Current Newsletter

04/01/26 - April 2026 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Talk: Jim Andrews will speak about the Reptiles of Windham County on Thursday, April 23rd, at 7pm at the Dummerston Community Center.  Also, the Green Mountain Conservancy is sponsoring two events in April: a talk on Bears and a hike up Deer Mountain Nature Preserve.

  • Nature Notes—Activities of local wildlife

  • What We’re ReadingThe Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, by Priya Parker

  • Dummerston Dark Skies—We gather with members of DarkSky Vermont

03/01/26 - March 2026 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • NEW: Dummerston Invasive Plant Guidebook

  • EVENTS: BEEC visit and gathering of Windham Conservation Commissions

  • Nature Notes—Activities of local wildlife

  • What We’re Reading—Snow Secrets by Lynn Levine

  • Tracking—Fisher tracks on Dutton Road

02/01/26  February 2026 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Nature Notes—Activities of local wildlife

  • What We’re Reading—A beautifully-illustrated, comprehensive field guide to the Connecticut River

  • Tracking—A simple trick to tell canine and feline footprints apart

01/01/26 -January 2026 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Knot Workshop—Learn to tie five essential knots for everyday use

  • Nature Notes—Activities of local wildlife

  • What We’re Reading—Two children’s books that blur the line between science and folklore and one by local author Lynn Levine

  • Tracks—Moose or rabbit?

12/01/25 -December 2025 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Action Opportunity—The public can now comment on proposed relaxation of wetland protection laws. Here’s how.

  • Nature Notes—The darkest days of the year are here

  • What We’re Reading—Debbie is reading Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard

  • Poem—”The Shortest Day” by Susan Cooper

11/01/25 -November 2025 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Gratitude - Prospect Hill

  • Nature Notes—Local Wildlife

  • Poem—"November” by Nicholas Gordon

09/01/25 -September 2025 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Cutting bittersweet—Tools and tricks

  • Nature Notes—Migration begins

  • What We’re Reading—The latest Doug Tallamy

  • Poem—The Moment by Margaret Atwood

07/01/25 - July 2025 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

  • Bluebird update—The first brood has fledged!

  • Nature Notes—Making the most of summer

  • A Capital Crime—Should animal names be capitalized?

  • What We’re Reading—Bill Conley likes Ethan Tapper

  • Dummerston Dark Skies—How to help fireflies The Language of Stones by Lisa Cohen

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12/06/2022 - December 2022 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

11/06/2022 - November 2022 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

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01/02/2022 - January 2022 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

12/02/2021 - December 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

11/02/2021 - November 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

10/15/2021 - Dummerston EAB Ash Tree Count Blitz on Saturday!

10/05/2021 - October 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

09/23/2021 - Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

09/08/2021 - September 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

08/09/2021 - August 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

07/04/2021 - July 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

06/05/2021 - June 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

05/20/2021 - Mid-May 2021 DCC Announcements

05/07/2021 - May 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

04/03/2021 - April 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

03/02/2021 - March 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

02/03/2021 - February 2020 Dummerston Conservation Commission Newsletter

01/02/2021 - January 2021 Dummerston Conservation Commission

12/10/2020 - December 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

11/08/2020 - November 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

10/05/2020 - october 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

09/05/2020 - September 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

08/06/2020 - August 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

07/07/2020 - July 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

06/20/2020 - Rivers and Trails in Dummerston

06/04/2020 - June 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

05/30/2020 - Monarch Butterfly Project with DCC!

05/04/2020 - May 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

04/22/2020 - Happy Earth Day from the Dummerston Conservation Commission!

04/13/2020 - April 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter

03/13/2020 - DCC - Upcoming Events Notice - Cancellation

03/05/2020 - March 2020 Dummerston Conservation e-Newsletter