Connections

Is it a biblical plague raining down, a crawling nightmare, a horror story worthy of Hitchcock’s The Birds? No, it’s an episodic outbreak of Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD). Let me explain. Lymantria dispar dispar is a moth, formerly known as “gypsy…

Sustaining (monthly) Sara Lourie, Titus & Jane Presler Stewards (Over $1000) Everett & Susan McGinley, Renee Reiner, Lew & Claudia Rose Canada Lynx ($500-$1000) Anonymous, Nancy Patch, Nick Richardson & Samantha Dunn Black Bear ($250-$500) Jes…

On Town Meeting day, Montgomery voted to establish a Municipal Conservation Reserve Fund. This is the second such fund established in the CHC region, with Enosburgh voters establishing a Conservation Reserve Fund fund in 2011. These town funds can be…

On behalf of the Cold Hollow to Canada board, I want to wish everyone a very happy, healthy New Year, and thank you for your continued support of our work toward a vision of a healthy and intact forested landscape that supports a strong and…

Habitat Biologist Andrea Shortsleeve discusses the problem of overbrowsing and what landowners can do about it.

Charlie Hancock, CHC Board Chair and member of the Working Lands Enterprise Board, explains the importance of the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative.

People ask why I hold onto my land. After all, I live in Vermont, and it’s a full 3,000 miles away, in California.   It’s partly nostalgia. I grew up on this land, and I long for my kids to climb the same sprawling buckeye limbs and spend nights…

eBird is a worldwide community science project and a powerful tool for birdwatchers of all experience levels. Following up on a workshop series hosted by CHC in July, learn how to contribute your bird sightings towards science.

Did you know that the Cold Hollow to Canada region sits within a United Nations Internationally designated Biosphere Reserve? Read more about the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve here.

What is emerald ash borer? What kind of damage does it do? Learn more here.

 am so excited to be joining CHC as the new Administrative Coordinator. I have been working actively with Bridget, Charlie, and Nancy to ease the transition as I attempt to fill Bridget's un-fillable shoes. As with most mountain obsessed…

Cold Hollow to Canada has been a leader in Vermont when it comes to climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Our Woodlots Project was one of the first pilot demonstration forest projects, and the first private lands project, with the USFS…

Cold Hollow to Canada (CHC) administers two very important citizen science programs, the Keeping Track Monitoring Program (KTMP) and the WildPaths Project. Both have played key roles in increasing our understanding of wildlife habitat connectivity…

The full version of Board Chair Charlie Hancock's welcome to the Spring Connections newsletter.

Read more about the Bird-Friendly Maple program and hear the reflections of a Bird-Friendly Maple producer right here in the Cold Hollow Mountains.

Charlie Hancock introduces the CHC fall newsletter.

Jenny Goyne reflects on the importance of nature during the coronavirus pandemic.

Stewards (Over $500) Thomas & Cecile Brannon, Farnsworth Fund, Everett & Susan McGinley, Nancy Patch, Renee Reiner, Lew & Claudia Rose Sustaining (monthly) Sara Lourie, Titus & Jane Presler Canada Lynx ($500) Bill McGroarty, Dan Seeley & Adele…

On October 23, CHC's Board Vice-President Nancy Patch was honored with the Arthur Gibb Award from the Vermont Natural Resources Council. VNRC presents the award annually to a Vermont resident who has made a lasting contribution to their community,…

After a pause in operations due to COVID, University of Vermont PhD candidate Josh Morse returned to the Cold Hollows to check on his game cameras. Click here to read a project update.

Here we are headed into Season 3 of the WildPaths Project with lots of momentum and interest building in the wildlife connectivity community. This year we're encouraging all our volunteers to use iNaturalist to report their observations as it's…

The two dry summers of 2016 and 2017 marked a challenging time for trees. Lack of water, high temperatures, and dry soils added to the growing list of environmental stressors that often tax Vermont’s forests. Sometimes, stress can trigger the…

Want to learn more about the birds on your property? Want to go birding in previously un-surveyed parts of Vermont? Register for Birder Broker today!

Jessica Boone reflects on this year's Annual Gathering.

The Northern Forest is chock-full of plants and animals with impressive adaptations: peregrine falcons that can reach diving speeds exceeding 200 mph, porcupines with hair that has evolved into hardened quills for protection, coniferous trees that…

Kent McFarland, Conservation Biologist for Vermont Center for Ecostudies and Co-Host of VPR's Outdoor Radio, summarizes his talk at this year's Cold Hollow to Canada Annual Gathering.

Donating, or selling, a conservation easement is not a decision to be taken lightly. By definition, a conservation easement is forever, so before considering if it may the right thing to protect your land and your legacy, let’s cover some of the…

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is aptly named, as a bright metallic-green beetle whose larvae bore into ash trees and feed underneath the bark, disrupting the tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients. The Emerald Ash Borer, native to Asia, is an…

Read more about the big questions the CHC Board raises in response to the changing maple industry in Vermont.

University of Vermont graduate student Joshua Morse describes his partnership with Cold Hollow to Canada and his research on Vermonters' perspectives on coyotes.

Learn more about our plans to expand the Woodlots Program.

Read about how our work to create early successional habitat can support a diversity of bird species in the Cold Hollow region.

Learn more about the carbon aggregation project from Cold Hollow to Canada and the Vermont Land Trust.

Looking for your next beach read or lounging in the shade of a large tree read? Look no further than a list compiled by the Board members, staff, and Woodlots landowners of Cold Hollow to Canada. We hope you enjoy!

Learn more about the work Cold Hollow to Canada and the landowners in our Woodlots Program are doing to support songbird habitat in the Cold Hollow region.

Update courtesy of Vermont Land Trust. Read more about the two properties now protected under conservation easements with the help of the Cold Hollow Land Conservation Fund.

Nancy Patch discusses the impact Emerald Ash Borer will have on our forests and what landowners can do.

Matt and Barb reflect on the permanent conservation of their property in Belvidere.

We are thrilled to announce that Judith Schwartz, author of The Reindeer Chronicles, will be speaking at our annual gathering in October. We invite you to join us on the evening of Thursday, October 14 at the Montgomery Town Hall / Grange*. The…

You can enhance the backyard or woodland buffet for birds with a little planning this spring. Meet two species of shrubs that are great picks for wildlife in our region.