🌷Happy #fieldnotesfriday ! 🌷 This week Jason Berard, Vice President of Stewardship, was out at Lyme Hill Conservation Area searching for one of his favorite early 🌼spring wildflowers, sharp-lobed hepatica. Other signs of spring's arrival were spotted earlier in the week including the return of buffleheads, beaked hazelnut flowers, and sliver maple flowers. 👀Keep your eye out for these signs the next time you're out in the woods! Another great sign of spring is the awakening of our vernal pools and the return of the amphibians that use them to breed. If you would like to enjoy theses early signs of spring and explore some vernal pools, join us for our Annual Vernal Pool walk at our Brookmead Conservation Area on Saturday, April 12th! For more information visit, uvlt.org/events 🐸🌼 Want the OUTside delivered directly to your INbox?! Sign up for field notes at UVLT.org and never miss out! #UVLT #LandConservation #Community #UpperValleyVTNH #fieldnotesfriday #FirstSignsOfSpring #VernalPools #SpringWildflowers (fb)

🐾 Happy #fieldnotesfriday ! 🐾 This week our Stewardship team collected data from a wildlife camera we have on one of our conservation areas in the #uppervalley. We were delighted to see footage of all kinds of activity happening around this bobcat den 🐱! One of the behaviors we caught on camera was the 'scent marking battle' happening between the bobcat and visiting coyote. Both are very territorial animals and like to use rocky outcroppings as dens. So we may be witnessing some coyote jealousy since the bobcat got to this cozy den first! ​We are so happy to see all of this wildlife activity on our conserved land. It just reminds us how important it is to keep land conserved so we can continue to protect all of this great wildlife habitat! 🌳🐾 Want the OUTside delivered directly to your INbox?! Sign up for field notes at UVLT.org and never miss out! #UVLT #LandConservation #Community #UpperValleyVTNH #fieldnotesfriday #wildlifehabitat #NewHampshire #Vermont (fb)