Foresters for the Birds

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Foresters for the Birds

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Join us at our 5th Vermont Foresters for the Birds workshop at the Green Mountain Audubon Center Friday, June 14, 2013.  Click here for more information and to register.

What is Foresters for the Birds?

Audubon Vermont has partnered with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation to develop tools and trainings for foresters who want to help landowners manage their forests with birds in mind. Currently, over 100 foresters are participating in the project.

Together, we have created the Foresters for the Birds Toolkit, which includes  Birds with Silviculture in Mind: Birder's Dozen Pocket Guide for Vermont Foresters, Forest Bird Habitat Assessment: A Guide to Integrating Bird Habitat Data into a Vermont Forest Inventory, and Silviculture with Birds in Mind: Options for Integrating Timber and Songbird Habitat Management in Northern Hardwood Stands in Vermont.

Through the project, foresters are partnering with Audubon Vermont biologists to assess forest bird habitat and choose silvicultural treatments that protect and/or enhance song bird habitat while managing for timber. To learn more and how to become involved, contact Audubon Vermont or your Vermont County Forester.

As a consultant, the toolkit has been a great tool for communicating with clients.  I’ve shown landowners the toolkit materials and pictures, and I say “this is what you can do and this is how it’s going to improve habitat for birds.”  You can see the light bulb go off over their heads! - Scott Sylvester, Consulting Forester

Photos from the field:  Check out photos of demonstration harvests and workshops.

Test and Demonstration Sites for Silviculture with Birds in Mind

In partnership with landowners and foresters, we have established nine harvest sites around Vermont and in New Hampshire that have the dual goals of testing and demonstrating the Silviculture with Birds in Mind options:

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