Date: 8/29/25 6:15 am From: Evergreen Erb <00000f44f2f666d1-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Newly designated Ebird Hot Spot: https://www.cemetery.eco/
I will echo Diane….it is a lovely place to be….and I will be planted there myself someday. I was one of the first people to buy a plot. Evergreen
> On Aug 29, 2025, at 8:38 AM, Chad Witko <chadjwitko...> wrote:
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> Hi Diane,
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> Thanks for passing this along!
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> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM Diane Brown <deejbrown...> wrote:
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>> I am posting this on behalf of Michelle Acciavatti, MS:
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>> Come visit Vermont Forest Cemetery, nestled in the Green Mountains above
>> Roxbury, to walk the grounds and observe this year's migration!
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>> VFC is the state's first natural burial cemetery and there are 10 acres of
>> mixed hardwood forest with trails currently open to the public. Part of our
>> mission is conservation, and we are eager to learn about our bird
>> population and how we can best support it.
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>> The White River Natural Resources Conservation District also supports the
>> cemetery, and the forest is being stewarded in part by a Cooperator from VT
>> Woodlands for Wildlife. We encourage visitors to continue to add their
>> birding findings on iNaturalist and Merlin to help us develop our species
>> index for this beautiful forest.
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>> VFC is open every day from dawn to dusk.
>> Diane Brown
>> Middlebury
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>> *And this, your life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees,
>> books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.*
>> William Shakespeare
>>
