ESSEX — The Essex Conservation & Trails Committee (CTC) received a 2022 Greening Schools Grant offered by Horsford Gardens & Nursery and the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program. The
ESSEX — In its pursuit of a Tree City USA designation, the Essex Conservation & Trails Committee (CTC) applied for and was granted a 2021 Arbor Day Tree Planting Grant
Members of the Austin Parcel Flood Plain Forest Restoration Collaboration were recognized for their floodplain restoration work with a Vermont Tree Steward Volunteer Group Award. Photo courtesy of the VT UCF.
Burlington – The Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) recently bestowed Tree Steward Awards on several Vermonters for their commitment to protecting and preserving their community s forests and trees.
The Award Winners
VERMONT ARBOR DAY AWARD - This award went to two dedicated individuals who have made a difference in their community s urban and community forest.
Jane Brown, Waterbury Center, was the first landscape architect hired by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, a position she held for 23 years. She was involved in several transportation corridor renovation projects, including Main Street in Waterbury and Route 7 in South Burlington and Brandon. Brown has served on the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council since 1999 and