Getting Ready for 2016
The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. To us, it's not about cakes and candles — it's about being an organization ready to take on the challenges of our second century. Our blueprint to get there — A Call to Action — outlines the innovative work we want to accomplish. Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park is a big part of this effort. Take a look at what we're doing locally and get involved!
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A Walk Through Vermont's Civil War Home Front
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park offers a self-guided walking tour through the historic streets of Woodstock, Vermont to explore the Civil War Home Front. Download this free, GPS enabled iphone app. Read more
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Artist in Residence Program at Marsh Billings Rockefeller NHP has Permanent Studio
The Artist in Residence studio at the the park is in the rehabilitated Rockefeller Horse Shed. It is off the grid with a vertically integrated 230 watt solar photovoltaic system. Read more
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George Perkins Marsh Conservation Interns Complete Another Season
Four recent high school graduates completed an eight week career development internship at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP. Read more
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Healthy Dirt at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park!
At Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP we produce two types of compost - an organic material we generate from, grass clipping, leaves, and garden waste; and a coarse mulch material we generate from woody material like tree branches, twigs, and coarse shrub waste. Organic compost generated from grass clippings, leaves, and garden waste is used primarily for lawn rejuvenation, reseeding, as a soil additive for all types of planting, and in gardens as a soil additive. Read more
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Partnership Solidified Between National Park and Public School District
After more than a decade of partnering with local schools to offer teacher professional development and quality student experiences, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park took their partnership with Windsor Central Supervisory Union to the next level. They created a joint partnership position staffed by an employee who functions in both organizations to connect, communicate, and develop the partnership. Read more
Did You Know?
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP and Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS have in common a passion for trees! Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller has the oldest sustainably managed woodland in North America. FDR, an amateur forester, personally supervised the planting of hundreds of trees on his Hyde Park estate.