Find one place you can get to know really, really well. This is the most important routine you can develop. Know it by day; know it by night; know it in the rain and in the snow, in the depth of winter and in the heat of summer. Know the stars and where the four directions are there; know the birds that live there; know the trees they live in. Get to know these things as if they were your relatives…these are the most important things you can do in order to excel at any traditional skill. Nature and your own heart are your best teachers, but your body, mind and spirit all have to attend class and do the homework. There is no replacement for this experience!
—Jon Young, Naturalist and Tracker
Redstone Quarry
From the UVM Central Campus, the Redstone Quarry can be found by going south on South Prospect Street until you reach Ledge Road. Make a left and keep walking until you come to a bridge. Right before the bridge, there’s a trailhead on the lefthand side of the road. Following the path further south will lead to an rocky outcropping overlooking part of the quarry. Climbing down the rocks, which can get slippery in the rain, leads into a clearing in the young forest with steep cliffs on one side, which is the site for this project.
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Vegetation
Most of the woody vegetation here is on the younger side, and short. The undergrowth is very grassy and snarled with vines. However, in several places, there is no vegetation because the bedrock is exposed, which created the clearing that my site is located in. Most common woody species here are the Common Buckthorn, Glossy Buckthorn, and Black Willow, though theres plenty of Common Juniper as well. Other notable species include a few young Norway Maples and Eastern Juniper.
