Wild Seed Project is proud to be a sponsor of the Northeastern Old Growth Conference, an opportunity to join together with all who love old-growth forests and want to learn about their value, ecology, and conservation. The Northeastern Old Growth Conference brings together researchers, conservationists, planners, policy makers, health professionals, and lovers of wild nature to share their knowledge and perspectives on old-growth ecosystems. This year’s conference, Wildlands and Old-Growth Forests: A Vision for the Future, reflects the urgency of protecting wildlands and old-growth ecosystems for their critical contributions to biodiversity, climate resilience, and human well-being.

Wild Seed Project is not presenting at this year’s conference (most of us will be over at the Common Ground Fair!) but founder Heather McCargo will attend, and have a table where you can stop by and learn more. The conference is held in person at Middlebury’s beautiful Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, Vermont, or online, where talks will be livestreamed and recorded for viewing after the conference. More information, and links to register, are at the University of Vermont website.