The 2015 Long-Term Monitoring Update of the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative

Image Credits

Cover page

• Water Drops Icon. Icon made by Daniel Bruce (http://www.danielbruce.se), accessed from Flaticon (http://www.flaticon.com) and licensed under Creative Commons BY 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
• Watershed Icon: Icon made by James Duncan and licensed under Creative Commons BY 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
• Caterpillar Icon. Caterpillar by kaitlin chassagne from the Noun Project

Forest Health Monitoring Section

• View from Warren Gap Long Trail. Photo by Judy Rosovsky, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.

Aerial Detection Surveys Section

• Aerial view of defoliation. Photo by Dan Dillner, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
• Defoliated hillside. Photo by Sandy Wilmot, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Forest Phenology Section

• Red maple leaf out. Photo by Brian Stowe, UVM Proctor Maple Research Center.
• Fall foliage in the canopy. Photo by Josh Halman, VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation.
• Sugar maple tapping. Photo courtesy of the Proctor Maple Research Center.

Acid Deposition Section

• N-Con Precipitation collector. Photo by Miriam Pendleton, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.
• Dead alpine tree. Photo by the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.

Mercury Deposition Section

• Yellow Perch. Photo by Robert Colletta, USDA.
• N-Con Collector. Photo by Judy Rosovsky, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.

Ozone Section

• Black cherry with ozone damage. Photo by John Skelly courtesy of St. Louis Ozone Gardens.

Climate Section

• Forest Environmental Monitoring Canopy Tower. Photo by Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.
• Red Spruce Winter Injury. Photo by Gary Hawley, via EcoNewsVT http://www.econewsvt.org/news/winter-injury-carbon-loss-but-surprising-growth-resurgence

Forest Birds Section

• Bicknell's Thrush. Photo courtesy of Steve Faccio, Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Amphibians Section

• Plethodon cinereus. Photo courtesy Erin Talmadge, The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas.
• Eastern Musk Turtle in Hand. Photo courtesy Jim Andrews, The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas.

Sentinel Stream Section

• Stonefly on rock. Photo courtesy of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.
• In-stream sample collection. Photo courtesy of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.

Watershed Hydrology Section

• West Branch, Stowe, VT. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pontius.
• Mountain view. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pontius.

Water Quality Section

• Bourn Pond photo by Heather Pembrook, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• Lily pads in the water. Photo by Judy Rosovsky.