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Events
30th Anniversary River Tours
May-October | Varying Times | Statewide
Join us for a celebration in a community near you! We’re hosting 6 months of activities — a chance to get your boots wet and connect with our growing community of river-lovers, discuss big ideas with our book group, or listen and learn via virtual webinars.
Webinar: Seek Higher Ground with Tim Palmer
October 29 | 6-7 p.m. | Virtual
Join us as we host award winning author and photographer Tim Palmer as he presents his new book, Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis.
News
Unplugged: A Quiet Summer Weekend at Nulhegan Hut
July 1, 2025
Reflections from a July stay at Nulhegan Hut last summer with family. The hut and surrounding landscape offer a rare invitation to truly slow down and reconnect: to land, to each other, and to ourselves.
One Day, Two Places Protected
June 23, 2025
Read the story about how we conserved two places in one day! From North Troy to Sheffield and back again, we finalized 2 easements in 1 day – a new record for us, and testament to our team literally going the extra mile to get things done.
What is Riprap?
June 18, 2025
Riprap isn’t going away anytime soon—it’s a reliable and widely used method for erosion control. But as we learn more about rivers as living systems, it’s important to weigh its engineering benefits against its ecological consequences. By doing so, we can better protect both our infrastructure and the natural environments that surround our waterways.
Meet our new Climate Action Fellow: Josette Chun
June 16, 2025
Meet our new Climate Action Fellow, Josette Chun!
Meet our new Seasonal River Steward: Hughes Gilbert
June 13, 2025
Meet our Seasonal River Steward, Hughes Gilbert!
Collecting Seeds to Improve River Ecosystems
May 28, 2025
Read the story about how multiple organizations are coming together to collect seeds for Vermont's rivers to improve riparian ecosystems.
Rooted in Change: Northern Vermont Tree Plantings for Future Flood Resilience
May 19, 2025
More than 800 trees were planted in Northern Vermont thanks to so many amazing volunteers!
Spring/Summer 2025 Newsletter
May 15, 2025
Check out Vermont River Conservancy's Spring/Summer 2025 Newsletter
Conservation: For the people
May 12, 2025
The story of Daniels farm and how after too many floods and too much grief, he would decided the land would make a better floodplain than a farm.
Reflections: Climate Change. Vulnerable Communities.
May 8, 2025
Climate Change. Vulnerable Communities. These phrases may be scrubbed from our national lexicon, but they won’t be scrubbed from our work.
Gratitude and Solidarity for our AmeriCorps Members
May 1, 2025
We stand in gratitude for, and solidarity with, AmeriCorps members across the state and across the nation whose service has come to a sudden close. Isla and her predecessor Addie have shown us how remarkable these people are and how much better organizations can serve their communities with AmeriCorps members on their teams.
Planting Trees with a Little Help from Our Friends
April 28, 2025
More than three dozen amazing volunteers came together to dig holes, plant trees, and deliver the mulch and water that will help the trees thrive at two Southern VT sites.
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