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Austin Parcel among the conservation projects honored at Vermont Tree Champions
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 including Waitsfield and Waterbury Center projects.
The Vermont Arbor Day award is dedicated to individuals who have made a difference in their community s urban and community forest. This year one recipient was Jane Brown, Waterbury Center. She 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 contributed to the VT UCF s Resilient Right-of-Ways project (2015-2020) and the development of the Ve
To celebrate Vermont Arbor Day, the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program has provided kits for public libraries with items to get families outside and learn more about trees.
This year, Vermont Arbor Day is Friday, May 7, and Jeudevine Library has 40 kits to give away to help families celebrate. The kits include a sugar maple seed planting kit, a tree scavenger hunt, tree craft ideas, a guide to Vermont trees and bookmarks. The kits are free for both individuals and families.
If you would like to get a kit, call phone the library at 472-5948 or email jeudevinememoriallibrary@gmail.com.
In addition to kits, families that would like to be entered in the Arbor Day raffle can submit a photo of their child or family working on the tree scavenger hunt or Arbor Day craft project.