Students from Red Fox Community School participated in a hands-on environmental stewardship experience at Smokey House Center last Friday, planting persimmon trees as part of the Center's new Community U-Pick Orchard.

Smokey House Center and Manchester Community Library will welcome award-winning author Kai Thomas for a two-day residency supported by Vermont Humanities.

Can local wood help solve affordable housing? How will Vermont’s sugar maples adapt to climate change? Could cultivating crops like ginseng and ramps in the forest improve economic resilience for farmers?

Listen to the Sunday Brunch interview with Walker Cammack, Caitlin Canty and Sawyer Fredericks.

Walker Cammack of Smokey House Center invites the community to their Annual Open House

This summer Smokey House Center is launching the Future Foresters Apprenticeship, a ten-week, hands-on training program for college-aged youth, focused on sustainable forestry practices, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience. This immersive experience equips participants with technical skills and industry connections needed to address regional forestry challenges and support long-term ecosystem health.

This summer Smokey House Center is launching the Future Foresters Apprenticeship, a ten-week, hands-on training program for college-aged youth, focused on sustainable forestry practices, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience. This immersive experience equips participants with technical skills and industry connections needed to address regional forestry challenges and support long-term ecosystem health.

It’s late summer, teetering on the edge of fall, and farmer Caleb Smith is at the base of Dorset Peak, bunching up portable sheep fencing. The towering mountain, part of the Taconic Range, looms above the valley, where his sheep, despite their large flock size, appear like flecks in the sprawling landscape.

Providing local students the opportunity to engage directly with nature and research, Smokey House Center welcomed students from fourteen local schools this spring, including Bennington College, The Dorset School, Burr & Burton Academy, Maple Street School, MEMS, Sunderland Elementary, Long Trail School, and more.

Vermont Business Magazine The Windham Foundation, a nonprofit based in Grafton, VT that works to enhance Vermont's economic, cultural, and civic life, is pleased to announce the recipients of their most recent round of grants. 

Students from Red Fox Community School recently experienced an educational adventure as part of their year-long animal studies program, visiting Smokey House Center to explore and learn about beaver habitats and ecology.

Press Manchester Journal Author Danielle M. Crosier Published Nov 20, 2024 Students from Long Trail School participate in Smokey House...

Press Bennington Banner Author Danielle M. Crosier Published Oct 7, 2024 Searching for bats in their natural habitat with...

“Hosting the Northeast Forest Farming Conference, in collaboration with the Northeast Forest Farming Coalition, aligns with Smokey House...

Nestled into a valley on a long dirt road, seemingly beyond the back of beyond, lies Danby’s Smokey House Center – an educational research..

Soon, there will be even more trails to explore in the Northshire. Three local organizations – the Manchester Riverwalk Association, Merck

Early in the day, one Mettawee student already had learned a gardening tip he was eager to share. “When you transplant a ramp, you carefully

This spring students from six local schools including Bennington College, Burr and Burton Academy, Currier Memorial School, Dorset School, M

Vermont experienced a historic solar eclipse on Monday, with the Northshire region seeing a 97 percent totality.

It was like an Easter Egg Hunt in the dirt. Instead of a search for colorful eggs, however, Currier Memorial School (CMS) students dug...