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THE DIRT The VNLA Quarterly Newsletter Volume 38, Issue 4

Winter Issue, 2012-2013

Landshapes - Caroline DudekLarge Scale Residential DesignHonor Award

Jack Rossi Jack Rossi Landscape Architecture

Large Scale Residential DesignHonor Award

Ashley Robinson Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer Small Scale Residential Design

Merit Award

2012Industry Award

Winners


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Distinctive Landscaping - Tricia KingSmall Scale Residential Design

Merit Award

Landshapes - Marie LimogeCommercial Design

Merit Award

Distinctive Landscaping - Sarah Stradtner Special Projects

Merit Award

Tree Works, Ltd.Bill deVos

Special Projects Merit Award

2012Industry Award Winners


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Inside thisIssue

presidents letter

Board of Directors 5

Green WorksWelcomes NewMembers and

VCHers

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Green WorksIndustry AwardWinners 2012

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New MemberProfile -NortheastNursery, Inc.

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News from the U 12

Pussy Willows - A True Sign of Spring?

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RecommendedPlantings forMigratorySongbird HabitatManagement

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Industry Calendar 18

Looking out my window I would guess that itwas late March as the temperature hovers

around 50 degrees with an almost tropicalsouth wind. But, as I glance up at thecalendar Im reminded that its only mid-winter and Im hopeful that there will bemore snow to enjoy before we all dive into thebusy spring season. Working in a seasonal industry allows time toreflect on the past seasons successes andfailures as well as plan for the future. In ourJanuary meeting, the Green Works board of directors did just that. Half of the day wasspent reviewing the budget for 2013 line byline and discussing our goals for theupcoming year.

Having served on this board for more thanten years through the past few decades I havefound that the discussions revolving aroundthe budget havent changed a whole lot. Thereare always plenty of excellent ideas on how tomarket the Association and providemeaningful benefits to our membership butwe are constantly faced with the reality of ourlimited finances.

While the recent dues increase has narrowedthe gap between our yearly operatingexpenses and our fixed income, we still relyalmost exclusively on profits from the FlowerShow to fund all other initiatives. Our winterand summer meetings have never beenprofitable and the current board, as well aspast boards, have been committed to keepingthe cost of these meetings as low as possibleto make them affordable to all our members. During the budget process, the board was

very conservative and formulated a budget forthe coming year that is somewhat of a worstcase scenario. It was the consensus of theboard that we would rather underestimateour income and find ourselves in a betterplace than we projected financially as theyear progresses.

We are cautiously optimistic that the FlowerShow will far exceed our expectations thusallowing us to move forward on some new

projects as well as begin rebuilding our nestegg.

A close review of the VNLA budget has madeit crystal clear that the key to the long-termfuture and financial stability of the

Association rests significantly on growing ourmembership in the coming years. The numberof members in the VNLA has remainedrelatively the same over the past few yearsdespite significant improvements inmembership benefits.

Efforts to attract new members withextensive mailings of letters and brochureshave not worked. It has been my experiencethat the best way to attract new members isby a personal contact by one of our existingmembers. I urge each and every one of you to make it apriority in 2013 to invite at least one newmember to join the VNLA. If we can continueto increase our membership we will not onlyhave more resources to spend on marketingour industry, but we will cultivate new ideas

and future leaders that will continue to movethis Association in a positive direction. Sooneror later you will get tired of hearing from meif youre not already! Looking forward to seeing you all at upcomingGreen Works events and at the VermontFlower Show. Remember to bring a friend!

