ecNEWS VT

2018-11-20

Monitoring Least Bitterns in Vermont for Better Conservation (Score: 1.24)

Researchers assessed factors impacting Least Bittern occupancy and detection, providing an extensive baseline assessment of Least Bittern distribution

2023-08-08

The Northeastern Forest Inventory Network Connects People, Data, and Information (Score: 1.07)

The Northeastern Forest Inventory Network (NEFIN) connects people, data and information related to forest inventory programs across the Northeast. 

2020-12-22

Explore Vermont’s Mountain Bird Species (Score: 1.07)

Community scientists collect twenty years of data for interactive tool displaying prevalence of Northeastern mountain birds.

2017-05-03

Nematodes: New Indicators for Road Impacts (Score: 1.07)

A new study offers a creative way to monitor roadside ecosystem changes: by tracking nematodes, or roundworms, through the soil.

2017-03-23

Nineteen Years of Wild Brook Trout Monitoring (Score: 1.00)

After relatively low levels observed in 2014, natural reproduction of brook trout rebounded in 2015, with an average increase of…

2015-09-30

Using Temperature Dataloggers to Monitor Bird Nesting Success (Score: 1.00)

Dataloggers improve bird nest monitoring capabilities and reduce costs.

2017-03-22

Long-Term Water Quality Trends in Lake Champlain Tributaries (Score: 0.88)

New model parameters were applied to long-term data from 18 tributaries in the Lake Champlain basin to analyze water quality…

2017-04-01

2016 Vermont Forest Health Highlights (Score: 0.83)

An annual assessment of Vermont’s forests provides a snapshot of forest health indicators from tree species abundance to major forest…

2016-07-28

Long-Term Trends in Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities (Score: 0.83)

Undeveloped streams are used to monitor long-term trends in macroinvertebrate communities.

2017-02-20

Frog Distribution in a Changing Landscape (Score: 0.83)

Thirty percent of the world's amphibian species are threatened, and researchers suspect that land use change may be implicated.

2014-12-15

Assessment of the Biological Condition of Vermont Streams (Score: 0.83)

Wadeable streams across Vermont were monitored for biological condition 2008-2012.

2014-07-01

Twenty Years of Monitoring the Bicknell's Thrush (Score: 0.83)

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has monitored the Bicknell's Thrush population in Vermont and the Greater Antilles islands.

2017-04-18

New Study Reveals Decline in Vermont Forest Birds (Score: 0.79)

A 25-year study of Vermont’s forest birds has documented a 14.2 percent overall population decline, raising concerns about birds and…

2016-04-26

Twenty Years of Aerial Forest Monitoring (Score: 0.75)

Aerial surveys of forests provide data to identify cause, extent, severity, and type of forest damages.

11/19/2018

Monitoring Least Bitterns in Vermont for Better Conservation (Score: 1.24)

Researchers assessed factors impacting Least Bittern occupancy and detection, providing an extensive baseline assessment of Least Bittern distribution

8/07/2023

The Northeastern Forest Inventory Network Connects People, Data, and Information (Score: 1.07)

The Northeastern Forest Inventory Network (NEFIN) connects people, data and information related to forest inventory programs across the Northeast. 

12/21/2020

Explore Vermont’s Mountain Bird Species (Score: 1.07)

Community scientists collect twenty years of data for interactive tool displaying prevalence of Northeastern mountain birds.

5/02/2017

Nematodes: New Indicators for Road Impacts (Score: 1.07)

A new study offers a creative way to monitor roadside ecosystem changes: by tracking nematodes, or roundworms, through the soil.

3/22/2017

Nineteen Years of Wild Brook Trout Monitoring (Score: 1.00)

After relatively low levels observed in 2014, natural reproduction of brook trout rebounded in 2015, with an average increase of…

9/29/2015

Using Temperature Dataloggers to Monitor Bird Nesting Success (Score: 1.00)

Dataloggers improve bird nest monitoring capabilities and reduce costs.

3/21/2017

Long-Term Water Quality Trends in Lake Champlain Tributaries (Score: 0.88)

New model parameters were applied to long-term data from 18 tributaries in the Lake Champlain basin to analyze water quality…

3/31/2017

2016 Vermont Forest Health Highlights (Score: 0.83)

An annual assessment of Vermont’s forests provides a snapshot of forest health indicators from tree species abundance to major forest…

7/27/2016

Long-Term Trends in Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities (Score: 0.83)

Undeveloped streams are used to monitor long-term trends in macroinvertebrate communities.

2/19/2017

Frog Distribution in a Changing Landscape (Score: 0.83)

Thirty percent of the world's amphibian species are threatened, and researchers suspect that land use change may be implicated.

12/14/2014

Assessment of the Biological Condition of Vermont Streams (Score: 0.83)

Wadeable streams across Vermont were monitored for biological condition 2008-2012.

6/30/2014

Twenty Years of Monitoring the Bicknell's Thrush (Score: 0.83)

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has monitored the Bicknell's Thrush population in Vermont and the Greater Antilles islands.

4/17/2017

New Study Reveals Decline in Vermont Forest Birds (Score: 0.79)

A 25-year study of Vermont’s forest birds has documented a 14.2 percent overall population decline, raising concerns about birds and…

4/25/2016

Twenty Years of Aerial Forest Monitoring (Score: 0.75)

Aerial surveys of forests provide data to identify cause, extent, severity, and type of forest damages.