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VSP New Haven welcomes new station commander
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CRhVHY RIS~Ctl rO NEW HAVEN | Col. Matthew T. Birmingham, director of the Vermont State Police, announced the promotion of Sgt. Matthew Daley, patrol commander at the New Haven Barracks, to lieutenant-station commander at the New Haven Barracks. Daley has served since 2005, when he began his state police career as a trooper at the Shaftsbury Barracks. He transferred to the St. Albans Barracks in 2007, then joined the VSP Traffic Safety Unit in 2010. He later became a detective trooper in the VSP Criminal Division with the Narcotics Investigation Unit. He transferred to the New Haven Barracks in 2014 as a senior trooper, and the following year earned a promotion to sergeant/patrol commander. He was assigned as a temporary lieutenant/station commander at New Haven from October 2018 through March 2019. His promotion to lieutenant and station commander at New Haven was effective in August, and following the retirement last week of his predecessor, Lt. Jeffrey Danoski, he assumed sole command of the barracks.
Middlebury College’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) released the 2019 Security and Fire Safety Reports on Oct. 1.
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By Lou Varricchio EDITOR
Vermont State Police Lt. Matthew Daley
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A Vermont State Police field station commander is responsible for overseeing delivery of law enforcement services to the communities served by that station. Field station commanders are the local representative of the Vermont State Police to the community it serves, and they work with local officials and residents to address public safety and law enforcement concerns in their service area. The New Haven Barracks provides police coverage throughout Addison County, including primary law enforcement services in the towns of Addison, Bridport, Bristol Town, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Goshen, Leicester, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro, Waltham, Weybridge and Whiting. The field station also provides assistance as requested to the Addison County Sheriff ’s Department; and the Bristol, Middlebury, and Vergennes police departments. The New Haven Barracks patrols 188 miles of state roads within Addison County. Daley can be reached at the New Haven Barracks at 802-388-4919 or matthew.daley@vermont.gov. ■
College releases 2019 security, fire report
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MIDDLEBURY | Middlebury College’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) released the 2019 Security and Fire Safety Reports on Oct. 1. Statistics for the Middlebury campus are for the full 2018 calendar year and include summer use of the campus by the Middlebury Language Schools and other summer programs,” according, Director of Public Safety Lisa Burchard. The campus Crime Log and Fire log, which contains more than 60 days of incidents reported to the DPS, is kept at the DPS, 125 South Main St. in Middlebury. Below are highlights of incidents reported on the Middlebury campus between 2016 and 2018--
Rapes reported: 8 in 2016, 19 in 2017 and 17 cases in 2018. Aggravated assault reported: 1 in 2016 Burglary reported: 12 in 2016, 7 in 2017 and 2 in 2018 Arson reported: 1 in 2017 and 1 in 2018 Dating-violence reported: 3 in 2016, 11 in 2017 and 2 in 2018 Stalking reported: 1 in 2016, 11 in 2017 and 7 in 2018. On-campus liquor law violations (disciplinary referrals) reported: 316 in 2016, 233 in 2017 and 310 in 2018; in on-campus student housing: 279 in 2016, 170 in 2017 and 90 in 2018. Public property: 2 in 2016. Middlebury issues a separate report for its California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The view the full report online see: middlebury.edu/ system/files/2019_middlebury_annual_security_and_fire_ safety_report.pdf. ■
B-17 fatal crash
A few Eagle readers have asked us about the terrible crash of a B-17 bomber in Connecticut on Oct. 2. It is not the World War II-era B-17 reported here a few weeks ago (it was the EAA “Aluminum Overcast”). However, the editor was part of the flight crew of the same crashed “9-O-9” plane, operated by the Collings Foundation, when the bomber visited Vermont. The Eagle published a story about the plane’s visit at the time. Here is a photo of the ill-fated “9-O-9” Flying Fortress as she looked on the ground in October 2016 in Rutland. Photo by Lou Varricchio
Study: As climate changes, so will maple syrup production
As the climate gets warmer, the sugar maple tapping season will shrink and get closer to a December date. Pictured: Students tap trees, collect sap, and then boil the sap into maple sugar near Snake Mountain. Photo provided
By Charlotte Albright & Amy D. Olson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
MIDDLEBURY | Maple trees are turning color, leaves are dropping, and soon the sap will go dormant until late February or March, when the sugaring season traditionally starts. But over the coming decades, climate change is likely to alter the timing of that cycle, and producers should brace themselves for the impact of rising temperatures on their industry, according to a Dartmouth College study of six
sugar maple stands from Virginia to Quebec. In some locations, “as the climate gets warmer, the sugar maple tapping season will shrink and get closer to a December date,” says co-author David Lutz, a research assistant professor of environmental studies. Lutz says maple syrup production is affected by two climate-sensitive factors. Sugar content is determined by the previous year’s carbohydrate stores. Sap flow depends on the freeze-thaw cycle. As a sugar maple tree thaws, the sap begins to move through the tree to the tap.
Over a six-year span, the research team tested how monthly and season-long average temperatures during the tapping season, and temperature and precipitation from the preceding year, affected sap flow. Each day of the tapping season--from January to May—researchers obtained sap samples from 15 to 25 mature sugar maple trees. They measured the volume and weight of the sap and conducted an analysis of the sap’s sugar content. They also took daily temperature readings. With this data, the team looked at the annual variability of the sap flow from tree to tree and from year to year. The study predicts winners and losers in the maple syrup world, as the planet warms up. Coming out on top: Canada, which already produces 80 percent of the world’s share of maple syrup. Québec, the country’s maple capital, is expected to increase production. In 2019 Vermont maple syrup production totaled 2.07 million gallons; New Hampshire 148,000 gallons; US 4.2 million. Losing out: Virginia and Indiana, which, by 2100, will barely be able to produce any sap, according to the study. New Hampshire and Vermont, though likely to be the leastaffected states, will experience decreases in syrup production. But Lutz says some producers are already taking pro-active steps to deal with a shortening season.
“For example, producers in our region often utilize vacuum-related tapping methods to ensure that sap collection remains steadfast when conditions are conducive to sap flow,” he says. Furthermore, he says, many in the industry are aware that the microclimatology of their individual stands of sugar maples, known as sugar-bushes, is already changing and they are adjusting the structure of the tree stands to handle unpredictability. “Our research is not meant to insinuate the downfall of the maple industry in New England. It does, however, indicate that challenges may arise as our climate changes—due to the shortening length of the season.” Overall, shifts in supply and timing could disrupt a $140 million industry in the U.S., say the researchers, who call for additional studies on climate change and maple syrup production to help syrup producers, forest managers, and policymakers prepare for what’s ahead. In addition to Lutz, the study was coauthored by Joshua M. Rapp at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ryan D. Huish at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise; Boris Dufour at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; Selena Ahmed at Montana State University; Toni Lyn Morelli at the U.S. Geological Survey; and Kristina A. Stinson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ■
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