Restoration Roundup
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlison Adams, the Watershed Forestry Coordinator with University of Vermont Extension, and Cate Kreider, an undergraduate student at University of Vermont, explore questions and topics related to riparian forests in Vermont. Each episode features an interview with a guest discussing threats to riparian forests, restoration best practices, first-hand experiences of restoration projects, and more.
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Privately Owned Stream Assessment in the Champlain Valley Basin
May 03, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBIn episode 19 of Restoration Round Up, Lauren Jennes and Michele Braun speak about their respective parts in a new incentive program for landowners: Stream Wise. Stream Wise is going into its second year of operation and is a program meant to assess, advise, and reward the work landowners do to maintain their privately owned riparian areas. Lauren, working with the Lake Champlain Basin Program, discusses the organization's wider vision and goals while Michele, the Executive Director of Frien...
Mycorrhizae Matters: Ongoing Research around Improving Phosphorous Uptake in Buffers
April 05, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBToday we welcome Jessica Rubin to the podcast to speak about her research around mycorrhizae and other means to improve plant's phosphorous uptake. Jess, who began this work seven years ago with the start of an ecological resilience service called mycoevolve, expanded her research in pursuit of a second masters degree, resulting in two studies in Vermont where she compared site inoculation, plant selection, and site management to determine the best efficacy for removing phosphorous from the ...
Direct News About Direct Seeding!
March 01, 2023 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBIn this episode we speak to Will Eldridge, an aquatic habitat researcher, and Jess Colby, the Riparian Lands Project Coordinator at the Northwood Stewardship Center. Together they explain the process of an ongoing study about direct seeding- a method of planting trees and other plants in reforestation projects that may prove to be a powerful tool. This project, begun by Pete Emerson six years ago, is a massive undertaking by multiple stakeholders across the state and will begin showing fruit...
What We Learned in The Past Decade of Riparian Restoration
January 25, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBIn many episodes, we have discussed new things, but pausing to look back at how far restoration efforts have come is valuable as well! Join my conversation with Ron Rhodes, Shawn White, Mike Kline, and Chris Smith, all professionals working with this material for at least ten years, as we discuss the evolution of habitat science and buffer planting, the onset of new challenges, and the hopes for headwaters and further cooperation in the future.
Starting from Seed
December 28, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode we speak with Jess Colby, Rob Fitch, and Rhona Thomson about collecting wild seeds for riparian restoration projects. Jess is the Riparian Projects & Forestry Outreach Coordinator with NorthWoods Stewardship Center in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, and Rob and Rhona were on her seed collecting crew this past spring, summer, and fall. We discuss how seed collecting works and why it's important, a very interesting tool called the "Dybvig," collecting seeds from a canoe, and ...
Managing Recreation in Riparian Areas
November 30, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode we speak with Kathryn Wrigley, Duncan Murdoch, and Leila Faulstich about managing riparian recreational spaces. Kathryn is a Forest Recreation Specialist with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) focusing on the northwest portion of the state; Duncan is the Natural Areas Stewardship Coordinator for the Intervale Center in Burlington, Vermont; and Leila is the Parks Supervisor for the Montpelier Parks and Trees Department. We discuss the role of volun...
Graduate Student Research Roundtable!
October 26, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode we speak with three University of Vermont graduate students. Kate Longfield and Stever Bartlett are both Master’s students in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources working with Dr. Kris Stepenuck. Stephen Peters-Collaer is a PhD candidate in the Rubenstein School working with Dr. Bill Keeton. Stever is studying reed canary grass management in restored riparian ecosystems; Kate is studying the role of government trust in farmer willingness to participate i...
Removing the Pelletier Dam
September 28, 2022 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode we speak with Karina Dailey (Restoration Ecologist, Vermont Natural Resources Council), Shawn Good (Fisheries Biologist, Vermont Fish & Wildlife), and Gabe Bolin (Water Resource Engineer, Stone Environmental) about the removal of the Pelletier Dam in Castleton, Vermont. We talk about this history of this dam, why and how dam removal benefits stream and riparian habitats, and what makes this project unique.
Process-based restoration at the Hubbardton River Clayplain Forest
August 31, 2022 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode we speak with Gus Goodwin (Senior Conservation Planner, The Nature Conservancy VT), Shayne Jaquith (Watershed Restoration Scientist, The Nature Conservancy VT), and Kristen Balschunat (Conservation Water Quality Project Manager, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps) about a project TNC has been working on to restore the Hubbardton River Clayplain Natural Area in West Haven, VT using woody additions and revegetation of the riparian areas. We discuss why they're adding wood, how ou...
