Alumni Publications

Alumni Features

• Botanizing With My 19th-Century Girlfriend | TEDxPiscataquaRiver | Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie | EP ’10, Cohort Z10
• The Buzz on Buffers: Talking Pollinators | Restoration Roundup Podcast | Featuring Jason Mazurowski | FN ’19, Cohort AI
• Common New England Lichen Species, Symbionts, Reproduction and Terminology, but Also Botany | Plants are People Too Podcast | Featuring Chris Schorn | FN ’19, Cohort AI
• Hack Your Mind With Nature | TEDxBerkshires | By Becky Cushing Gop | FN ’13, Cohort AC
• Jellison Brook — Mariaville, Maine: A Restoration | Featuring Kat Deely | EP ’15, Cohort AE
• NPR ArtScene Podcast Interview | Featuring Kelly Finan | FN ’14, Cohort AD
• Negotiating the Rights-of-Way Between Humans and Wildlife | TEDxAsheville | Nikki Robinson FN ’15, Cohort AE)

Blogs

• The Adventures of a Field Biologist and Boy Explorer | By Bryan Pfeiffer | FNEP Faculty
• Bug Tracks | By Charley Eiseman | FN ’06, Cohort V6
• Natural Connections | By Emily M. Stone | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• EcoBlog | By rotating FNEP students and alumni

Books

• Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World from Bird and Moon | By Rosemary Mosco | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees | By Thor Hanson | FN ’99, Cohort O
• An Environmental Leader’s Tool Kit | By Jeffrey W. Hughes | FNEP Director Emeritus
• Environmental Problem Solving: A How-To Guide | By Jeffrey W. Hughes | FNEP Director Emeritus
• Expedition Backyard | Co-authored by Rosemary Mosco | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle | By Thor Hanson | FN ’99, Cohort O
• Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America, 2nd Edition | Co-authored by Elizabeth Farnsworth | FN ’91, Cohort G
• A Field Guide to the Ants of New England | Co-authored by Elizabeth Farnsworth | FN ’91, Cohort G
• Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid | By Thor Hanson | FN ’99, Cohort O
• Natural Connections: Exploring Northwoods Nature through Science and Your Senses | By Emily M. Stone | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Natural Connections 2: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer | By Emily M. Stone | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Our Better Nature: Hopeful Excursions in Saving Biodiversity | Co-edited by Eric Hagen | FN ’20, Cohort AJ
  • FNEP contributors include: Sean Beckett (EP ’17, Cohort AG), Alicia Daniel (FN ’89, Cohort E and FNEP Faculty), Charlie Hohn (FN ’11, Cohort AA), and Liz Thompson (FNEP Faculty)
• A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching | By Rosemary Mosco | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates | By Charley Eiseman | FN ’06, Cohort V6
• The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History | By Thor Hanson | FN ’99, Cohort O
• Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont, 2nd Edition | Co-authored by Bob Zaino | FN ’08, Cohort X8

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink | Nature Climate Change | Co-authored by Jill Bubier | FN ’19’89, Cohort E
• Large landscape conservation in a mixed ownership region: Opportunities and barriers for putting the pieces together | 2020 | Biological Conservation } Co-authored by Carolyn Loeb | FN ’19, Cohort AI
• Attracting Investment for Africa’s Protected Areas by Creating Enabling Environments for Collaborative Management Partnerships | 2021 | Biological Conservation | Co-authored by Kathleen Fitzgerald | FN ’99, Cohort O
• Benefit-sharing from Protected Area Tourism: A 15-year Review of the Rwanda Tourism Revenue Sharing Programme | 2022 | Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism | Co-authored by Kathleen Fitzgerald | FN ’99, Cohort O
• Common Garden Experiments as a Dynamic Tool for Ecological Studies of Alpine Plants and Communities in Northeastern North America | 2020 | Rhodora | 2020 Fernald Award Winner | Co-authored by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie | EP ’10, Cohort Z10
• The Continued Spread of a Wild Population of American Chestnuts | 2022 | Northeastern Naturalist | Co-authored by Jason Mazurowski (FN ’19, Cohort AI), Carolyn Loeb (FN ’19, Cohort AI), and Bernd Heinrich (FNEP Faculty Emeritus)
• The Ecology and Physiology of Viviparous and Recalcitrant Seeds | 2000 | Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics | Elizabeth Farnsworth | FN ’91, Cohort G
• Lake Champlain Community Scientist Volunteer Network Communicates Critical Cyanobacteria Information to Region-wide Stakeholders | 2021 | Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education | Co-authored by Lauren Sopher | FN ’19, Cohort AI
• Plant and Bird Phenology and Plant Occurrence from 1851 to 2020 (Non‐Continuous) In Thoreau’s Concord, Massachusetts | 2022 | Ecology | Co-authored by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie | EP ’10, Cohort Z10
• Trends In Ecology and Conservation Over Eight Decades | 2021 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | Co-authored by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie | EP ’10, Cohort Z10

Podcasts

• Natural Connections | By Emily M. Stone | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• The Single Acorn | Co-hosted by Teage O’Connor | FN ’10, Cohort Z10
• Wildlife Stories | By Sophie Mazowita | FN ’13, Cohort AC

Popular Articles

• Newts from the Field | Northeast Wilderness Trust | By Shelby Perry | FN ’16, Cohort AF
• Splitting Clouds at the Edge of the World: How Had I Never Noticed Before? | Appalachia, Volume 73 | By Jason Mazurowski | FN ’19, Cohort AI
• Vermont Cliff Ecology | Climbing Resource Access Group (CRAG) of Vermont | By Bob Zaino | FN ’08, Cohort X8
• The Wild Burlington Newsletter | Crow’s Path | by Teage O’Connor | FN ’10, Cohort Z10

Websites

• Bryan Pfeiffer | FNEP Faculty | Writer, Educator, and Biologist
• Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie | EP ’10, Cohort Z10 | Plant Ecology and Climate Change Research
• Charley Eiseman | FN ’06, Cohort V6 | Naturalist, Field Ecologist, Author, and Photographer
• Chelsea Clarke | FN ’18, Cohort AH | Artist and Naturalist
• Green Mountain Exposure | Sean Beckett | EP ’17, Cohort AG | Educator, Ecologist, Guide, and Photographer
• Kelly Finan | FN ’14, Cohort AD | Natural Science Illustrator and Visual Problem Solver
• Lauren Sopher | FN ’19, Cohort AI | Artist and Naturalist
• Rosemary Mosco | FN ’10, Cohort Z10 | Science Writer and Naturalist
  • Bird and Moon Comics & Charts
• Thor Hanson | FN ’99, Cohort O | Author and Biologist
• Tracking Connection | Sophie Mazowita | FN ’13, Cohort AC | Naturalist, Educator, Project Manager, Event Planner, and Wildlife Guide
• Vermont Master Naturalist Program | Alicia Daniel | FN ’89, Cohort E and FNEP Faculty | Naturalist

Field Notes

Our annual magazine, Field Notes, written by current students, offers proceedings from wild places.