How to Build a Beaver Lodge

March 13, 2025

Naturalist Patti Smith and her column The View from Heifer Hill: How to Build a Beaver Lodge describes Patti's experience learning from the best instructors themselves, the beavers.

A River is Nothing Without it’s Buffers

March 6, 2025

Read Sam Brondyke, a senior at Montpelier High Schools opinion on river buffers.

From Flow to Erosion: Exploring the Wonders of a Stream Table

February 27, 2025

4-6th Grade explores river dynamics with the stream table, reimaging Vermont towns and finding solutions.

The River Primeval

February 19, 2025

Naturalist Patti Smith and her column The View from Heifer Hill: The River Primeval, describes the days of the river primeval, logjams, and ample beaver real estate.

Recreation: The people long for natural rivers

February 6, 2025

Read a reflection of a recreational walk with Sam Brondyke, a senior at Montpelier High School.

Exploring the Watershed Landscape: How do we clean this up?

January 30, 2025

Reflection from an event where kids at the library were exploring a fun and interactive watershed model demonstrating the sources and effects of water pollution and exploring what a watershed really is.

Welcome Amy O’Meara!

January 23, 2025

We are delighted to welcome Amy O'Meara to our Board of Directors! Amy's expertise in sustainability and engaging with business leaders, coupled with her passion for nurturing and protecting the diverse ecosystems Vermont has, makes her a perfect fit for our work. We are excited to have Amy join us and look forward to the undeniable impact she will make on our organization and Vermont's rivers.

Interviews on the Rivers of Montpelier

January 10, 2025

Read interviews done with community members of Montpelier on the importance of their river conducted by Sam Brondyke.

Women Can Do…Anything!

November 19, 2024

Experience at the Women Can Do Conference, using the stream table and interacting with the women of Vermont in conservation.

Standout Stewards

November 18, 2024

These site ambassadors roll up their sleeves to do hard work, wrangle friends and neighbors to work alongside them, and are true leaders in their local communities.

Tools In Our Toolbox

November 15, 2024

There’s more than one way to restore a river – from big trucks and work gloves, to the gift of space and time. We use all these tools and more to make sure wetlands, floodplains, and headwater forests can do an even better job storing water during floods and help keep our communities safe.

Restored: A Place to Really Listen

November 13, 2024

Kikitta Ahki, a name in the Abenaki language, holds many meanings: Really Listen Land. Really Hear Land. Really Sharpen Land. When you come to this land of listening, of hearing, of sharpening, its name changes by one letter: Kikitta Ahkik. Its name changes because you are there to listen.