2023-11-15T14:14:57-05:00 2022-12-31 Pace and Hawley LLC PO Box 603 MONTPELIER VT 05601 990 2022-01-01 760830759 NORTH BRANCH NATURE CENTER INC NORT 713 ELM STREET MONTPELIER VT 05602 NAOMI HEINDEL EXEC DIR 8022296206 2023-10-30 true NAOMI HEINDEL Robert Pace CPA P00119417 8024612587 2023-11-15 0 00 AAL2 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z EMILY WETHERELL 2 HEATON STREET MONTPELIER VT 05602 1287898 false X X 2006 VT CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE NATURAL WORLD 10 10 26 400 0 0 528600 512850 395733 749788 250 116 5492 13716 930075 1276470 25000 25000 0 594912 776635 0 50469 230360 444995 850272 1246630 79803 29840 1632113 1784819 201282 304737 1430831 1480082 CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE NATURAL WORLD false false 553360 25000 466966 EDUCATION PROGRAMS: NBNC SERVES MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH 10+ EDUCATION PROGRAM AREAS INCLUDING FOREST PRESCHOOL, SUMMER NATURE CAMPS AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, A NATURE PLAYGROUP, ECO (A STANDARDS-BASED PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH 12 AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM), ECO EDUCATOR INSTITUTES (GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES), BIODIVERSITY UNIVERSITY CLASSES, VERMONT MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM, AND NUMEROUS OTHER IN-PERSON AND ONLINE OFFERINGS. WE EMPHASIZE HANDS-ON EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE OUTDOOR LIVING SKILLS AND LEARN NATURAL HISTORY WHILE DEVELOPING A LASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF A PLACE AND STEWARDSHIP IN OUR LOCAL VERMONT COMMUNITIES. 381178 282047 PUBLIC NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAMS: EACH YEAR WE OFFER A FESTIVAL, DRAWING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, A NATURALIST JOURNEYS SERIES, DRAWING CROWDS OF 70+ IN PERSON AND/OR 300+ ONLINE ON MIDWINTER EVENINGS TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON TOPICS FROM NEW ENGLANDS ROADSIDE ECOLOGY TO BIRDABILITY: BECAUSE BIRDING IS FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERY BODY. WE ALSO LEAD BIRDING AND NATURAL HISTORY TRIPS AROUND VERMONT AND BEYOND, INCLUDING INTERNATIONALLY, AND MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE USE OUR TRAILS EACH YEAR. 13334 775 COMMUNITY SCIENCE: HANDS-ON COMMUNITY SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE AMPHIBIAN MONITORING, MONARCH BUTTERFLY TAGGING, OWL BANDING, AND SONGBIRD COUNTS. OUR PUBLIC SAW-WHET OWL EVENTS DRAW SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE EACH FALL, AND WE HAVE TRAINED A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH BIRD-BANDING AND DATA COLLECTION. OUR AMPHIBIAN MONITORING PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO COLLABORATE WITH VT AGENCIES AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND STATISTICAL MODELING OF AMPHIBIAN MOVEMENT. 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