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Seeking Volunteers for Historic Bird Data Entry

February 6, 2025

With the help of many volunteers, we’ve digitized thousands of pages of historic spring bird records. And now, we are nearly finished entering over 125 years of bird records, mobilizing them for science and conservation. We need your help to reach the finish line! We are seeking a few volunteers to help us online to digitize daily bird records collected by Guy Waterman in East Corinth from 1974 to 1998. And, you can do this from the comfort of your own home!

New Moss Species Discovered in Vermont

January 30, 2025

A new species of moss for Vermont was recently discovered by high school student. Donn’s Rock-Bristle (Seligeria donniana) was confirmed by an expert and added as the 471st moss species known from the state.

Vermont Atlas of Life iNaturalist Project 2024: A Year in Review

January 16, 2025

In 2024 thousands of iNaturalists added over 200,000 biodiversity records to the rapidly growing database of life in Vermont, helping us build the largest biodiversity database every assembled for the state. Read about some of the amazing discoveries and more.

Second Season a Success for the Vermont Butterfly Atlas

December 6, 2024

In 2024 we had 90 observers report 96 butterfly species in 1,973 complete checklists comprising 7,590 butterfly occurrence records to e-Butterfly.org, our official atlas data portal. Overall, we now have over 3,800 checklists comprising more than 14,000 butterfly occurrence records!

Shortnose Sturgeon confirmed in Vermont for first time in decades

November 11, 2024

For years, reports have come in from southern Vermont of potential sightings of a prehistoric fish called Shortnose Sturgeon. The species is covered with bumpy ridges, can grow nearly the length of a bathtub. But no sightings of the federally endangered fish had been confirmed, until this summer.

Zabulon Skipper Discovered in Vermont

August 29, 2024

It took less than a month for Terri Armata, one of our star butterfly atlas volunteers, to find and document the 119th butterfly species for Vermont and her 4th state record, a Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon).

Searching for Butterflies: The West Virginia White

August 26, 2024

West Virginia White butterfly populations are a conservation concern in Vermont due to various factors, including invasive species and forest fragmentation. As VCE’s Spatial Science Intern, Eli Byington spent the summer working with data from the Vermont Atlas of Life to create a species distribution model for the West Virginia White in Vermont. This model incorporated bioclimatic variables and host-plant distributions to reveal areas within Vermont that may be suitable for these butterflies today and into the future.

Sachem Skipper is the Latest New Butterfly Species Recorded for Vermont

July 31, 2024

Terri Armata, one of Vermont’s most ardent butterfly watchers, has done it yet again, recording her third state record butterfly! She found a vagrant Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes huron) in Wilmington, Vermont while surveying butterflies for the Second Vermont Butterfly Atlas.

New Moth Species Recorded for Vermont

July 30, 2024

A new moth species for the state, Hops Anglewing (Niphonyx segregata) was photographed during the Vermont Moth Blitz week and shared to our iNaturalist project.

By a Stream in Vermont, a Glimpse of a Plant Last Seen a Century Ago

June 13, 2024

The State of Vermont announced last month that a plant thought to be locally extinct — False Mermaid-weed — had been found through a chain of events that seemed stolen from a fairy tale.

Red Alert! The Admirals are Coming

May 9, 2024

Right now, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of butterflies are arriving in Vermont. No, they’re not Monarchs. These are Red Admirals, and about every decade or so, there’s a massive migration northward from somewhere south. It’s one of the many great migrations that often go unnoticed.

A New eBird Vermont Website has Hatched

May 1, 2024

Many of you might have noticed that the eBird Vermont website has been refreshed and improved. We have worked with eBird central and other regional eBird networks over the past year to create this new design and tools.