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.