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Hazen Union Dare to be Me class helps plant trees

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Rectangular areas identify wetland areas where trees will be planted on land reclaimed during construction of the Hardwick Food Hub building. The area is bounded by Wolcott Street, Wright Farm Road and the Lamoille River, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail and the Hardwick Food Hub building. The project is being managed by CAE Farm & Food Business Specialist Daniel Keeney and involves students in Anja Pfeffer’s, Dare To Be Me class at Hazen Union High School, who have helped with the initial plantings. The first planting, Monday, Nov. 3 in block 1a was with mixed upland trees and wetland shrubs. In block 1b are midland’ wetland shrubs. Planting in the other blocks is planned for spring 2026 with upland trees, wetland shrubs, a wet meadow mix and more midland wetland shrubs
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Hazen Union School students (from left) Ginger Bowley and River Nelson join Vermont’s Urban Forester Adam McCullough and Anja Pfeffer, Dare To Be Me class teacher; the Center for an Agricultural Economy’s (CAE’s) Reeve Basom, students Sophia Busano and Eliza Marshall to hear from the CAE’s Daniel Keeney (not pictured) as they prepare to plant trees near Wright Farm Road behind the Hardwick Food Hub, November 10.
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CAE Farm & Food Business Specialist Daniel Keeney (bending) shows (from left) Reeve Basom, Sol Lew, Jeremy Gonyaw, Ginger Bowley River Nelson how to plant trees, Monday, Nov. 10. The mix of 80 or 90 two year-old trees and shrubs planted that day included red osier dogwood, speckled alder, highbush cranberry, balsam poplar, shrub willow, boxelder and red oak. Planned tamarack plantings didn’t survive to be planted.
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Hazen Union School teacher’s assistant Sol Lew (left) advises Dare to be Me class students (continuing from left) Ginger Bowley, River Nelson, teacher Anja Pfeffer (red jacket in back), Eliza Marshall and Sophia Busano as they plant wetland trees and shrubs along Wright Farm Road, November 10,
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Members of the Hazen Union School Dare to be Me class helping to plant trees, November 10, in wetland along the Lamoille River near the start of Wright Farm Road are (from left) River Nelson, Eliza Marshall, teacher Anja Pfeffer (in back) and Sophia Busano.
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Hazen Union students (from left) Ginger Bowley, Jeremy Gonyaw and River Nelson plant a small tree as part of a plan to reclaim wetland at the start of Wright Farm Road and along the Lamoille River, November 10.
photo by Anja Pfeffer
Hazen Union students (from left) Ginger Bowley and River Nelson plant Red osier dogwood bushes near Wolcott Street / Vt. Rte. 15 at the start of Wright Farm Road on November 10. Planting was planned by the Center for and Agricultural Economy’s Daniel Keeney to help reclaim land disturbed during construction of the nearby Hardwick Food Hub building.
photo by Paul Fixx

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