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• 5/07/2025
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  How Non-native Earthworms Impact Vermont Forest Soils and Carbon Storage
  

  A UVM study found earthworm presence may impact forest soil structure creating more ‘protected’ soil carbon.

• 12/18/2024
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  What Coyote Stories Tell Us About Our Relationship With Vermont’s Wildlife
  

  Working with community scientists across Vermont, UVM research uncovers nuanced, complex relationships between residents and coyotes.

• 9/18/2024
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  How Can Residents of the Lake Champlain Basin Contribute to Water Quality and Stormwater Management?
  

  This guide by the Lewis Creek Association helps walk residents through stormwater management on all different property types.

• 7/22/2024
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  Where Climate Change and Invasive Species Intersect – The Role of Climate in Green Ash Conservation
  

  Researchers at the US Forest Service and UVM investigate historical green ash tree growth to guide integrated EAB management strategies.

• 7/19/2024
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  How Farm Practices and Climate Change May Impact Future Soil Organic Carbon
  

  A new study suggests incorporating climate change predictions into soil modeling to understand how soils will change over the next century.

• 2/08/2024
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  Alewife Invasion Alters Lake Champlain Food Web, But Not How We Expected
  

  The Alewife invasion of 2003 was expected to impair lake trout populations in Lake Champlain but this new study by University of Vermont researchers s

• 12/19/2023
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  Are Environmental Certification Programs Effective? Bird-Friendly Maple, A Case Study
  

  An exploration into the impact of the Audubon Vermont program, Bird-Friendly Maple, and potential next steps.

• 10/05/2023
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  Is the Summer of 2023 an Indicator of Future Rain Patterns in Vermont?
  

  Bigger storms and more winter precipitation drive predicted precipitation increases in the Northeast.

• 8/28/2023
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  Contaminated Food Waste—How to Measure It and Where Does It Belong?
  

  As Vermont considers how to tackle food waste, researchers evaluate microplastic contamination in food waste and derived soil amendments.

• 6/20/2023
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  Is Lake Champlain Prepared for a Quagga Mussel Invasion?
  

  As the threat of quagga mussels looms over Lake Champlain, researchers determine potential ecosystem impacts to expect upon their arrival.

• 4/10/2023
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  How to Survive in a Constantly Changing Environment? Measuring Leopard Frog Responses to Drought
  

  Researchers across the eastern United States found simulated drought has developmental disadvantages, and even increased mortality, in frogs.

• 3/23/2023
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  Learn About Environmental Permitting and Property Planning with the Vermont Natural Resources Atlas
  

  It’s been ten years since the Natural Resources Atlas came out; learn how people have used it and what it can offer.

• 2/21/2023
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  Small-Scale Farmers Explore Ways to Sustainably Reduce Weed Growth: Tradeoffs of Tarping
  

  Researchers work with local farmers to determine advantages and challenges of tarping; an up-and-coming agroecological practice.

• 11/30/2022
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  Exploring the Value of Residents’ Relationships with Nature in the Winooski River Watershed
  

  Researchers found that people’s deep relationships with nature, and the values attached to those relationships, are connected to empathy with nature.

• 11/08/2022
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  Lake Acidification: Ecosystems Before, During, and After
  

  Long-term monitoring of Beaver Pond shows how lake ecosystems are recovering from acidification amidst climate change.

• 9/08/2022
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  Airborne Emissions of PFAS Can Contaminate Soil and Groundwater
  

  Airborne emission of PFAS found in soils and groundwater downwind from Teflon factory in Bennington, Vermont.

• 8/25/2022
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  Ongoing Research Aims to Improve Water Quality, Pollinator Habitat, and Support Abenaki
  

  A pilot research project is using a holistic approach to riparian buffer restoration in the Champlain Valley.

• 5/17/2022
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  Motivations for Maintaining Crop Diversity on Vermont Farms
  

  Backyard gardeners and small farmers may play a crucial role in crop diversity and seed saving efforts in Vermont.

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