{"id":4207,"date":"2026-06-23T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=4207"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:10:32","slug":"watershed-forestry-partnership-newsletters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/watershed-forestry-partnership-newsletters\/","title":{"rendered":"Watershed Forestry Partnership Newsletters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/WatershedForestry\/WatershedForestrySummer2025Newsletter.pdf\">Summer 2025 Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Watershed Forestry Partnership&#8217;s 2025 Annual Meeting was held on February 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 100 partners (99, to be exact!) attended the annual meeting held at the University of Vermont to learn about and discuss assisted migration, plant material sourcing, process-based restoration, targeting restoration along small streams, invasive species management, and monitoring and improving the outcome of our riparian restoration projects. The Native Tree Nursery Roundtable also convened during the meeting to talk about funding for restoration projects, the needs of local VT &amp; NY nurseries, and how to advance the incipient &#8220;Tree Hub&#8221; for shared marketing, distribution, seed collection, and other collaboratory efforts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/WatershedForestry\/2025%20Watershed%20Forestry%20Meeting%20Agenda.pdf\">2025 meeting agenda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hOffGx6VzKM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 annual meeting recording -Silver Maple Room sessions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KKG0tlj1wKY&amp;list=PLX4Epplbh76hVIepDXieu1z6xNtxQUg_x&amp;index=4&amp;t=342s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 annual meeting &#8211; Chittenden Bank Room Nursery Roundtable<\/a><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>December 10, 2024 Nursery Roundtable Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local native tree &amp; shrub nurseries met for the 3rd time this year to learn about species demand for federal restoration programs like the Conservation Reserve Easement Program (CREP) and the Wetland Reserve Enhancement (WRE) program.&nbsp; We also heard from the Intervale Conservation Nursery about what species have been in demand for 2025 so far and the services the Intervale can offer to other nurseries, both non-profit and for-profit.&nbsp; Click to read the meeting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/WatershedForestry\/Native%20Tree%20Nursery%20Mtg%2012_10_24%20Mintutes_short.docx\">notes&nbsp;<\/a>or watch the meeting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eVw7Q5LOGo0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recording<\/a>.&nbsp; To keep informed about and receive an invitation to these meetings, please join the Watershed Forestry Nursery Production Listserv \u201cGrowers\u2019 Listserv\u201d (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nursery Roundtable Meeting held August 23, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several nurseries in the partnership met in August at the UVM Forestry Lab to discuss ways to increase local tree production and support local nurseries, including forming a \u201cTree Hub\u201d to coordinate production, share equipment &amp; seeds\/starts.&nbsp; Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/WatershedForestry\/Native%20Tree%20Nursery%20Mtg%208_23_24%20Notes.docx\">here&nbsp;<\/a>for meeting notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/WatershedForestry\/Summer2024_WFPNewsletter.pdf\">Summer 2024 Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Riparian Forest Practitioners Meeting held March 27, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Watershed Forestry Partnership annual meeting was held in person this year at the Davis Center of the University of Vermont campus in Burlington on&nbsp;<strong>March 27th<\/strong>.&nbsp; The draft agenda included updates and discussions on funding, site maintenance and preparation strategies, the status of nursery stock and production, native tree seed collection, landowner outreach strategies, project monitoring, and bird habitat assessment.&nbsp; 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