Healthy forests are vital to mitigating climate change. They can capture and store carbon, reduce flooding, conserve water for agricultural irrigation, and provide important psychological benefits to the people who live among and around them. More than ever, we need to plant trees across our watersheds.

The Intervale Conservation Nursery (ICN) grows native, locally sourced trees and shrubs for conservation projects right here in Burlington. Our team works with partners across the state to plant trees, conserve seeds, and remove invasive species - leading the way for conservation stewardship in Vermont. In 2023 alone, the ICN team sold almost 30,000 bareroot trees to agencies, nonprofits, and landowners in Vermont. The team planted 10,000 stems across 40 acres, removed invasive species on 10 acres, and worked with partners to steward 31 acres.

Rebuilding our soils and protecting and restoring our waterways is key to strengthening the foundation of our food system so that it is more resilient, but we can't do it without you! Help us continue to lead the way for climate resilient agriculture and ecosystems in Vermont.

The Intervale Conservation Nursery team (from left to right): **Christine Cramer, Ben Fishbein, Kiana French, Sarah Foster, and Brooke Fleischman**

Have you heard about native seed collection at the Intervale?

ICN is supporting a statewide native seed collection effort, with the goal of restoring riparian forest buffers. Our new statewide Seed Coordinator, Brooke Fleischman, provides a critical link between organizations and entities across Vermont who are part of seed collection, direct seeding trials, and propagation of native plant material for conservation projects. Through this coordinated effort providing locally adapted native seeds, we aim to increase the overall native plant material availability statewide.

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