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Can local wood help solve affordable housing? How will Vermont’s sugar maples adapt to climate change? Could cultivating crops like ginseng and ramps in the forest improve economic resilience for farmers?

How to Spend a Day at Smokey House as an Apprentice

Listen to the Sunday Brunch interview with Walker Cammack, Caitlin Canty and Sawyer Fredericks.

Walker Cammack of Smokey House Center invites the community to their Annual Open House

This summer Smokey House Center is launching the Future Foresters Apprenticeship, a ten-week, hands-on training program for college-aged youth, focused on sustainable forestry practices, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience. This immersive experience equips participants with technical skills and industry connections needed to address regional forestry challenges and support long-term ecosystem health.

This summer Smokey House Center is launching the Future Foresters Apprenticeship, a ten-week, hands-on training program for college-aged youth, focused on sustainable forestry practices, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience. This immersive experience equips participants with technical skills and industry connections needed to address regional forestry challenges and support long-term ecosystem health.

It’s late summer, teetering on the edge of fall, and farmer Caleb Smith is at the base of Dorset Peak, bunching up portable sheep fencing. The towering mountain, part of the Taconic Range, looms above the valley, where his sheep, despite their large flock size, appear like flecks in the sprawling landscape.

Providing local students the opportunity to engage directly with nature and research, Smokey House Center welcomed students from fourteen local schools this spring, including Bennington College, The Dorset School, Burr & Burton Academy, Maple Street School, MEMS, Sunderland Elementary, Long Trail School, and more.

Vermont Business Magazine The Windham Foundation, a nonprofit based in Grafton, VT that works to enhance Vermont's economic, cultural, and civic life, is pleased to announce the recipients of their most recent round of grants.

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Students from Red Fox Community School recently experienced an educational adventure as part of their year-long animal studies program, visiting Smokey House Center to explore and learn about beaver habitats and ecology.

From the Field: A Summer Intern’s Perspective

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Press Manchester Journal Author Danielle M. Crosier Published Nov 20, 2024 Students from Long Trail School participate in Smokey House Center's fall All About Wild Apples Program Students from Long Trail School participate in Smokey House Center's fall All About Wild Apples Program DANBY — This fall, the “Living Lab” at Smokey House Center has welcomed students from Currier Memorial School, Sunderland Elementary, Flood Brook School, Long Trail School, The Dorset School, Red F

Press Manchester Journal

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Press Bennington Banner Author Danielle M. Crosier Published Oct 7, 2024 Searching for bats in their natural habitat with conversationalist Kerry Monahan  DANBY — Local bat expert Kerry Monahan of Hand Wing Solutions will be visiting Smokey House Center on Friday for an evening Bat Chat and Walkabout. “This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome to join,” said Danielle Zimmerman, Development and Communications Director for Smokey House Center. “Kerry will kick

“Hosting the Northeast Forest Farming Conference, in collaboration with the Northeast Forest Farming Coalition, aligns with Smokey House...

Nestled into a valley on a long dirt road, seemingly beyond the back of beyond, lies Danby’s Smokey House Center – an educational research..

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