VJ Comai, Green Works/VNLA/President


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PRESIDENT VJ ComaiSouth Forty Nursery184 Tamarack Rd * Charlotte, VT 05445802.425.6222 * [email protected]

VICE-PRESIDENTEd BurkeRocky Dale Gardens806 Rocky Dale Road * Bristol, VT 05443802-453-2782 * [email protected]

SECRETARY/TREASURERClaybrook GriffithLong Leaf Landscaping, LLC4379 Ethan Allen Hwy.New Haven, VT 05472802-999-4558 * [email protected]

DIRECTORS

Nate CarrChurch Hill Landscapes, Inc.287 Church Hill Road * Charlotte, VT [email protected]

Carrie ChalmersQuoyburray Farm239 Lawrence Hill Road * Weston, VT [email protected]

Ron PaquettePaquette Full of Posies Nursery10236 Williston Road * Williston, VT [email protected]

Dan Redondo Vermont Wetland Plant Supply, LLCPO Box 153 * Orwell, VT [email protected]

Chris ThompsonWhite River Valley GardensPO Box 297 * Stockbridge, VT [email protected]

Brian Vaughan Vaughan Landscaping40 Mt. Pritchard LaneSt. George, VT [email protected]

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

Kristina MacKulinGreen Works-VNLA P.O. Box 92 * N. Ferrisburgh, VT 05473Toll Free: 888.518.6484; 802.425.5117Fax 802.425.5122Kristina@greenworksvermont.orgwww.greenworksvermont.org

BUDGET AND FINANCECOMMITTEE CHAIRClaybrook GriffithLong Leaf Landscaping, LLC802.999.4558

EVALUATION & PLANNINGCOMMITTEE CHAIR

Brian Vaughan Vaughan Landscaping802.425.6222

INDUSTRY AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIREd BurkeRocky Dale Gardens802.453.2782

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR

Dan Redondo Vermont Wetland Plant Supply, LLC802.948.2553

MARKETING & EDUCATIONCOMMITTEE CHAIREd BurkeRocky Dale Gardens802.453.2782

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR VJ ComaiSouth Forty Nursery802.425.6222

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE CHAIRBrian Vaughan

Vaughan Landscaping802.482.4228

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR VJ ComaiSouth Forty Nursery802.425.6222

RESEARCH & AWARDSCOMMITTEE CHAIR

VJ ComaiSouth Forty Nursery802.425.6222

VERMONT CERTIFIED HORTICULTURISTCOMMITTEE CHAIRClaybrook GriffithLong Leaf Landscaping, LLC802.999.4558

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Arboreal Habitats, Ltd. Adam BuursmaPO Box 605Jacksonville, VT [email protected]: LDB, NW

Active Member

Barre Tile, Inc.Justin ParryPO Box 601S. Barre, VT 05670802-476-0912; F: [email protected]: LDB, LIM

Active Member

Jack Rossi Landscape ArchitectureJack Rossi3 Bond StreetWoodstock, VT 05091802-457-2686

[email protected]: LA

Active Member

Northeast Nursery, Inc.Tim Madden55 Carlen StreetManchester Ctr, VT 05255802-222-7341; F: 978-854-4514tmadden@northeastnursery .comwww.northeastnursery.comCategory: NW, NR, TC, S

Associate Member

Schneible Fine ArtsDouglas Schneible837 Bay RoadShelburne, VT 05482802-279-7601acgdoug@aol.comwww.schneiblefinearts.comCategory: Stone Garden Ornaments; Retail & Wholesale

Active Member

Thanks for joining and welcome!

New Green Works Members2013

Greenhaven Gardens & NurseryMichelle Blow2638 Ethan Allen HighwayNew Haven, VT [email protected], GR, LDB, NR, NW

Greenhaven Gardens & NurserySheila Collette2638 Ethan Allen HighwayNew Haven, VT [email protected], GR, LDB, NR, NW

LandshapesHunter Gomez88 Rogers LaneRichmond, VT 05477802-434-3500/802-730-3534F: 802-434-3002LD, LDB, LIM

Congratulations toour new VCHers!

We hope to see you atthe upcoming show!

New Vermont CertifiedHorticulturists

2013
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Green Works - Industry Award Winners - 2012This years Industry Award winners will be presented atGreen Works annual winter meeting on February 13, 2013.This program is in its fourth year. Two things we changedthis year were extending the deadline for submissions toDecember 31, 2012 and simplifying the award categories.