Fish Grow on Trees
June 29, 2022 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this episode we sit down with Bret Ladago and Will Eldridge, who both work with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Bret is a fisheries biologist, who’s been working for the VFWD in different capacities for about 20 years and Will has been an aquatic habitat biologist with the VFWD, where he works to protect and restore habitat for fish and other aquatic organisms, for five years. We discuss the importance of riparian forests for supporting freshwater fish populations, how VFWD sele...
Addressing the native tree stock shortage: the Akwesasne Native Plant Nursery
May 25, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBFollowing up on our second episode covering the native tree stock shortage, we speak with Jessica Raspitha and McKay Burley, both of whom work at the new Akwesasne Native Plant Nursery in St. Regis, New York. Jessica is the Land Resources Program Manager of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division and a member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, and McKay is the newest addition to St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's Land Resources Program as the Plant Nursery Technician. We discuss what it took t...
Alien invasion: How can we control invasive plants in restoration projects?
April 27, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBInvasive plants pose a serious threat to the integrity of Vermont’s riparian forests and the success of forest restoration projects, and their impact is only expected to increase as our planet continues to warm. In our new episode of Restoration Roundup, featuring Katie Kain (Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and Ethan Tapper (Chittenden County Forester, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation), we discuss the prevalence of invasive plants and how our contributions to t...
What is it like to be a landowner restoring a riparian forest?
March 29, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWhen we talk about riparian forest restoration, a big piece of the puzzle is the land it happens on, and usually that land is privately owned. In this episode we speak with three landowners, including one recently-retired vegetable farmer, a dairy farmer, and a retired high school teacher who leases some of his land to a farmer, about their decisions to restore riparian forests on their land. We discuss what led them to make this decision, what was challenging about the project, how their ne...
The Role of Riparian Forests in Supporting Bird Populations
February 23, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode we speak with Allan Strong and Margaret Fowle about the role riparian forests play in supporting local bird populations. Allan is a professor in the wildlife biology program in The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at UVM. His research focuses on bird conservation and he currently serves as Chair of Vermont’s Endangered Species Committee. Margaret Fowle is a senior conservation biologist with Audubon Vermont; her work includes a variety of bird conservati...
Developing Disease-Tolerant Elm Trees
January 25, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this episode we interview two scientists from the US Forest Service about efforts to develop disease-resistant elm trees for riparian forest restoration. Both are principal investigators for the American elm disease resistance breeding and restoration program. Dr. Leila Pinchot is a restoration ecologist whose research focuses on the restoration of tree species impacted by non-native pests and pathogens. Dr. Kathleen Knight is an ecologist whose research focuses on the impacts and managem...
The Agroforestry Buffers Frontier
December 29, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode we discuss the emerging practice of combining multifunctional agroforestry with riparian buffer restoration. Our guests are Audrey Epp Schmidt from Propagate Ventures and Brenda Lee Sieglitz with the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership. We discuss what agroforestry multifunctional buffers and "extreme" buffers are, the difference between the two, the benefits and challenges of these practices, what work has been done to implement them in the Chesapeake Bay and Lake Champlai...
The Buzz on Buffers: Talking Pollinators with Jason Mazurowski
November 23, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode we speak with Jason Mazurowski about Vermont's pollinator populations and how riparian forests can support them. Jason is an ecologist and naturalist specializing in native pollinator conservation. He teaches courses in field ecology and native pollinators as an adjunct instructor at UVM, and has recently been working on the concept of bee-friendly solar power. He has also been involved in a 10-year bee monitoring study in the Intervale with UVM’s Gund Institute for Environme...
Vermont's Native Tree Stock Shortage
October 27, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn this episode we speak with Annalise Carington and Lynda Prim about the shortage of native trees and shrubs for restoration plantings in Vermont. Annalise is a Conservation Specialist with US Fish & Wildlife and The Intervale Center through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. Lynda is the Manager of the Intervale Conservation Nursery, the largest nursery for native trees and shrubs in Vermont. We discuss recent work quantifying the shortage of native trees for restoration plantings...
Emerald Ash Borer and Riparian Forests
September 21, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode we interview US Forest Service entomologist Patrick Engelken. Patrick studies the effects of emerald ash borer on riparian forests. Emerald ash borer was first discovered in Michigan, where Patrick did his graduate work, in 2002; it was discovered in Vermont in 2018. We discuss how emerald ash borer feeds on ash trees, the impact it has on forest composition and structure, and what restoration practitioners and others can do to help fight the spread of this invasive insect.