Watershed Forestry Resource Library

Agenda for the 2021 VT Riparian Buffer Working Group Meeting. Videos are linked in the URL version of the agenda.

Relatively brief riparian restoration guide from Brandywine, PA covering site preparation, selecting and sourcing planting materials, planning a planting, and ongoing maintenance and monitoring. The guide also includes appendices with a suggested plant list, contractors (likely not relevant for the Northeast region), and herbicide application resources.

This report summarizes the results of a survey of current and aspiring growers in Vermont to assess native tree and shrub nursery capacity in Vermont. The goals of the survey were to clarify current production, assess limitations and needs, and begin exploring opportunities for growth. This report accompanies the report released in June 2021 titled “Plant material sourcing needs for riparian forest and wetland restoration in Vermont: Survey results summary.”

Fall 2021 newsletter for the Watershed Forestry Partnership. Stories include small woody debris additions to a stream in the Missisquoi; updates from Cassie Wolfanger, the Lake Champlain Sea Grant & Audubon VT Conservation Fellow; a story about the Johnsons Mill dam removal; and more.

Spring 2021 newsletter for the Watershed Forestry Partnership. Stories include an update from the Functioning Floodplains Initiative; innovative restoration and research happening at the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest; a description of the work happening to address the native tree stock shortage in Vermont; an update on research about controlling reed canary grass; and more.

This report summarizes the results of a survey of Vermont restoration practitioners exploring the existing and projected demand for locally-sourced native seedlings over the next 5-10 years. It represents the first step in a project led by the Watershed Forestry Partnership (WFP) and the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to address native tree and shrub stock shortfalls in Vermont.

This publication from University of Tennessee Extension presents recommendations for key factors associated with hardwood planting success. The publication also provides competition control and site preparation alternatives for a number of common planting sites and conditions.

Presentations on deer management (Jack Markoski, TNC & Annalise Carington, USFWS), direct seeding (Matt Grabau, USFWS), buffer maintenance and stewardship (Katie Kain, USFWS), site prep (Pete Emerson, VTFWD, Annalise Carington, USFWS & Fritz Gerhardt, CT River Conservancy), and Watersheds United Vermont programs and funding (Lyn Munno, WUV). Link to GDrive file containing slides and notes.

Agenda for the 2020 VT Riparian Buffer Working Group Meeting

This report includes a description of methods and initial results from monitoring at the LaPlatte Headwaters Town Forest in June and August of 2020 to compare the effectiveness of different site preparation techniques at (a) reducing the coverage of reed canary grass, (b) exposing enough bare soil at the right time to allow for the successful establishment of native woody species from seed, and (c) increasing plant diversity to improve habitat and ultimately accelerate natural succession in the floodplain