Award winning projects from 2012 and 2011 will be ondisplay at the 2013 Vermont Flower Show. This years

selected winners are as follows:Landshapes - Caroline DudekLarge Scale Residential Design

Hillside SanctuaryHonor Award

Jack RossiJack Rossi Landscape Architecture

Large Scale Residential Design Kenary Residence

Honor Award

Ashley Robinson Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer

Small Scale Residential DesignMt. Philo Residence

Merit Award

Distinctive Landscaping - Tricia King Small Scale Residential Design

An Artful RetreatMerit Award


Harpoon BreweryMerit Award

Distinctive Landscaping - Sarah Stradtner Special Projects Burial Garden

Merit Award

Tree Works, Ltd. - Bill deVosSpecial Projects

Bounds Live OakMerit Award

We received 8 submissions and awarded 7 of them. GreenWorks assembled a panel of 7 professionals to review and

judge the entries. In early January they spent a full daytogether, looking at slides and reviewing the informationsubmitted with each project. Any identifying informationon the entries was omitted so the judging could be blindand objective. If one of the judges recognized a project andfelt they couldnt be objective, they were asked to recusethemselves. The judges included 1 landscape architect, 4

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Small Scale Residential Design

Jack Rossi Landscape ArchitectureLarge Scale Residential Design

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professional horticulturists/garden designers and 2educators. We do not reveal the names of our judges.

A big thank you to all who submitted and please, keepon submitting! Wed like to receive many more entriesand know there is a lot of great work being done by our

members. Each year we get a few more first-timeentries. You cant be awarded if you dont enter, butentering isnt a guarantee of an award either.Submitting entries for an industry award is always agood learning experience and it helps build yourportfolio.

A big thank-you to our judges and to all theparticipants! Keep track of your projects this year, takelots of photos, visit older projects and submit for nextyears awards!

Please view the winning project photos on the cover andinside cover of this issue. You can also view a slideshow of the winning projects on our websiteat www.greenworksvermont.org.

Ed Burke, Industry Awards Committee Chair

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Distinctive Landscaping - Tricia King Small Scale Residential Design

Distinctive Landscaping - Sarah StradtnerSpecial Projects

Tree Works, Ltd. - Bill deVosSpecial Projects
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After thirty years of successfully serving the LandscapeContractor, and Turf and Ornamental markets in easternNew England, Northeast Nursery has expanded its' rangeto serve the markets in western New England andeastern New York state. Additionally, this summer sawan expansion into the Greenhouse market offeringprofessional and retail soils, plastics, and a wide range of fertilizers and control products. Northeast Nursery isincorporated in Massachusetts and is still operated andmanaged by the founder, Andrew Cotreau. Customersatisfaction has been, and continues to be the number onegoal of the entire staff.

I am a two time graduate of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass, Amherst, A.S. LandscapeOperations and A.S. Turfgrass Management. I have spentmost of my career as a Golf Course Superintendent, andhave been a Certified GCS for nearly 25 years. I havealways enjoyed the people involved in the Green Industryand have been having fun meeting many of you in the

non-turf markets. I have also spent many years as anactive member and director in the VT GCSA, NYSTA,NEGCSA and look forward to making some contributionto Green Works.

I live in Manchester Center and cover all of Vermont,western MA, and western NH. I look forward to meetingGreen Works members over the coming year! Please feelfree to contact me if I could be of any service. You canreach me at 802.222.7341 or email me [email protected].

new member profile - Northeast Nursery, Inc.by Tim Madden

FairfaxPerennialFarm Inc.

WHOLESALE PERENNIAL GROWERSGrowing a large variety of quality,

Vermont grown plants.7 Blackberry Hill Road ~ Fairfax, VT 05454

[email protected] ~ 849-2630 FAX
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When the students are gone and winter break happens itis a time of catching up and getting ahead with projects ata much more relaxed pace. It is one of my favorite timesof year, together with the holiday season, spending timewith family and enjoying good food. I hope your winterseason has been filled with the same.

