As part of the Peak Keepers mission of providing a voice for Vermont's mountains we produce a series of roundtable discussions between environmental scientists. The first of a series of roundtable discussions between Vermont scientists, below, was broadcast in December 2012. The second roundtable discussion, right, was held in July 2013. The goal of these discussions is to engage Vermont scientists, educators and journalists in focused conversation about their perspectives on the need to protect and promote Vermont’s mountain ecosystems, an invaluable natural resource that is under imminent threat. You may watch these discussions as they are produced on this page.
Show #1:
https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/peak-keepers-discuss-industrial-wind-power Peak Keepers Discuss Industrial Wind Power 12/14/2012 A 1 hour program with a panel of Vermont scientists who are part of Peak Keepers, focused on a discussion about the need to protect and promote Vermont's mountain ecosystems, a natural resource that is under threat. Included on the panel is Sue Morse of Keeping Track, naturalist and author, Charles Johnson, Middlebury College geology professor Will Amidon and well-known botanist Dr. Steve Young. Moderator is Tom Slayton.Show #3:
https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/peak-keepers-wind-development-our-mountains-impacts-wildlife Peak Keepers - Wind Development on Our Mountains: Impacts on Wildlife 08/30/2013 A continuing discussion among a panel of Vermont scientists who are part of Peak Keepers, focused on a need to protect and promote Vermont's mountain ecosystems, a natural resource that is under threat. Moderator Will Amidon of Middlebury College speaks with wildlife ecologist, naturalist, author and co-founder of Peak Keepers, Susan Morse of Jericho; Fish & Wildlife Board member Justin Lindholm of Mendon, wildlife biologist Will Staats of Jericho, and UVM professor of zoology and natural history C. William Kilpatrick. More Information : http://www.peakkeepers.orgShow #2:
https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/peak-keepers-future-vermont Peak Keepers: The Future of Vermont? 07/30/2013 A continuing discussion among a panel of Vermont scientists who are part of Peak Keepers, focused on a need to protect and promote Vermont's mountain ecosystems, a natural resource that is under threat. Included on the panel is wildlife ecologist, naturalist, author and co-founder of Peak Keepers, Susan Morse of Jericho; writer on wildlands and co-editor of the new book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Illusion of Endless Growth", Tom Butler of Huntington; well-known botanist and founder of the Center for Northern Studies, Dr. Steve Young of Wolcott; and former aide to Vermont US Senators Stafford and Jeffords, Bruce Post of Essex. Moderator is Annette Smith, Vermonters for a Clean Environment.Show #4:
Host Bruce Post discusses Ridgeline Wind Development and water with wildlife ecologist Sue Morse and environmental engineer Geoffrey Goll of Princeton Hydro