The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Community Wildlife Program is offering a webinar series for the municipal land use and conservation audience.
Join us for this exciting webinar to learn how your town’s efforts can contribute to making our conserved lands more diverse, equitable, and ecologically impactful.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Community Wildlife Program is offering a webinar series for the municipal land use and conservation audience.
Join us for this exciting webinar to learn how your town’s efforts can contribute to making our conserved lands more diverse, equitable, and ecologically impactful.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Community Wildlife Program is offering a webinar series for the municipal land use and conservation audience.
In this webinar, professionals will provide the audience with an understanding of H. 687 (Act 181) and how it affects the state, municipal and regional planning commission processes.
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Community Wildlife Program is offering a webinar series for the municipal land use and conservation audience.
In this webinar, professionals will provide the audience with an understanding of H. 687 (Act 181) and how it affects the state, municipal and regional planning commission processes.
Vermont Conservation Design is the data and the vision that powers the BioFinder website. It is a prioritization tool that identifies the lands and waters most important for maintaining Vermont's ecologically functional landscape – one that conserves current biological diversity and allows species to move and shift in response to climate and land-use changes. Vermont Conservation Design allows users to see patterns in Vermont’s forests and waterways, and identify the places that connect both into a functional network. The Design was just updated with new landscape scale components and Wildlife Road Crossings. It now features more accurate edges of the habitat blocks, that allow for a better understanding of the pattern and network of connected forests. Join us to learn more about this important conservation science.
Presenters:
This webinar will be offered on the following dates:
Vermont Conservation Design is the data and the vision that powers the BioFinder website. It is a prioritization tool that identifies the lands and waters most important for maintaining Vermont's ecologically functional landscape – one that conserves current biological diversity and allows species to move and shift in response to climate and land-use changes. Vermont Conservation Design allows users to see patterns in Vermont’s forests and waterways, and identify the places that connect both into a functional network. The Design was just updated with new landscape scale components and Wildlife Road Crossings. It now features more accurate edges of the habitat blocks, that allow for a better understanding of the pattern and network of connected forests. Join us to learn more about this important conservation science.
Presenters: Jens Hilke, Conservation Planner, VT Fish and Wildlife Department and David Moroney, Conservation Planning Specialist, VT Fish and Wildlife Department
Repeat sessions of this webinar will be offered on the following three dates:
Session 2: Thursday, April 4th, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Register
Session 3: Tuesday, April 30th, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Register
The BioFinder website is an online map and database that allows users to explore the patterns of habitat distribution that most impact Vermont’s biodiversity. It hosts the Vermont Conservation Design data – all components of a complete vision for maintaining ecological function to secure our natural heritage for future generations. The Biofinder website was just updated to BioFinder 4.0 and while the functionality is nearly identical to the previous version, now is the perfect time to learn how to better use this multi-faceted tool. Join us and improve your skills in using BioFinder. This webinar will focus on the functionality of the webmap itself. To learn more about the data behind the maps displayed on BioFinder, be sure to join an upcoming "Understanding Vermont Conservation Design" webinar.
Presenters:
Repeat sessions of this webinar will be offered on the following three dates:
The BioFinder website is an online map and database that allows users to explore the patterns of habitat distribution that most impact Vermont’s biodiversity. It hosts the Vermont Conservation Design data – all components of a complete vision for maintaining ecological function to secure our natural heritage for future generations. The Biofinder website was just updated to BioFinder 4.0 and while the functionality is nearly identical to the previous version, now is the perfect time to learn how to better use this multi-faceted tool. Join us and improve your skills in using BioFinder. This webinar will focus on the functionality of the webmap itself. To learn more about the data behind the maps displayed on BioFinder, be sure to join an upcoming "Understanding Vermont Conservation Design" webinar.
Presenters:
Repeat sessions of this webinar will be offered on the following three dates:
The BioFinder website is an online map and database that allows users to explore the patterns of habitat distribution that most impact Vermont’s biodiversity. It hosts the Vermont Conservation Design data – all components of a complete vision for maintaining ecological function to secure our natural heritage for future generations. The Biofinder website was just updated to BioFinder 4.0 and while the functionality is nearly identical to the previous version, now is the perfect time to learn how to better use this multi-faceted tool. Join us and improve your skills in using BioFinder. This webinar will focus on the functionality of the webmap itself. To learn more about the data behind the maps displayed on BioFinder, be sure to join an upcoming "Understanding Vermont Conservation Design" webinar.
Presenters:
Repeat sessions of this webinar will be offered on the following three dates:
Fish and other aquatic organisms face threats from development as well as increasing frequency and intensity of floods and droughts and rising temperatures. Restoring rivers to natural conditions will help ensure the long-term survival of aquatic organisms, and has co-benefits for water quality and flood resilience. This talk will highlight three areas where municipalities can help protect aquatic habitats: forested riparian areas, aquatic organism passage, and log jams. Join VFWD Aquatic Habitat Biologist Will Eldridge to learn how allowing rivers to function naturally where it is safe to do so is more effective and more sustainable in the long run.
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Repeat sessions of this webinar will be offered on the following two dates:
