Storymap: The Vermont Department of Urban & Community Forestry
This summer I was based out of Burlington, Vermont working for the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry program. As a summer intern, I documented the 30 years and $3.1 million in grant work that the program has done. I dug into VT UCF’s grant records and spoke with current and former staff to understand the program’s work and support of Vermont communities. With VT UCF Program Manager Elise Schadler I selected nine Vermont communities with a strong partnership history with the organization. I traveled to those communities and interviewed key volunteers or municipal employees involved in their urban forestry projects. Alongside those interviews, I visited sites and took photos of their current status. This culminated in a story map to document VT UCF grants' impact over the past three decades. You can read my story map below.
Jane Brown stands alongside trees planted at the Triangular Green in Waterbury, VT
Tim Smith looks over the infrastructure plans within the Rutland Public Works office in Rutland City, VT.
The Johnson Arboretum in Johnson, VT.
John Snell examines a tree planted alongside Main Street using the Stockholm planting method in Montpelier, VT.
The Matthewson Playground in Barre, VT.
Judy Wiger-Grohs and Leslie Kameny stand alongside a tree planted alongside Route 125, E. Main Street, in Middlebury, VT.
Trees planted alongside Hope Cemetery in Waterbury, VT.
Sue Lovering stands besides a sycamore tree within the Johnson Arboretum in Johnson, VT.