Mass timber comes to Vermont! We talked to Woodworks, Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium Charlie Levesque, and architect Megan Nedzinski about the future and potential of mass timber in the region. vsjf.org/2023/05/15/fai… #ThinkVT #ThisisVT #Vermont #MassTimber

Vermont’s first mass timber demonstration project—the first in the world to use local hemlock—is being built @FairBanksMuseum. vsjf.org/2023/05/15/fai… #ThinkVT #ThisisVT #Vermont #MassTimber

Each one of Katie Babic’s prints feels “magical” in its connection back to family, says the artist. Read her story here: ow.ly/Khz750L8upj.

From school guidance counselor to artist, Katie Babic’s story begins with a pine tree. vsjf.org/2022/10/12/fam…

Meet Katie Babic, artist, Vermonter, and mother of three, memorializing trees through her artwork. ow.ly/2wHe50L8ujf #forestproud #thinkvt #thisisvt

What does a made-in-Vermont sauna experience” look like? Check out our story on SAVU Saunas! bit.ly/SAVUSauna

Vermont wood products are known for superior craftsmanship in everything from furniture to wooden blocks… and now custom saunas. bit.ly/SAVUSauna

Maybe you’ve heard of forest bathing? How about sweat bathing? How about sweat bathing in a forest? bit.ly/SAVUSauna #ThinkVT #ForestProud #VermontWood #ThisisVT

Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund is hiring a full-time Bookkeeper and Contracts Manager. Learn more at ow.ly/Gebz50KcG8j. #ThinkVT

From a woodshop in Ireland to the woods of Vermont, Charlie Shackleton shares his story! ow.ly/eUkg50J92F6

“Our work and what we do plays into the our fundamental beliefs about the sustainability of the planet,” says Charlie Shackleton, founder of ShackletonThomas in #Vermont . ow.ly/gk4L50J92yT

“We are makers fundamentally. Not everyone will thrive typing in a cubicle all day.” Link for #founderstory of ShackletonThomas. bit.ly/ShackletonThom… #VermontWoods #ForestProud #MadeinVermont #ThinkVT

Long View Forest takes an integrated approach to forest management offering logging, forestry consulting, and woodland services under one roof. It’s a model they believe will provide continuity and stability to Vermont forests. ow.ly/SzYe50IrwRK #ThinkVT #VermontWood

“The best models of forest management around the world span many generations,” says Jack Bell, co-founder of Long View Forest. “We want to build that kind of stability for Vermont forests.” ow.ly/V5w250IrwCU #forestproud #thinkvt #vermontwood

“There is a way to think about forest industry businesses as conservation tools that recognizes their role in maintaining the working forested landscape,”says Rep. Lucy Rogers. bit.ly/LaughingStockF…

Building a forest economy workforce is essential to the long-term health of #Vermont ’s forested landscape. Employee ownership, year-round work, and pathways for advancement are all part of Long View Forest’s model for stability and growth. Full story at bit.ly/LongViewForest.

“Part of it is tradition,” says Tucker Riggs, owner of a sawmill in Fletcher, “and part of it is preserving our rural economy and not being reliant on global supply chains.” bit.ly/LaughingStockF…

Despite sales being up more than 60% at his sawmill, Tucker Riggs believes in community-scale forestry and plans to keep supporting the local supply chain. bit.ly/LaughingStockF… #ForestProud

VT state rep Lucy Rogers is one of the few legislators working in the forest products industry. She’s bringing her experience to policy-making and the Rural Economic Development Working Group. bit.ly/LaughingStockF… #ForestProud #VermontWood