Ecology is local! (And that’s why you should connect with your local conservation organizations) When I first started working as a forester, my job was to learn about the ecology, the natural history and the stewardship of the forests in a relatively local area— in Vermont. When I became a County Forester (a public/service forester) I became even more specialized — an expert on the forests of a single Vermont county. Now, as my writing and my speaking work has taken me to forests across North Am