2024 MycoLab Events & Programs
Ecological Restoration Community Workshops at Shelburne Farms
May - June 2024
Shiitake Log Inoculation Workshop with FUNJ. Shrooming Co.
April 28, 2024
May - June 2024
Shiitake Log Inoculation Workshop with FUNJ. Shrooming Co.
April 28, 2024
2023 MycoLab Events & Programs
Presentation to the Conservation Board: Conserving #501 Pine Street
November 6
We share national, bioregional, and local context of this work, site history, about our recent efforts and how they align with BTV Climate Based Solutions, recommendations, requests, and resources. If you would like the recording, reach out! Here is the accompaning information packet.
Community Science
Sundays 2 - 4PM
April 30, May 21*, June 25, July 9, July 30**, Aug 20*, Sept 10*, Oct 15
We will continue to gather ecological inventory on two adjacent Superfund Site parcels that are pooled into this Inaturalist project and then listed separately below: 1. back public 11 acres between the canal and the land (small strip we have not yet inventoried is on the west side of the canal!) which last year we began inventorying 2. an adjacent 3.57 acre Supefund site (#501) which originally hosted the Coal gasification plant. We hope this parcel will be donated to the City, conserved, & slated for true remediation and restoration. So for now we gather baseline data! Thanks to the St. Michael's College Class who created the map for #501 in their recent GIS class!
**Youth Games, bring your children! As long as the shoes worn are kept outside for a few days and all skin is covered, they should be safe!
* On site Ecological Restoration workshop starting at 10 am to offer training to folx and opportunities to practice skills while helping the land!
Ecological Restoration Workshops
Sundays 10AM - 2PM
May 21, Aug 20, Sept 10
Learn how to identify glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)and common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), how to remove them mechanically with no chemicals, and about our larger restoration plan for this crucial buffer between the land and canal.
Abenaki Panel
4:15-5:30pm
July 30
Come listen to Abenaki elders about their childhood memories and ancestral knowledge about this area, so sacred to their people who lived here for thousands of years before colonial devastation occurred. Bring an open heart, reverence, questions, spaciousness to learn, community gifts of tobacco, cedar, dried medicinal and edible herbs, checks for: Alnobaiwi, the four tribes, and Abenaki Artist Association. (We are able to offer financial gifts to the panelists through a NEGEF GROW grant we received recently). A video recording of this is available upon request!
Coming Prepared & Staying Safe
Address: 453 Pine St, across from Dealer.com
Wear long sleeved pants and shirts and water resistant, sturdy foot wear. There are ticks and poison ivy at this site. Bring any water, snacks, and eco friendly sun & insect protection you may need.
Because the sites we are working in are Superfund sites, wear footwear you can leave outside for 2 days on your porch. Note: the toxins are below the soil surface but in case any particulates enter the tread of your shoes, this is an extra precaution we encourage all site visitors to take.
November 6
We share national, bioregional, and local context of this work, site history, about our recent efforts and how they align with BTV Climate Based Solutions, recommendations, requests, and resources. If you would like the recording, reach out! Here is the accompaning information packet.
Community Science
Sundays 2 - 4PM
April 30, May 21*, June 25, July 9, July 30**, Aug 20*, Sept 10*, Oct 15
We will continue to gather ecological inventory on two adjacent Superfund Site parcels that are pooled into this Inaturalist project and then listed separately below: 1. back public 11 acres between the canal and the land (small strip we have not yet inventoried is on the west side of the canal!) which last year we began inventorying 2. an adjacent 3.57 acre Supefund site (#501) which originally hosted the Coal gasification plant. We hope this parcel will be donated to the City, conserved, & slated for true remediation and restoration. So for now we gather baseline data! Thanks to the St. Michael's College Class who created the map for #501 in their recent GIS class!
**Youth Games, bring your children! As long as the shoes worn are kept outside for a few days and all skin is covered, they should be safe!
* On site Ecological Restoration workshop starting at 10 am to offer training to folx and opportunities to practice skills while helping the land!
Ecological Restoration Workshops
Sundays 10AM - 2PM
May 21, Aug 20, Sept 10
Learn how to identify glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)and common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), how to remove them mechanically with no chemicals, and about our larger restoration plan for this crucial buffer between the land and canal.
Abenaki Panel
4:15-5:30pm
July 30
Come listen to Abenaki elders about their childhood memories and ancestral knowledge about this area, so sacred to their people who lived here for thousands of years before colonial devastation occurred. Bring an open heart, reverence, questions, spaciousness to learn, community gifts of tobacco, cedar, dried medicinal and edible herbs, checks for: Alnobaiwi, the four tribes, and Abenaki Artist Association. (We are able to offer financial gifts to the panelists through a NEGEF GROW grant we received recently). A video recording of this is available upon request!
Coming Prepared & Staying Safe
Address: 453 Pine St, across from Dealer.com
Wear long sleeved pants and shirts and water resistant, sturdy foot wear. There are ticks and poison ivy at this site. Bring any water, snacks, and eco friendly sun & insect protection you may need.
Because the sites we are working in are Superfund sites, wear footwear you can leave outside for 2 days on your porch. Note: the toxins are below the soil surface but in case any particulates enter the tread of your shoes, this is an extra precaution we encourage all site visitors to take.