Actually 2013 has been on my agenda for some time,writing monthly articles (check them out online on mywebsite if you need material for customers or a newsletter:perrysperennials.info/articleS.htm), planning and tapingshows for Across the Fence (with some including yourindustry colleagues), and planning meetings among themain commitments. As you read this the Flower Showprogram has been completed--thanks to all from ourindustry who will be presenting and helping make oureducational program at the Show such high caliber.

The New England Grows program also has great speakersyou will not want to miss. (I'm now serving on theeducation committee, so if you have any ideas for speakersfor next year let me know.) And we'll be having aNorthern New England nursery meeting again earlyMarch in southern New Hampshire-- watch your

Association email and my website for full details. Onehighlight from this nursery meeting will be a new facultymember at the University of Connecticut, Ben Campbell,who is a marketing specialist. He'll be discussing anddemonstrating how new eye-tracking technology (as usedin other industries such as food sales) has begun to be

used in our industry to better meet customer needs. Alsowatch my website and your Association emails where we'llpost tours as they are planned. Two upcoming tours willbe sponsored by Green Works this coming year toMontreal, one in July and one in September. The formerwill feature the summer perennials, AND the specialinternational mosaic culture exhibit this year at thebotanic gardens; the latter tour will, of course, feature theyearly-changing Chinese lantern display.

As for campus, all is moving smoothly (thankfully and let'shope it continues). In our department for Spring courses,the big one (125 so far) is A Bug's Life (Scott Lewins).Others include Agroecology of Vegetable Crops (Chen),Organic Farm Planning (Chen), Ecological LandscapeDesign (Hurley), Chemistry of Soil and Water (Ross), SoilEcology (Weicht), Commercial Plant Propagation(Starrett), and several other special topics. Then there arequite a few offered through Continuing Education,including Drawing and Painting Botanicals (Neroni),Gardens for Human and Environmental Health (Raab),and one by our own association member Sinclair Adam--History of Agriculture. Of course I continue to offer myCE online courses (for 129 students so far total--the mostof any faculty in our department this semester, and 30

more than last spring) includingGarden Flowers, Flowers andFoliage, Indoor Plants, andHome Vegetable Growing (twosections).

My grad student Grace Matirucollected her second year of survey data from MasterGardeners (one more to go forher thesis), along with a coupleother surveys, on home fruit and vegetable growing. Someof the brand new highlights from this representativegroup of Vermont gardeners begins with the fact thatvirtually all (71 of the 72 responding) grew either fruitsand/or vegetables this past year, as well as the year prior.On spending on plants and supplies for growing these,

37% spent less than $100 and almost half spent betweenthis and $250. For sources, 76% of this group rated localgarden store as high or very high in importance, withabout the same percent rating chain stores and otherretail outlets of very low importance. Most important inmaking a decision where to buy was past experience(rated 4.4/5), with ads and promotions rated lowest (2.1)and other reasons intermediate.

On the details from Grace's survey in 2012 on gardenspecifics, average vegetable garden size was 700 squarefeet. The top 5 vegetables grown were tomatoes (97% of respondents), herbs (87%), salad greens (82%), cucumber

(74%), and beans (74%). If they grew fruits (48respondents did), the average for fruit trees was 6, 17 forfruit bushes, and 24 feet of rows. For those growing fruits,most popular in order were blueberries (63%), apples(50%), strawberries (48%), and raspberries (40%). Abouthalf the respondents had the same size gardens as theyear prior, with about a quarter increasing in size a little(less than 25%).

