As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.

Milton arborist Kris Dulmer keeps a lookout for healthy black ash trees. When he finds one, he volunteers to inject it with a dose of insecticide.

“Everyone likes a big tree,” Arborist and Milton Tree Warden Kris Dulmer said.

Reliance on on-site septic and well water signifies that a place “is frozen in amber, ain’t nothing gonna happen here again, it is what it is, nothing’s gonna change,” said Chris Campany, executive director of the Windham County Regional Planning Commission.

Participants come from many backgrounds: some have just graduated high school, some have worked desk jobs and want to pivot to working with their hands and some are trying to get back into the workforce.

Vermont is aging and many operators are retiring. But even before this issue, there weren’t enough operators to go around. 

But there are ways to improve those roads that reduce pollution and strengthen against floods. 

When Canada geese molt their flying feathers in the summer, scientists see a key window to study and track them.

Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state.