The 2026 Day of Safety VT will not disappoint. This year's components include: Mechanical Advantage (2 hour interactive session),  Stop the Bleed, Crane Safety, Essential Knots for Tree Crews and Chainsaw Teardown.

Explore black ash trees in and around Hardwick with this hands-on splint pounding workshop with Abenaki educators and basket makers Kerry Wood and Aaron Wood. 

Opening circle and presentation at 10:30am, recap of presentation at 1pm. Free and open to all.

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This is a volunteer opportunity in Northern Vermont for professional arborists to learn, earn some free CEU's, share a good time, and provide some top-quality work for trees that need it. The VT Arborist Day of Service is hosted by VT Urban and Community Forestry Program in partnership with VT State Parks.

Put your body to work learning how to pound black ash logs into splints for future generations of basket makers! Guided by Abenaki educators Kerry Wood and Aaron Wood, we'll work together to process logs harvested in Lamoille County into splints for weaving. While live black ash trees are extremely susceptible to infestation from the introduced insect the emerald ash borer, properly stored ash splints can be saved for over 100 years. Many hands make light work, and your help is needed.