2014-04-04T09:40:20-07:00 2013-12-31 SUSAN NOONEY CPA LLC 104 DEPOT ST STE 2 ANDOVER NH 032163428 990 2013-01-01 510639429 The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc VERM 8026491431 PO Box 420 Norwich VT 05055 Chris Rimmer Executive Director 2014-04-04 true SUSAN E NOONEY CPA P01234682 6037354380 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Chris Rimmer PO Box 420 Norwich VT 05055 872685 false false X www.vtecostudies.org X 2007 VT The Vermont Center for Ecostudies advances the conservation of wildlife across the Americas through research, monitoring, and citizen engagement. 7 6 13 850 0 705251 826363 9280 6311 2363 410 1196 4384 718090 837468 5000 31005 0 511652 603523 0 148362 163085 197176 679737 831704 38353 5764 529926 517510 105973 87793 423953 429717 X The Vermont Center for Ecostudies advances the conservation of wildlife across the Americas through research, monitoring, and citizen engagement. false false 295489 4228 Sustain the Health of Northeastern Ecosystems - The ecoregion that stretches from New York's Catskill Mountains and Massachusetts' Berkshires to the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec is unique, and uniquely at risk. Home to almost 5.5 million people, and within a day's drive for 70 million more, the region's heart is the rugged and ancient Appalachian Mountain range, flanked by an ecologically rich web of terrestrial and aquatic natural communities. VCE's wildlife research and monitoring within this expansive area crosses international, state and provincial boundaries to focus on four discrete ecosystems of conservation concern: mountains, grasslands, forests, and lakes. Our overarching goal for Northeastern Ecosystems is to galvanize and coordinate collaborative, science-based conservation actions to protect wildlife and ecosystem integrity in these four focal areas. 109389 31005 Protect Vital Caribbean Habitats - Some 120 species of North American breeding birds migrate annually to the Caribbean, an ecoregion that is exceptionally important for global biodiversity. Islands of the Caribbean have been identified as among the top "hotspots" for biodiversity conservation worldwide, with 148 endemic bird species and at least 2% of the planet's total complement of plant and vertebrate species. Yet, burgeoning human populations and their attendant demand for natural resources throughout the Caribbean have caused habitat loss and degradation that threaten survival of the region's unique flora and fauna.Caribbean montane forests have been identified as the region's most highly threatened terrestrial habitat. These forests also provide critical winter habitat for Bicknell's Thrush, one of North America's highest conservation priority migrant birds. Classified as globally vulnerable, Bicknell's Thrush has been at the core of VCE conservation initiatives that have steadily expanded to encompass a suite of at-risk wildlife and their habitats. VCE's projects in the Greater Antilles combine collaborative research, monitoring, capacity building of local conservation partners, habitat acquisition and restoration, and outreach to bring about lasting hemispheric conservation. 82127 2900 Map biodiversity for Conservation - With many ecosystems undergoing unprecedented change as a result of human activity, our Mapping Biodiversity for Conservation program will provide key information for conservation. Many habitats have experienced severe loss, degradation or fragmentation; introductions of exotic species have transformed others, causing declines or extinctions of native wildlife. Anthropogenic climate change now threatens to redraw the geographic map of biotic diversity.Studies of the distribution of animals and plants as a means to advance conservation, termed "conservation biogeography', use the conceptual tools and methods of biogeography to address real world conservation problems. 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