Since my last visit to Centennial Woods a great deal has changed. This includes both phenological changes and natural element changes. The first major snowstorm to hit Vermont last night. This made getting to my location much harder and it changed the way my location looks also. I measured about 4 inches at my location. The snow covered all of the trails allowing me to see how much use the trail gets. I was surprised to see that many people had already beaten me to the trails. The snow also covered most of the water, the bridges and the vegetation in the area. I noticed that some of the river had frozen over. This was interesting to me because I didn’t think it was cold enough yet for this to happen. Other then the human footprints in the area I did not see or hear any signs of life. This is the first time I have visited my location and not seen any animals. I usually see a few birds and a couple squirrels in the trees next to the stream.

When I think of my sense of place I tend to relate it to natural lands. Centennial Woods definitely fits this mold. Centennial Woods is special to me because it is a small and peaceful place that I know I can always go to. It allows me to escape from the packed campus and just relax. In the past Centennial Woods was used for farming, skiing and ROTC training. Now the land is protected by UVM. It is good the UVM has protected this land because the land is very valuable to students and residents of Burlington. By protecting the land my sense of place here is strengthened because I know that I will always be able to come to this location in the future.

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