Audubon to host talk and walk

The Otter Creek Audubon Society will host a talk and then a walk in Middlebury next week.

Hog Island camp scholarships available

Otter Creek Audubon Society is announcing their annual $1,000 scholarship to the renowned Hog Island Audubon Camp, available to an Addison County educator or teen.

Bill Roper receives Audubon award

The award is presented to a person who has worked over many years on behalf of the preservation and appreciation of birds, other wildlife, and natural communities in Addison County. 

Weidensaul to headline OCAS talk

At Otter Creek Audubon Society’s annual meeting and lecture, Amy Weidensaul, Ph.D, senior regional director of Mass Audubon, will speak on “Protecting Nature for Birds and People: Opportunities, lessons and hope from the Massachusetts coast.”

OCAS grants available to educators

Once again, Otter Creek Audubon Society (OCAS) is offering Environmental Education Grants to Addison County educators.

Scholarship offered for Audubon camp

Otter Creek Audubon Society (OCAS) will provide a $1,000 scholarship to help an Addison County educator or teen attend the renowned Hog Island Audubon Camp next summer.

Audubon scholarship provided me with an amazing experience

Mid-July found me on Hog Island off coastal Maine, alongside a few dozen educators from across the country attending “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week,” essentially an adult summer camp.

New birders welcome on TAM walk

Nature enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in a beginner’s bird walk through Wright Park, a segment of the Trail Around Middlebury, on Saturday, June 18, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Grants available for environmental education

Teachers of all age levels are encouraged to develop proposals of up to $800 to support the Otter Creek Audubon Society mission of encouraging a culture of conservation.

Applications open for Hog Island Audubon Camp scholarship

Otter Creek Audubon Society (OCAS) will provide an $800 scholarship to help an Addison County educator or teen attend the renowned Hog Island Audubon Camp next summer. Located off the scenic coast of Maine, the camp is run by the National Audubon Society … (read more)

Key bird habitat in Weybridge conserved forever

WEYBRIDGE — A Weybridge resident has ceded her ownership of a 55-acre parcel of grassland off Sheep Farm Road so that it will remain forever open to wildlife and humans alike. In a transaction that became official on Nov. 1, resident and former selectwoma … (read more)

Crows flock to downtown Middlebury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcAomq0BzXs If you’ve walked around downtown Middlebury at dusk this winter, you’ve seen them: thousands of crows streaming across the sky, gathering in trees, raucously caw-cawing. What are they doing? How many are there? … (read more)