Orogenies
Event that made the Green Mountains
What is the Grenville Orogeny?
When recreational skiing began to develop in VT?
1920- 1930s
The idea that Indigenous people no longer exist
"Lasting"
Seperation of a landscape into various land uses resulting in numerous small disconnected habitat patches
What is habitat fragmentation?
Season in which visitors spend the most
What is winter?
Avalonia collides with North America causing magma to rise creating Igneous Rock
What is the Acadian Orogeny
Since the 1880's Vermont has been the #1 producer of this rock
Period when hunters used small hide covered boats with diets including whales, seals, fish
What is the paleoindian period?
Organisms used for planning and managing nature reserves because their requirements for survival represent factors important for maintaing ecological health conditions
What are focal species?
Visitors in VT spend the most on this
What is lodging?
Orogeny when the Iapetus Ocean fully closed
What is the Alleghanian Orogeny?
Three primary quarried stones shipped by railroads
Slate, marble, granite
Period when large animals started to disappear, warmer climates
What is the Archaic period?
Species that have very specific requirements for their survival
What are eco indicators?
Rock created during the Taconic Orogeny
What is Monkton Quartzite?
High demand for agriculture and introduction to railroads and canals drove this
What is the Capitalist ecological revolution?
The belief that everything possesses a spirit, soul, or sentience
What is animism?
Four generalists common throughout New England
What are red maples, paper birches, white pines, and hemlocks
Amount of cow dairy farms in VT in 2025
What is 439 (400-500)
Metamorphic rock found in the Champlain Valley and Green Mountains
What is evidence of the Taconic Orogeny?
Served as inspiration for the creation of the Appalachian trail
The Long Trail
Interconnectedness of human nature and the spiritual world, with respect and balance to the land
What is Abenaki cosmology?
Part of forests that favor invasive species?
What are forest edges?
VT has the highest percentage of this (issue)
What is vacant homes?