ForestryStaff Articles November 4, 2019 Vermont’s Original Extreme Sport: The Lumberjack Competition By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Barnet resident Calvin Willard ranks…
ForestryStaff Articles October 3, 2019 The Walking Sawyer: Connecting Hikers with Vermont’s Working Forests Lead image photo caption: Ken Gagnon, avid hiker and owner of Gagnon Lumber in Pittsford,…
ForestryStaff Articles July 29, 2019 Post and Beam on Lake Iroquois Keeps the Wood, the Work, and the Dollars Local Lead image photo caption: George Wilcox and his son Dave Wilcox stand next to the log…
ForestryStaff Articles June 17, 2019 Loggers, Mountain Bikers and a Tiki Bar: Vermont’s New Working Landscape By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Forest and recreation industries align…
ForestryStaff Articles June 10, 2019 Forests, Filtration and Farms, Vermont Company Bets on Biochar to Clean Up Lake Champlain By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Luke Persons and Roger Pion…
ForestryStaff Articles April 15, 2019 2018 Emerging Woodworker of the Year, Towards Nightfall, Finds Home in Vermont Neither Jared Williams nor Catherine Emil planned to stay in Vermont after graduation, but “felt…
ForestryStaff Articles March 15, 2019 Ski the Trees, Protect the Forests By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Skiing backcountry terrain in Vermont…
ForestryStaff Articles February 21, 2019 Danielle Fitzko Named Vermont’s New Director of Forests By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Meet Danielle Fitzko, the state’s…
ForestryStaff Articles December 18, 2018 A Year in the Life of a Christmas Tree at Russell Farm David Russell walks through 365 days on a Vermont choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm By Christine…
ForestryStaff Articles December 4, 2018 Wood: Vermont’s Locally Grown, Renewable Fuel By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Vermonters have a long history…
ForestryStaff Articles August 30, 2018 Teaching the Trade: Vermont Schools Train the Next Generation of Loggers, Foresters, Builders, and Artists By Christine McGowan, forest program director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Like many trade occupations, woodworking…
ForestryStaff Articles August 1, 2018 Lucas Jenson Makes the Case for Local Wood By Christine McGowan, Forest Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund People in the forest products…