Photo by Erica Houskeeper | Treeline Terrains co-founder Nathaniel Klein starts a piece in a workshop in Middlebury. Each mountain is made with laminated hardwoods, carved with a CNC router, and ...
A Vermonter’s Approach to Sustainable, Affordable Housing
By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director at Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund | Photo by Erica Houskeeper, courtesy of the VSJF
Ten years ago this summer, Hurricane Irene tore ...
Maple Landmark, America’s “Local Toy Company,” Rooted in Family, Forest
Mike Rainville, founder and owner of Maple Landmark, landed his first wholesale account at age 15, when a traveling salesman noticed the wooden tic tac toe boards Mike had for sale at the Lincoln
Loggers and Lagers: How Healthy Forests Help Brew a Better Pint
The story of von Trapp Brewing begins fifty years ago in the forested hills behind the resort, where a natural spring bubbles clear water up to the surface of the earth. The spring is fed by ...
Sylvacurl Turns Junk Wood Into an Eco-Friendly Windfall
By KEN PICARD | Photo Credit JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR
When Jim Lovinsky cofounded Sylvacurl of Vermont in 1993, he didn't envision it as a full-time, year-round job. Instead, he let the company, ...
Town Forests Bring Vermonters Together, Even While Social Distancing
In the era of COVID-19, Vermonters are particularly fortunate to live in a rural state where access to the outdoors is abundant. Even people living in Vermont’s largest city and the epicenter of ...
For Vermont Entrepreneur, Wood Heat Fits Like a Glove
As a young entrepreneur, Sam Hooper carefully considers every decision he makes for his business, and every dollar he spends. So when Hooper, who bought the hundred-year-old Vermont Glove last ...
By MARGARET GRAYSON
On a windy stretch of Bristol Road in Monkton, Lee Kauppila was ready to tell a story. Clad in a red checkered jacket, toque and work gloves, he was all booming voice and ...
Lumberjills Gain Skills, Confidence in Game of Logging
“Learning to use a chainsaw was the most empowering thing I have ever done,” said Caitlin Gosciminski, a natural resources major at the University of Vermont.
Gosciminski was among ten women ...
Vermont’s Original Extreme Sport: The Lumberjack Competition
When most people think about world-class athletes from Vermont, they think of Olympic skiers and snowboarders like Kelly Clark, Hannah Kearney and Sophie Caldwell. And while it’s true that ...
Loggers, Mountain Bikers and a Tiki Bar: Vermont’s New Working Landscape
Sawmills were East Burke’s first industry, bringing brave and adventurous souls to the northern reaches of Vermont to work, establish farms and, eventually, build the local school, church and ...
A Year in the Life of a Christmas Tree at Russell Farm
Most of us think about a Christmas tree for a few weeks in December, but David Russell, owner of Russell Christmas Tree Farm in Starksboro, Vermont thinks about them just about every day of the ...
