NorthWoods Stewardship Center
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June 15, 2012
As a resident of the NEK, we have heard about NorthWoods for many years. Especially its highly motivated and dedicated staff who conduct "hands-on" activities about land management practices and other environmental issues for all ages living-in and visiting the NEK. When my wife and I were loking for an organization worthy of placement of some of our money, they were the natural choice (no pun intended!). We could not be more pleased with the way they are using the financial resource we provided to them. We have received great satisfaction from knowing that we have been a part of sustaining their 20-year history of providing worthwhile and necessary, community-centered, work and education.
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2012
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April 30, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
I brought my 7 year old son to the Northwoods one week summer camp. He and I rented a cabin on nearby Crystal Lake and I drove him to camp each morning, enjoyed hiking and biking in the Northeast Kingdom, then had the supreme fun of picking him up each afternoon. The NorthWood staff were courteous, easygoing, and professional. We live in suburb around Boston and I wanted my son to have a true, rural experience for one week in the summer. In addition, he and I got to spend one week together traveling, eating meals together, and fishing. It was a slice of heaven.
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Definitely
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Very Well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
April 28, 2012
Northwoods Stewardship Center is a hugely valuable resource in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. The staff and volunteers are smart, interesting, and always seem to be available on-site, or by phone and email. The Stewardship Center has always been there to remind me why I love northern Vermont, and gives me the experiences and information that deepen my relationship with this part of the world. As host of Game of Logging (GOL) series the Center gave me a solid education in safe and sustainable woods practices. As the host of outdoor events, the Center has given me backwoods experiences - in all seasons - I wouldn't have found myself. The Center's moonlight paddles on the Clyde made memories that my loved ones and I will cherish forever. Logging with horses - in winter - was an unforgettable experience, introducing me to great people and a new dimension to working outdoors. My dream is to manage woodland in VT with the best sustainable practices available. I know that the Stewardship Center will be an essential ally and partner in that journey. Finally, I see the Stewardship Center as a vision-keeper for a sustainable, respectable and progressive approach to Vermont's natural resources.
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My relationship to Vermont outdoors. My understanding of Vermont geophysical history - and future. New friends.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Possibly consider offering more on-site, hands-on workshops of the "sustainable lifestyle" variety - nutrition, cooking, canning, preserving, natural health, alternative energy, and the like.
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Life-changing
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
How did you learn about this organization?
Barton Chronicle and Center website and email campigns.
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April 28, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
This unique and wonderful organization set in the most pristine region of northern Vermont has made a commitment to connecting people with the outdoors through place-based education, land stewardship and the mentoring of youth. With its dedicated staff and passionate volunteers, Northwoods has been a center for extraordinary programs focusing upon community service and environmental awareness where particularly young people spend many weeks during the summer working together in the mountains and along the streams to study and restore natural habitat for generations of people to enjoy.
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Life-changing
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2012
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April 27, 2012
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I am a retired university professor who left a dynamic world class community to live on a farm at the end of the known universe. To my delight we have found an organization that rivals the best of conservation and natural resource organizations anywhere. I have worked closely with its talented and energetic staff to do basic science, community service and most important of all...outreach programs that enrich the lives of many people living in the north country. Because of the NorthWoods Stewardship Center a number of young people have found summer job opportunities, have chosen to go on to colleges and careers in public service, and have worked in the field to build a better place for all to live, work and play. It is a terrific organization
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Very Well
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Life-changing
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Definitely
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2012
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April 23, 2012
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Tucked away on 1,350 acres of forests, streams, the Clyde River and beautiful Lake Seymour I discovered the most dedicated and talented staff of outdoor educators, forestry experts, environmental scientists, conservation corps leaders you likely to find anywhere. They make a real positive difference everyday to our environment and someone's appreciation and learning about it. They are there for you and the people you care about. Come visit them and see for yourself.
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Life-changing
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2012
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April 8, 2012
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This is a part of the Northeast Kingdom that must be walked, skied, or paddled. For people who just want to take deep breaths and soak in the sounds and smells of nature, this is the place to be. For adults who long for a camp experience that will teach their children about the real outdoors, while learning in a safe environment, this is the place to visit. With talented outdoor educators and volunteer scientists, this non-profit is a state-of-the-art educational center when it comes to combining science-based activities and fun community outreach programs. Of course I am biased, but not just because I am an active board member and love the people who work here, it's because I grew up in this area, and after being away for 20 years, then coming back, I realized how important, and necessary an organization such as this is. We need NWSC to help us learn again the lost arts of nature-living, and must pass on this knowledge of being a careful and educated land steward. Hey, it also provided a summer job for my active, 6'3", 17 year old son! He was a crew member of this organization's Youth Conservation Corp. Fortunately, Northwoods was able to secure grants to pay local girls and boys for various types of outdoor work, including fixing VT trails to make them safe for all hikers. Offering this kind of work to young people is invaluable in an area that has the highest unemployment #'s in the state. However, keeping the funds coming to support Northwoods Stewardship Center is very difficult in an economically impoverished area where family farms are dying fast, and few kids stay to work the land. NorthWoods Stewardship Center has a great impact on our local families, and on our local environment - come visit & experience the naturally wild nature of the Northeast Kingdom of VT.
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Life-changing
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2012
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April 7, 2012
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This nonprofit conservation and environmental ed. organization is located where the rivers flow north in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. A small but dedicated staff "connects people with nature through research, education and action." It's stewardship programs have helped us take care of our wooded acres in sustainable ways, a conservation corps which gives 80 youth in our area, age 14 and up, paying jobs making trails, clearing invasives, planting riparian areas, etc. -and among its summer camp offerings is an excellent science camp exposing students to field studies of small mammals, including bats (in our barn), among other cool things.
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Life-changing
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Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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