VMC Annual Meetings
Every year, the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative gathers cooperators and interested individuals from across the region to learn about the latest science, research, policy and monitoring affecting Vermont's forest ecosystems.
Visit the annual meeting pages to see what's coming up and browse content from past meetings.
Latest News

Recreation Trail Use and Forests
2025-01-24
Recreation trail use data was used to provide geospatial products for land managers to better understand how forests are being used and impacted by recreation activities. Strava data was used in developing these products. Read more about the project and using Strava data on the Strava blog: https://metro.strava.com/nl/case-studies/How-Strava-Data-Helps-Forest-Managers-in-the-Northeast-US
You can also explore the project layers directly from the FEMC project page: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/cooperative/projects/recreation#products

Learn about FEMC's 2024 work from Director Alison Adams
2025-01-08
Watch a video overview of FEMC's 2024 Work

Regional Assessment of Browse report now available
2023-12-18
FEMC reviewed methods used to monitor the impacts of deer browse on forest ecosystems. A final report is now available, which includes a summary of methods as well as a decision tree to select among various methods. The report is available at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/file/info/12048
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