UVM Field Naturalist-Ecological Planning Program Alumni Association

02/15/2024

The Vermont Climate Council is recruiting new sub-committee members, and is especially looking to bulk up the Agriculture & Ecosystems sub-committee and the Just Transitions sub-committee. Ag & Eco is in need of ecologist representation.

Learn more at the following link and nominate new members by February 23, 2024. Members serve three-year terms.

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10/30/2023

Congrats to Lyra Brennan, currently Director of Mass Audubon's Coastal Waterbird Program. She just received the prestigious Thomas W. Keesee, Jr., Conservation Award from National Audubon:

David Sibley accepts Audubon New York Award for Environmental Writing for influencing change through the written word.

03/25/2023

Our spring speaker series and annual raffle are here! We've got three inspiring and knowledgeable speakers queued up for you, plus an ultralight, locally crafted canoe to give away. Visit www.newildernesstrust.org/events to sign up and to buy raffle tickets.
📸 White Admiral Butterfly by Bryan Pfeiffer

03/18/2023

09/29/2022

Join our team! We're looking for an Administrative Assistant who's excited to join a growing team working for Vermont's rivers. Full position description here: https://vermontriverconservancy.org/news/hiring-administrative-assistant

08/01/2022

🍄🍄🍄 Alum, Ben Lemmond () is looking for New England mycologists to help with a fungal biodiversity survey in a rich fen surrounded by older forests in Vermont (💖)! When: Wednesday - Friday, August 10-12, 8:30 AM each day. Where: Chittenden, VT. Contact: Ben Lemmond at [email protected] or Suzanne Gifford at [email protected]. 🍄🍄🍄

07/19/2022

Field Notes 2022, Volume 34, is arriving in mailboxes across the country! Congrats, Cohort AL. This issue is also available online: https://www.uvm.edu/cals/plantbiology/field-notes.



Image description: A photo of the front cover of a magazine published by the Field Naturalist Graduate Program titled, "Field Notes" in large white serif font. The cover photograph is of a person wearing fire gear standing near an active prescribed burn in the long leaf pine savannah of Cheraw State Park in northeastern South Carolina.

Front cover 📷: Tom O’Halloran

02/28/2022

We’re excited to gather for the 2022 FNEP Symposium! Please register by Tuesday, March 1st.

🌲 Memorial Day Weekend
🌊 May 28 - 30
🪶 Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, Maine
🔎 Field walks, presentations, discussions, and stories
🧭 Keynote: Tom Wessels
🐝 Non-alumni, families, and partners welcome

Contact us if you are planning to attend but cannot yet commit to registering.