{"id":3959,"date":"2026-06-08T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=3959"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:30:28","slug":"starting-seed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/starting-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting from Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jess Colby, Rob Fitch, and Rhona Thomson (NorthWoods Stewardship Center)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>December 28, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>View or download a copy of the episode transcript\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Ep15_Seed_transcript.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Cate Kreider<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the end of the year fast approaching, there is change in the air. Many restoration projects have wrapped up from 2022, and many others are preparing to start in the Spring of 2023. One such bittersweet change is the departure of Alison Adams from the Restoration Round Up podcast! Another shift is the changing of the guard in the Northwoods\u2019 Stewardship Center\u2019s Riparian Lands Crew. But in all cases these ends breed new beginnings, and the seeds have been sown for the next growing season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In today\u2019s episode, we spoke with Jess Colby and her field crew, Rob Fitch and Rhona Thompson, about the seed collection initiative they\u2019ve been working on throughout the Spring and Fall of 2022. As the Riparian Projects and Forestry Outreach Coordinator for Northwoods, Jess has been heading this project contracted by Vermont State Fish and Wildlife, and funded by the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission. Seed collection of this scale hasn\u2019t been done in Vermont prior but there are hopes of expanding the scope of the project in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us for a discussion about field experiences, seed handling and collecting methods, and what the future holds for this crew, the seeds, and restoration projects across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in working with our guests on riparian and recreational projects or spaces, you can see the Northwoods Stewardship Center\u2019s job listings and project updates on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a>&nbsp;site, and reach Jess Colby by emailing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jess@northwoodscenter.org\">jess@northwoodscenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode featured the call of the Common Merganser. It was recorded by Andrew Spencer in Lake County Minnesota on June 6th of 2012. We downloaded the song from xeno-canto.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (LC00A00695-0) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image: Image of Rob Fitch, Rhona Thomson, and Jess Colby operating the Dybvig, courtesy of Jess Colby, NorthWoods Stewardship Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/restoration-roundup-podcast\/\">Go back\u00a0to all episodes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest(s):\u00a0 Jess Colby, Rob Fitch, and Rhona Thomson (NorthWoods Stewardship&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-3959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3960,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3959\/revisions\/3960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}