscape Confidential is...
View ArticleRon Krupp: The great American chestnut
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ron Krupp, a gardener and author whose most recent book is “Lifting the Yoke — Local Solutions to America’s Farm and Food Crisis.” He lives in South Burlington. For...
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Vermonter writes the book on tree IDs
Vermonter Mark Mikolas is author of “A Beginner’s Guide to Recognizing Trees of the Northeast.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermonter Mark Mikolas says his interest in trees sprouted early. His...
View ArticleRon Krupp: Trees build communication networks that help build the forest
This commentary is by Ron Krupp, author of “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Gardening,” “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening” and his forthcoming book, “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Ornamentals & Landscape...
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Vermont is facing its biggest gypsy moth outbreak in decades
Gypsy moth caterpillars much on tree leaves in Williston. Photo by Riley Robinson/VTDigger The large, fuzzy caterpillars hang off the maple trees in front of Mike Isham’s farmhouse in Williston. The...
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The emerald ash borer isn’t just costing towns trees; it’s costing them money
An adult emerald ash borer, an invasive insect. Courtesy photo Editor’s Note: This story by Claire Potter first appeared in the Valley News on May 6. WOODSTOCK — Strolling down Pleasant Street toward...
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Help wanted: Citizen scientists to assist in tracking vernal pools
A vernal pool on Snake Mountain in Bridport on April 29, 2022. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger BRIDPORT — On the hunt for a set of GPS coordinates, biologists from the Vermont Center for Ecostudies...
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Property owners seek to remove one of Burlington’s largest trees
Artist Madeleine Murray makes relief prints of the bark of a large eastern cottonwood tree in her yard in Burlington on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The tree is slated to be cut down in July. Photo by...
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Potted trees bring life to a Burlington street that’s too crowded for planting
A person walks past a potted tree on North Street in Burlington on Tuesday, July 12. Photo by Ella Ruehsen/VTDigger This summer is the second for a potted plant pilot project on North Street in...
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Spongy moth outbreak remains uncertain in the coming years ahead
A mass of pupal cases and egg masses with a newly formed female moth on the left on a tree at Airport Park in Colchester. Photo by Lia Chien/VTDigger As Vermont navigates its second year amid a spongy...
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The rise and fall of the ‘biggest tree in Burlington’
A drone photo shows the large eastern cottonwood on Howard Street in Burlington on July 20, the day of its removal. Photo courtesy of Scott Sexton The buzz of chainsaws provided the exit music for a...
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Weather in coming weeks could make or break Vermont’s fall foliage
Leaves show their fall colors in Jericho on Monday, September 28, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This month, Michael Snyder, commissioner of Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation, is keeping a...
View ArticleTom Evslin: Note to Legislature: First, do no harm
This commentary is by Tom Evslin of Stowe, an entrepreneur, author and former Douglas administration official. His blog is here. Just before we knew Covid was hitting us in February 2020, the Vermont...
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