Biodiversity Project
Geology
Covered Bridge Stone Steps Project Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Monitoring Invasives Removal Prospect Hill Stewardship Rain Garden Salamander Crossing The Land We Share Vernal Pool Monitoring
Barns Birds Contiguous Forest Dummerson Bedrock Layers Early Successional Lands Glacial Features Natural Communities Vernal Pools
Energy Invasive Plants Crosby Brook Degradation Culverts Preventing Fish Migration Town Plan 2010
Black Mt. Natural Area Nature Conservancy
DUMMERSTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Dummerston, Vermont

 Scenes of Dummerston (position cursor over picture to pause)

Reading the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels

Tuesday, Nov. 9 , 2010

Mission

The mission of the Dummerston Conservation Commission is to promote community responsibility and awareness of our conservation needs and to encourage stewardship of the natural habitat.

Meetings
The Conservation Commission meets the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Dummerston Town Office, Dummerston, VT. Anyone who has an interest in supporting the mission of the commission is welcome to attend.  Meeting times and place are subject to change.  Please check the events listing or call 257-0012 for further information.

Conservation Commission Members
Mary Ellen Copeland-Chair, Patricia Jaquith,  Ed Anthes, Bill McKim,  Charlie Richardson,    Bill Schmidt, Lynn Levine,  John Anderson,  Matthew Hoffman

Current Projects
The Dummerston Biodiversity Project-an inventory of Dummerston's natural heritage, including identifying, locating and protecting endangered species, Prospect Hill Stewardship Project, vernal pool and hemlock tree monitoring, invasives education and removal, and working with the Planning Commission on the Town Plan, and developing a town conservation plan.

Issues
Invasives, threats to our natural forests (hemlock woolly adelgid, Asian Longhorn beetle, culverts and stream degradation, land fragmentation, wildlife habitat protection and natural resources protection and conservation.

Events
Please see our events page for information about Commission and other events and other related events.


Please continue to check the site for the Conservation Commission activities and information about natural Dummerston.  The Commission is collecting information and pictures for this site.  Please send them to: info@dummerstonconservation.com.

For more information about the town of Dummerston, go to http://www.dummerston.com

For more information please contact
Mary Ellen Copland at 802 257-0012

More information about the Vernal Pool Monitoring Project

The following painting of an elegant Dummerston Barn is by Diana Lischer-Goodband.  A description follows the painting.


This barn is an Old English style barn with ocular (round) windows circa 1792.  It has "gunstock" post and beam construction, clapboard outer walls, metal roof, a dirt floor and stone foundation. It is 2 stories high with 3 separate hay lofts.  The barn has been used in the past to house cattle and horses.  Currently the barn shelters 13 sheep, 1 guard llama, 1pig, 5 chickens and 250 bales of hay.
page updated by Mary Ellen Copeland on 06-13-2006