LAKE CHAMPLAIN WATERSHED EXPLORER
Who would like to be a Lake Champlain Watershed Explorer? The Huntington Public Library has copies of the newly produced “Watershed Explorer Challenge” booklets available to all on the ‘Books To Go’ table. Created by the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, this well-designed, 32-page booklet is geared toward middle schoolers but also suitable for upper elementary or early high school students. It’s designed to help young people learn about the Lake Champlain Basin and has fun activities on topics like water clarity, macroinvertebrates, and food webs. In addition to the 11 different indoor and outdoor activities, the booklet has a glossary and links to several resources to investigate topics in more depth. Learn more here: https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/watershed-explorer-challenge
Lake Champlain Sea Grant also offers virtual programs, including the “Zoom a Scientist” series for all ages: https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/education/k-12-watershed-alliance/virtual-learning
NATURAL SCIENCE AUTHORS – SOME BOOKS AND WEBSITES
There are dozens of websites, webinars and youtube channels to keep one learning and investigating throughout the next many months – just on the topic of natural science. Listed below are a few that are associated with authors and further investigation will yield additional resources. If you are interested in reading their books, please send an email to hpl@gmavt.net or call and leave a message, 434-4583.
Peter Wohlleben – https://www.peter-wohlleben.de/?set-culture=en
1) Judith Schwartz – https://www.judithdschwartz.com
Books: Cows Save the Planet and Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth
Water In Plain Sight – Hope For a Thirsty World
Reindeer Chronicles: and Other Inspiring Stories of Working with Nature to Heal the Earth
2) Kari Marie Norgaard – https://pages.uoregon.edu/norgaard/salmon-acorns-feed-our-people.html
Book: Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People
3) Isabella Tree – https://www.isabellatree.com/
Books: Wilding – TheReturn of Nature to a British Farm
There are others that are not in the HPL collection.
Books:
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
The Inner Life of Animals
The Hidden Life of Trees
The Secret Network of Nature
The Weather Detective
For Children:
Can You Hear the Trees Talking
Peter and the Tree Children
YouTube:
And there are more.
Diana Beresford Kroeger
Books:
The Sweetness of a Simple Life
To Speak for the Trees
The Global Forest
Arboretum Borealis
Arboretum America
Film:
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees – NA at HPL, but check out: calloftheforest.ca
YouTube:
Too many to list.
Joan Maloof – https://www.oldgrowthforest.net
Books:
Teaching the Trees – Lessons From the Forest
Among the Ancients – Adventures in the Eastern Old Growth Forests
The Living Forest – A visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods
Nature’s Temples – The Complex World of Old Growth Forests
YouTube:
William Bryant Logan – https://www.williambryantlogan.com/
Books:
Oak – The Frame of Civilization
Soil – The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Air – The restless Shaper of the World
Sproutlands – Tending the Endless Gift of Trees
Film:
Dirt – The Movie
YouTube:
Many to explore.
David George Haskell – https://dghaskell.com/
YouTube:
Books:
The Forest Unseen – A year’s Watch in Nature
Songs of Trees – Stories From Nature’s Great Connectors
Robin Wall Kimmerer – https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/
YouTube:
Again, so many.
Books:
Gathering Moss – A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Braiding Sweetgrass – Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Mary Holland – https://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/
Books:
Naturally Curious Day By Day
Naturally Curious Month By Month
The Beavers Busy Year
Otis the Owl
Animal Eyes
Animal Noses
Animal Skins
Animal Tails
Animal Mouths
Animal Legs
Animal Houses
Yodel the Yearling
Bernd Heinrich:
Books:
Mind of the Raven
Ravens in Winter
Winter World
Summer World
The Trees in My Forest
The Thermal Warriors
White Feathers: The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows
A Naturalist At Large
A Year in the Maine Woods
The Homing Instinct
One Wild Bird at a Time
Life Everlasting
List of Uncatalogued Materials
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