On reasons they had such gardens, most important werefor taste (rated 4.7/5), fun (4.6), food safety andenvironmental concerns (both tied at 4/5). For this mastergardener group, most gardening decisions were made bythose over 50 years old (69%) and women (69%), althougha higher percentage of men shared in the garden work.Most had completed an associate or vocation degree, orabove. Hopefully these and future results from Grace'ssurveys will help you in better targeting sales tocustomers this spring, or at least to better know who theyare. You can contact Leonard at 802-656-2630, FAX802-656-4656 and visit Perry's Perennial Pages atperrysperennials.info.

news from the Uby Dr. Leonard Perry - UVM Extension Horticulturist


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Pussy Willows - A True Sign of Spring?

by Tim ParsonsAsk 20 gardeners, and you'll get 40 or more answers onwhat they consider signs of spring. One of the mostcommon answers, though, will probably be Pussy Willow.

Salix , the Willow family, claims more than 400 members,with a range from the tropics all the way up to being thelast woody plant before you are stumbling across the ArcticCircle. Many kinds are native to western China, includingthe magnificent but weak-wooded Weeping Willow, butNorth America claims her share as well, about 75varieties. Pussy Willow is one of these, although there areseveral willows with that name.

Go to your local garden center, and you'll probably find,well, you probably won't find pussy willow at all. Gardencenters have a hard time selling very early or very late

bloomers, like pussy willow or Witch hazel. Both bloombefore most garden centers this far north are even open,and, during the regular growing season, these wonderfulshrubs probably wouldn't even catch your eye.

Should you happen upon one, though, probably in the salebin, odds are it is a Salix caprea , a European Pussy willowalso known as Goat Willow. Native from Europe tonortheast Asia and northern Iran, it is nearly identical toour native species, Salix discolor . Our native form is moresusceptible to canker, and have deeper brown branchesand a nearly bluish white underside to the leaves, but it isthe canker scaring plant propagators from growing thenative species.

Pussy Willow (both) reach about 15-25 feet high, and about12-15' in width. Native to wet, moist areas, they arefrequently seen in marshes, wetlands, and on the edges of rivers and ponds. The 'pussies' we are familiar with inkindergarten are male catkins, flowerswith inconspicuous or, like Salix , no petals. While most

catkins are designed for wind pollination, the Willows areknown for insect pollination. Perhaps the non-showiness of the catkins is forgivable in the wild, as nothing else is in

bloom, competing for the insects to visit them. For youpollinators among us, they are high-sugar flowers. At anyrate, they are easy enough to force in a vase starting inFebruary for the spring-desperate.

In the wild, Pussy Willow is an important source of food forbrowsing animals, such as deer and moose, although notthe most palatable (who asks?). Duck and other waterfowlfeed on the catkins in the early spring, while mice andother rodents can be found eating the stems in the winter.

Majorie Harris, in Botanica North America , writes of the Pussy Willow, and references a now defunct sketchyweb site for the legend of how Pussy Willows got theirname. It's a Polish legend, and involves a sad, crying catnext to a river, whose kittens had fallen into while chasingButterflies,as kids and kitts are likely to do. Hearing theircries, the Willow trees next to the banks swept down,arching into the river and allowing the kittens to cling totheir branches, when they were safely brought to shore.Every spring since, the Willow sprouts tiny fur-like buds atthe tips of their branches in remembrance.
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Seasonal fruits are an important food resource formigratory songbirds as they migrate south each fall alongthe east coast of the U.S. This region is a major migrationcorridor for songbirds as they travel from their northern

breeding grounds to their southern wintering areas.During these annual migrations songbirds require habitatsthat contain easily located and nutritionally adequatefoods because these birds must rapidly replenish theirenergy and protein stores before continuing migration.Thus, the availability of high- quality, abundant foodresources, like fruits, in coastal regions of the eastern U.S.is critical for successfulmigration of songbirds.

