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Annual Meeting
The Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Training Announcement:
This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event with the Incident Command System. This course focuses on the management of single resources.
View the complete flyer: ICS200 Flyer
To register for this course, complete the form and email to [email protected]
Join us on February 22, 2016 for the “Vermont Climate Economy Summit: IDEAS to ACTION” at the Vermont Technical College in Randolph, VT. Participants will review a platform developed by the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council and consider action to create jobs, build national reputation, and attract young people to Vermont. Check out the full agenda and visit our website for more about the Initiative.
Registration Fee: $40
(Registration will close on February 12th)
**STUDENTS: No charge for the first 100 students to register. Students should email [email protected] for the student promo code**
Confronting climate change through innovative economic development can be a competitive strategy, one that will build national reputation, create jobs, and attract youth and entrepreneurism for the future; especially important for a rural, small-business state like Vermont.
Sincerely,
Paul Costello, Executive Director
Vermont Council on Rural Development
Concerned about RAP’s?
For more information and to RSVP: https://www.ruralvermont.org/events-rv/small-farm-days/?utm_source=1%2F27%2F16+Update+-+SFADs%2C+NOFA%2C+issue+updates&utm_campaign=1-27-16+Email+Update+-+SFAD&utm_medium=email
Register here: https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/disasterlan-thetford
Date: Saturday March 5, 2016
Time: 10:00am-noon
Location: Forest Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, VT
Fee: No cost
Reservations: None needed
Contact: [email protected] or call 802-457-3368 x22
Vermont wildlife gets creative during the winter months to endure the cold temperatures and harsh winter conditions. Come learn what different habitats exist in your backyard and our national park. Learn who is active during Vermont’s cold months and who is curled up, hibernating until spring. With the basic needs for survival of food, water and shelter, animals must adapt to the harsh climates and adapt when necessary. Science Communication Specialist Ed Sharron will begin with a discussion inside and then you’ll head outside for a guided snowshoeing tour investigating various habitats. Please dress appropriately for winter weather. Adult and child snowshoes will be available if needed. All ages welcome. Co-sponsored by Vermont Coverts and the Vermont Woodlands Association
This exciting new program will provide technical assistance and up to $5,000 of additional incentives (beyond the $2,500 available from Efficiency Vermont for home weatherization) to help former CVPS customers incorporate heat pumps, modern wood heat and solar electricity into comprehensive home energy projects that reduce overall energy use by 50% or more.
Organizers from the Vermont Building Performance Professionals Association will describe the program and incentives at a forum Wednesday March 9, 6:30 to 8pm at the Thetford Center Community Center. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.
Bob Walker is happy to work with any former CVPS territory towns to help get the word out about this exciting program. If you or someone from your energy committee can make it to this forum on March 9th it would be a great introduction to the program for you.
You can learn more about the program at https://www.zen-vt.com For more information about the ZEN program contact 802-447-5249 or [email protected].
Thank you to everyone who attended the fourth presentation in the Act 64 Brown Bag Lecture Series that took place two weeks ago. We have passed the halfway point in the series, with three presentations still to come. For a copy of the Act 64 Brown Bag Lecture Series schedule please email [email protected]
The next presentation will be on Thursday March 10th from 11:00-12:00pm in the Winooski Room at the Department of Environmental Conservation. If you can not make it in person, feel free to join online using this link: tinyurl.com/CWI-BrownBag-5 *the link will become active the day of the presentation
In case you missed the presentation on February 11th, you can now view it on YouTube.
with Kim Royar, State Biologist
March 10, 2016
Vermont Enterprise Center, Randolph, VT
6:30-8:30pm
Kim Royar, a biologist with Department of Fish and Wildlife will be presenting a program on land use change in Vermont and its effects on the state’s native wildlife populations. Kim will combine a mixture
of history and biology to demonstrate the intersection between the two. She will show how these
habitat changes have influenced some of Vermont’s most iconic species such as beaver, bobcat, otter,
coyote, and white-tailed deer. Please pre-register by calling or emailing the VWA office. Download flier here.
You are invited to a meeting to learn about forest blocks and important areas for wildlife habitat connectivity in the “Green Mountains to Upper Valley Linkage” region. (See below for towns included in this region)
Thursday, March 10 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Bethel White Church |129 Church Street
Ecologists and natural resource professionals will share:
- the latest science on priority conservation areas;
- land use and conservation strategies for towns and local groups;
- resources that are available to help.
The meeting will also include a conversation on the status of your planning efforts at the local and regional level for forests and wildlife. Come prepared to share what you are working on!
Towns in this region include: Barnard, Bethel, Bradford, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, Fairlee, Hartford, Hartland, Killington, Norwich, Pittsfield, Pomfret, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Vershire, Washington, West Fairlee, Williamstown, Woodstock
The meeting is sponsored by the Staying Connected Initiative and the
Green Mountain National Forest.
Sat, March 12, 10am – 1pm
218 Dickerman Hill Rd, Tunbridge, VT
Join Rich Chalmers, Dave Paganelli, and Larry Mengedoht at a joint Vermont Coverts and Vermont Woodlands Association stewardship work shop. It will be focused how to release and prune wild apple trees to preserve them and to enhance them for better production of soft mast for wildlife. This workshop will consist of a discussion on the basic principles, a demonstration, and then allow a hands on pruning for those that want to practice. Please feel free to bringing your own pruning and safety equipment. Contact [email protected] with questions.