Tree walk highlights how to identify trees, as well as the threats facing them >With the help of their dad, Craig Pike, left, Eva Pike, 7, and Alex Pike, 5, of Cornish, N.H., feel the needles of a Norway spruce tree during a tree identification walk at Blow-Me-Down Farm in Cornish, N.H., on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. >Joey Sullivan, center, natural resource management intern with the Student Conservation Association, and Steve Mortillo, second from right, natural resources program lead with Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, lead a tree identification walk at Blow-Me-Down Farm in Cornish, N.H., on Saturday, July 10, 2021. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission.
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Vermont Business Magazine In September of 2020 the United States Mint and the National Park Service officially launched the America the Beautiful Quarters Program coin honoring Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock, Vermont, the only national park dedicated to telling the story of conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America.
The coin depicts a young girl completing the planting of a Norway spruce seedling near an established tree, continuing the life cycle of the forest. The child represents the conservationist, seeking to maintain a sustainable forest for future enjoyment and education.
As part of the dedication ceremony, with funds provided by the Vermont Woodworks Council, the park conducted a competition for the design and crafting of the “coin vessel” by which the newly minted coins would be delivered.
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More than 1.6 million people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year; more than 300,000 of them were in the United States, and 100 were in Vermont. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy. It s driving up rates of depression, anxiety and overdose deaths, and causing record numbers of parents, mostly women, to leave the workforce to care for their kids. And the pandemic has isolated us from friends and family when we need them the most.
All of this has been taking place amid a bitter partisan battle for control of the federal government. Consequently, crucial relief measures that thousands of Vermonters rely on are scheduled to expire at the end of this month.