Vermont's Changing Climate - What the
Mad River Valley Can Expect
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Hosted by:
Friends of the Mad River
Mad River Valley Planning District
Presentations by:
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Moderated by:
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Dr. Gillian Galford is a professor of Environmental Science in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and a Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont. She is an expert in ecology and climate change. Gillian is the founding director of the Vermont Climate Assessment. In this role, she engages with stakeholders to understand pressing needs for local climate change information, directs research to address those needs and communicates findings. Gillian is known for her deep interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships and passion for “science for society.” Gillian enjoys hiking with her dogs and fishing with her family on Vermont’s lakes, rivers and ice.
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Dr. Stephen Posner is Director of Policy and Partnerships with the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont. In this role, he builds strategic partnerships that connect science with leaders in government, business, and NGOs. Stephen is an expert in environmental science and policy. He has worked with researchers from around the world to inform and guide decision-making at various levels, from town governments to the White House. When not working, he rock climbs and grows food in the summer, and skis at Sugarbush with his family in the winter.
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Heather Furman, as State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Vermont since August 2013, leads a statewide team of conservation and programmatic talent to achieve a resilient and connected landscape for both nature and people. Within the New England Division, Heather also guides a team of scientists and conservation experts to achieve large scale protection for land and water. An Ohio native, Heather earned her BA from the Ohio State University in Anthropology and is a graduate of The Rubenstein School of Environmental & Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, where she received her MS in Natural Resource Planning.
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Explore the Vermont Climate Assessment
The Vermont Climate Assessment assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across Vermont. This report draws from foundational science about climate change and variability to analyze the effects of global change on Vermont’s people, economy, and environment.
Explore the Vermont Climate Action Plan
The Vermont Climate Action Plan aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help protect Vermont communities and landscapes from the greatest risks of climate change, and create new clean energy industry and jobs.
How are you experiencing a changing
climate and landscape?
Fostering conversations about climate change within the MRV community is a key piece of Friends’ climate focus. But we need your help! Hearing about how you have experienced climate and landscape change so far, what concerns you, what you want to learn, and what resilience opportunities most excite you will help Friends frame conversations that are relevant for you and the rest of this community. Change brings questions, but it also reminds us of where we have been and what we cherish most. By sharing your important input with Friends, you help paint a fuller picture of what a changing climate and landscape looks like in the Mad River Valley.
With this survey, Friends of the Mad River is trying to understand the feelings of our community - how you have experienced climate and landscape change, what concerns you, what you want to learn, and what resilience opportunities excite you. Your answers to the following questions will help us shape our programs over 2022 and 2023.
With this survey, Friends of the Mad River is trying to understand the feelings of our community - how you have experienced climate and landscape change, what concerns you, what you want to learn, and what resilience opportunities excite you. Your answers to the following questions will help us shape our programs over 2022 and 2023.
The 2022 Survey is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who took part!
Results will be shared soon.
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Photos by Corrie Miller, Jen Ryan Peterson, Ann Hoogenboom
