Current Events
Please see the Past Events page for videos of presentations, photos and descriptions of the learning and networking opportunities that VAWS has provided
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Spring In-field Workshop; Middlebury
HOLD The Date: Friday May 10, 2024 (9:00am-3:00pm-ish)
Avery Hackett, a Middlebury College student, has been working to develop an in-field, in-person spring workshop. To be held at the Stephen C. Trombulak Nature Sanctuary, This nature sanctuary contains multiple wetland types along the Otter Creek. Features include early successional wet meadow, early growth clayplain forest, shrub scrub wetland, open emergent wetland, vernal pools, natural berms, beaver activity and known as a birding hotspot. Avery has been assembling guest speakers, including professors from the college and those who have been involved in research on-site, to focus on various elements at this sanctuary. Specific details will be coming soon.
Full Day with multiple stations, bring your own lunch.
Registration: Free to Members and Students
$10.00 for Non-members Register Here
VAWS Lunch and Learn: Monday May 13 @ Noon Farmers, Wetlands, Climate Change and Restoration-Webinar
By Hannah Ennis, Middlebury College Student; A 30-45 min presentation on her research looking at the change in livelihood and relation to land post-flooding. She has been having conversations with farmers who have grown specific crops for years, but with the flooding regime, they are having to change their agricultural practices, grow different crops, or perhaps change the use of their land entirely including actively restoring wetlands through various Programs.
Registration: Free to All Register Here to receive TEAMS link
The in-person address is room 103 ("The Orchard") in the Hillcrest Environmental Center, 531 College St, Middlebury.
Parking behind the building on Hillcrest Rd by the tennis courts or street parking.
Woody Plants in the Field: Ecology & Identification, With a Focus on Wetlands and Ledges; June 1 - 2, 2024
Grace Glynn, Brett Engstrom, & Jerry Jenkins
"we will visit a floodplain site to look especially at willows, a dry rocky woods site –ledges–, and finally a wetland with a diverse group of shrubs". https://northbranchnaturecenter.org/biou-2024-woodies
Wetland Delineation 2024
40-hour certificate training from VTC (Vermont State University) $1,125
https://cewd.vtc.edu/course/wetland-delineation-training/
Register Now: June 10-14, 2024
Each day: 9 am-4:30 pm; Vermont State University, Williston VT
Peatlands Rich and Poor: Ecology, Indicators, Patterns; July 20-21, 2024
Brett Engstrom, & Jerry Jenkins
"In this field course, we will examine two different flavors of peatlands: one day at an acid bog and the second day at a “rich” or mineral-enhanced fen or swamp. "
The Society of Wetland Scientists and National Association of Wetland Managers hosts a mentorship program for budding wetland scientists.
https://nawm.org/wetland-programs/mentorship-program.html
The call for Mentors just ended but they will be opening up for Mentees September 6th. Consider sharing this with people who may be interested in getting into work with wetlands, and consider becoming a mentor next year!
You never know who of the next generation will become involved with wetlands. Make a difference.