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.

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.

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.

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)

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)

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)