Most songbirds can utilizeseasonal fruits that ripen inlate summer and are availablethroughout the fall season. Theideal fruit diet for migratorybirds would allow birds torapidly replenish their energyand protein stores inpreparation for their nextmigratory flight. However,fruits differ in their nutritionaland energy content and mostare relatively low in protein.Therefore we recommendoffering birds a diversity of fruits so they can satisfy theirnutritional needs ( Table 1 ).Although a few invasive, non-native plant species producefruits that may satisfy thenutritional requirements of wild birds, we restrict ourrecommendations to nativeplant species. These recommendations are based onmeasured nutritional composition of fruits, estimatednutritional requirements of birds, and bird preferenceexperiments in which birds choose between several choicesof fruits. Some of the recommended fruits such as

Arrowood are high-energy fruits that allow birds to rapidlyrefuel but have inadequate dietary protein ( Table 1 ).Other recommended fruits such as Pokeweed or Virginia

Recommended Plantings for MigratorySongbird Habitat Managementby Susan Smith & Scott Mc Williams, Department of Natural Resources Science, URI

Table 1

Recommended native fruiting shrubs that can enhancehabitat for migratory songbirds in southern New England.Given a diversity of plant species is needed to satisfy therequirements of migrating songbirds, we suggest plantingat least two species from the Highly recommended list

plus other species from the list when possible. Pleaseconsult your local greenhouse or horticulturist for adviceon which plant species are best for your growing area.

Creeper have more carbohydrate than fat (and so haveless energy than Arrowood) but have adequate dietaryprotein. Some waxy fruits, like Northern Bayberry, orless palatable fruits, like hol- lies, may only be utilized

by a subset of migrants (i.e. Yellow-rumped Warblers,Cedar Waxwings) but these fruits persist and thus mayalso provide a good food resource for overwintering birds.This is why we recommend planting a variety of bird-consumed fruiting shrubs to create the best habitat for

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March 1-3, 2013 Vermont Flower ShowChamplain Valley ExpositionEssex Junction, VT802.425.5117www.greenworksvermont.org

March 12, 2013Saving Our Trees: A Conference for Arborists,Foresters, Tree Wardens & Sugar Bush OwnersStockbridge HallUMASS-Amherstwww.umassgreeninfo.org

March 16, 2013UVM Greenhouse TourFriends of the Horticulture Farm802.864.3073www.friendsofthehortfarm.org

March 13-17, 2013Boston Flower and Garden ShowSeaport World Trade CenterBoston, MA

March 28, 2013 Vermont Organics Recycling Summit Vermont Technical CollegeRandolph Center, VT802.277.3360

April 12-14, 2013Great Gardens & Landscaping SymposiumKerry MendezEquinox InnMachester, VT518.585.2821

Industry Calendar April 13, 2013Northern Gardening SymposiumNew England Wildflower Society

Vermont Technical CollegeRandolph, VTwww.newfs.org

April 20, 2013

Lilacs 101 w/Jeff Young12:30-4pmFriends of the Horticulture Farmwww.friendsofthehortfarm.org

April 27, 2013Rustic Cedar Workshop w/Brian Gluck8am-4pmFriends of the Horticulture Farmwww.friendsofthehortfarm.org

July 13-16, 2013OFA Short CourseGreater Columbus Convention CenterColumbus, OHwww.ofa.org

J uly 21-27, 2013Perennial Plant Symposium

Vancouver, British Columbia614.771.8431www.perennialplant.org/events

This winter and into spring, the VT Urban &Community Fore stry Program will offer monthlywebinars to keep you updated on the latest research,opportunities, and threats to the urban forest.Webinars will run the third Thursday of each monthand last an hour. You do not have to be a SOUL TreeSteward to participate; however, these webinars aredesigned to support the work of tree stewards in theircommunity. *CEU's available for ISA, SAF and

pesticides.

Winter Webinar Schedule Seven Habits of Highly Effective Tree BoardsMarch 20th. 20135-6 pmPaul Ries, Oregon Urban and Community ForestryProgram

Community Gravel Beds for Bare Root Planting April 17th, 20135-6 pmGary Johnson and Chad Giblin, University of Minnesota Destructive Invasive Tree Pest's Are Headed our

Way: Is Your Community Ready ?May 15th, 20135-6 pmMark Whitmore, Cornell University, Dept of NaturalResources

To sign up visit: www.uvm.edu/extension/ environment/soul

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