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Most people know that to make maple syrup you have to do a lot of boiling. You collect the sap from the trees and you evaporator the water while concentrating the sugars. You might not know that to determine if you actually have correct density sy...
As late summer progresses so-called late-season defoliators are beginning to become visible in Vermont woods. Two such insects are maple leaf cutter and maple trumpet skeletonizer. The first report of damage from maple leaf cutter was in 1911 when...
Gardeners know that earthworms can be beneficial for growing vegetables and flowers by helping with soil aeration and producing fertilizer through their castings. Sugar makers may not know that earthworms and relatively newer invaders the so-calle...
The Vermont maple law requires packaged maple syrup have a density of between 66.9 and 68.9 degrees Brix. Brix is a measure of sugar concentration in a pure sugar solution. Although we know there are other many dissolved minerals in maple syrup th...
Agritourism Virtual Networking Session
Farmers and ranchers, researchers, tourism professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers, educators, agricultural service providers, and others interested in agritourism are invited to share their knowledge and experience. This session will have faci...
Working Session: Forest Management Across Property Boundaries: The Woodlots Program Toolkit
This was a working session led by Monica Przyperhart as a part of the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. With over 80% of land in Vermont in private ownership, maintaining forest health and resilience relies heavily on the decisions and actions of la...
Working Session: Exploring Benefits and Challenges of Phenology Monitoring in the Northeast
This was a working session led by Alyssa Rosemartin and Alana Russell as a part of the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2022. Phenology is critical to ecosystem...
Working Session: Northeastern Mountain Science and Stewardship Networks
This was a working session led by Josh Benes as a part of the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2022. Alpine ecosystems are islands across the northeastern regio...
Vermont’s Long-term Rare Plant Monitoring in a Changing World
This was presented by Aaron Marcus as a part of a series of contributed talks from the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2022. Vermont Department of Fish & Wildl...