Botany

PLACE (Place-Based Landscape Analysis & Community Engagement

Project Goal: 
Promote a sustainable relationship between people and their surrounding landscapes through exploration, understanding and celebrating the natural and cultural characteristics that define their community.
Your Role: 
Analyze the natural history, cultural and ecological landscape of your community and engage others while doing it.
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4-H Science

Project Goal: 
Reach more than 5 million young people in science with hands-on learning to ensure global competitiveness and prepare today's youth to become the next generation of science, engineering and technology leaders.
Your Role: 
Participate in any of the different science related events and activities from Youth Science Day to Veterinary science.
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4-H Science Programs

Signs of the Seasons: A New England Phenology Program

Project Goal: 
Document the local effects of climate change on the timing of when plants and animals go through life cycle changes along with the seasons.
Your Role: 
Observe key species of plants, birds and insects and report your data.
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National Phenology Network

Project Goal: 
Promote broad understanding of and collect standardized observations of periodic plant and animal life cycle events.
Your Role: 
Create an account at nature's notebook, learn how to become an observer of phenology, collect and report data for your area.
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USDA Plants Database

Lots of detailed information about vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts and lichen throughout the U.S.

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Invasive Plant Recipes

Get rid of invasive plants by eating them.  Follow the link below to a listing of recipes for invasive plants in New England.

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Outsmart Invasive Species Project

Project Goal: 
Stop the spread of non-native plants and insects that threaten our native ecosystems
Your Role: 
Download the iOS or Android app, register and submit data whenever you see or suspect that you see a non native plant or insect like the Asian longhorn beetle.
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Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

Project Goal: 
Create and make available a comprehensive database of invasive plants in New England using a network of trained volunteers and professionals.
Your Role: 
Become a volunteer and learn how to recognize different invasive plants, document their locations and update the database online or through a mobile app.
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Vermont Bryophyte List and Atlas

This website contains a .rtf list of moss species with their global and state ranks.  Use it as a checklist to see how many moss species you can find.

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Tree Identification in the Hogback Ecoregion

This course covers year-round tree identification for beginners. Topics include: characteristics of bark, tree form, twigs, buds, leaves, fruit, and habitat.

Students will meet on 4 Saturdays, with a Sunday for back up: 01 March, 22 March, 24 May, & 28 June.

Course Dates: 
Saturday, March 1, 2014 to Saturday, June 28, 2014
Website: 
Course Announcement
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