Learn more about the recent confirmation of emerald ash borer in Newport. Join staff from the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry review signs and symptoms of emerald ash borer infestation in all species ash trees and discuss what foresters, municipal land managers, and landowners are doing to prepare.

Read more about municipal management of ash trees in urban and community places at our Municipal Assistance webpage.

Speakers include: 

• Joanne Garton, Community Forester, VT UCF and Vermont Forests, Parks & Recreation
• Ginger Nickerson, Forest Pest Education Coordinator, VT UCF and University of Vermont Extension.

Join Dr. Jess Wikle, UVM Research Forests Manager, and Ginger Nickerson for a guided field walk in UVM's Research Forest. We will learn to identify common Vermont trees and explore the introduced pests that affect them. Along the way, we will see active infestations of beech leaf disease and emerald ash borer.

Registration Required

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 10am, recap of presentation at 1pm. Free and open to all.

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.