Organizations Filed Purposes:
Connect People of All Ages with the natural world
Education Programs:North Branch Nature Center served more than 2,600 people in 2019 through six programs including Forest Preschool, Summer Nature Camps, ECO (a standards-based program in collaboration with nine area public schools), and ECO Teacher institute, offering graduate-level for-credit courses for professional educators. We emphasize hands-on experiential education, offering opportunities to practice outdoor living skills and learn natural history while developing a lasting relationship with the natural world and fostering a sense of a place and stewardship in our local Vermont communities.
Public Natural History Programs:Birdfest and caterpillar day are our two most popular annual inter-generational events, each drawing more than 200 attendees. Our naturalist journeys Lectures and slide shows draw crowds of up to 125 attendees on mid-winter evenings to hear speakers from around new england. Recent topics have included polar exploration, shark conservation, Yellowstone ecology, and Grand Canyon geology. We also lead off-site birding and natural history trips around Vermont and beyond, including Texas, New Jersey, Maine, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.
Citizen Science:Hands on citizen science opportunities include amphibian monitoring, monarch butterfly tagging, owl banding, and songbird counts. Our public owl banding engagement events draw over 100 members of the public, and we have trained a volunteer network to assist the banding and collection process. Our Amphibian Monitoring Program has expanded to collaborate with VT agencies and conservation organizations around transportation planning and statistical modeling of amphibian movement. Our volunteers contribute important data while rescuing thousands of amphibians at road crossings.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Chip Darmstadt | Executive Direc | 40 | $48,579 |
| Jan Thouron | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Georgia Valentine | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Paradis | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Stephan Syz | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Fried | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Littauer | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Klein | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Saudek | President | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Wetherell | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
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