Vermont Monitoring Cooperative
Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation – The University of Vermont – USDA Forest Service, GMNF
Providing the information
needed to understand,
manage, and protect
forested ecosystems in
Vermont
VMC is a partnership of the State of Vermont, Agency of Natural Resources, Department of
Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of
Environmental and Natural Resources, and the Green Mountain National Forest, USDA
Forest Service. VMC has received annual funding from the USDA Forest Service since it was
established in 1990 through an initial appropriation secured by US Senator Patrick Leahy.
Vermont Monitoring Cooperative
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Partnership of State of Vermont, University of Vermont, &
US Forest Service – Green Mountain National Forest
Forest ecosystem health monitoring
Research coordination and funding
Information sharing and education
Intensive sites at Mt. Mansfield & Lye Brook Wilderness
Over 60 Cooperators and 140 projects
VMC Staff
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Sean Lawson, Acting Director (UVM) and
Monitoring Coordinator (FPR)
Mim Pendleton, Field and Lab Technician (UVM)
Joanna Grossman – Web & Data Manager (FPR)
Judy Rosovsky, Data Management Assistant (UVM)
Carl Waite, Researcher and Analyst (UVM)
Jennifer Supple, Information/Education Specialist (FPR)
VMC RESOURCES
Federal, State,
University Support
Professional
Staff
Over 60
Cooperators
Long-term Forest Health Records
local, regional, national
Long-term Air Quality Records
local, regional, national
Long-term Study Sites
Searchable, On-Line Project Library
Over 12 Years of Data, Metadata, Maps, Reports
Key VMC Study Sites
Mount
Mansfield
Lye Brook
Lake Champlain
PMRC – Underhill, VT Air Quality
Super-site
PMRC Forest Canopy
Tower
VMC 2006 Annual Meeting
Monday, October 30, 2006
VT Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation – The University of Vermont – Green Mountain National Forest
LOCATION: Billings North Lounge, University of Vermont Campus
AGENDA
8:30-9:00 am
Registration – Refreshments – Poster Set-Up
9:00 am
Welcome and Introductory Remarks - Sean Lawson, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative
9:10 am
Assessing Indicators of Healthy Forests: a Web-based Application to Provide Statewide Information to Natural
Resource Professionals - Sandy Wilmot, VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation; Phil Girton, Consultant
9:55 am
Long-Term Ecosystem Monitoring Project on Green Mountain National Forest
Brian Keel & Diane Burbank, USDA Green Mountain National Forest
10:25 am
Break – Refreshments and Snacks – Poster Viewing
10:45 am
Status and Trends of Vermont's Forest Birds: 18 Years of the Forest Bird Monitoring Program.
Steve Faccio, Vermont Institute of Natural Science
11:15 am
Climate Change Effects on New England Spruce-Fir Forests: Evidence from the Past, Implications for the Future.
Matthew Landis, Middlebury College
11:45 am
Putting Forest Health Monitoring in its Place - The Vermont Long-term Forest Soil Monitoring Project. – Thomas
Villars, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
12:15 pm
Lunch and poster session
1:15 pm
Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring at Mt. Mansfield and Throughout Vermont – Jim Andrews, Middlebury College
1:45 pm
Benefits of Adding Physiological Measurements to Long-Term Monitoring Efforts: Red Spruce and Sugar Maple as
Examples.Paul Schaberg, USDA Northeast Forest Experiment Station; Gary Hawley, University of Vermont, RSENR
2:15 pm
Influence of Nutrition and Stress on Sugar Maple at a Regional Scale. – Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service, Northern
Research Station
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Inventory and Monitoring Forest Invasive Species with Airborne Remote Sensing: Honeysuckle in the Taconics.
Robert Turner, Consulting Forester, R.J. Turner Company
3:30 pm
Preliminary Results of the 2005 Vermont Acid Lake Biomonitoring Program
Heather Pembrook, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks - Sean Lawson, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative
END