{"id":77,"date":"2018-04-17T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/?p=77"},"modified":"2018-05-05T20:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T00:19:49","slug":"is-it-spring-yet-is-it-spring-yet-is-it-spring-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/2018\/04\/17\/is-it-spring-yet-is-it-spring-yet-is-it-spring-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Spring Yet? Is it Spring Yet? Is it Spring Yet&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. Definitely Not. My boots sunk into the slush ever so slightly as I once again returned to the side of Centennial Brook. I brush away the snow in search of fiddleheads emerging from the soil, but only find the slightest green bumps protruding from the center of a few ferns. The red maples seem to be further along in the budding process, and the red clusters can be seen from 50 feet below the towering trunks. I hear the whirring of cars in the distance, and am reminded I am just yards away from the bustling UVM campus. I&#8217;m at the edge of an isolated interior forest block, but its hard to forget I&#8217;m surrounded by civilization on all sides. I hear a pileated woodpecker in the distance, and am filled with hope that interior forest species can prosper in such a small block of woodland. The increased traffic from Burlington and the university definitely take a toll on the ecosystem, and the trail is worn and muddy from the slushy snow. I shrug and figure its better the ecosystem is somewhat preserved rather than more academic or residential buildings. As always, thanks for reading! It&#8217;s hard to see such a lovely place be so affected by surrounding development, but as long as respect is maintained and the forest is allowed to thrive to the best of its abilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_5878-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_5878-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_5878-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/files\/2018\/05\/IMG_5878-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Above: sketch of fiddlehead emerging from snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Definitely Not. My boots sunk into the slush ever so slightly as I once again returned to the side of Centennial Brook. I brush away the snow in search of fiddleheads emerging from the soil, but only find the slightest green bumps protruding from the center of a few ferns. The red maples seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4739,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nkaufma1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}