*Lead photo: Early experiments in Vermont with the Public Lab's infrared camera tool.* **Vermont is part of the [Northeast region](http://publiclab.org/wiki/northeast).** Public Lab organizers Chris Fastie and Ned Horning are involved in multispectral imaging hardware, multispectral image processing, control and monitoring of airborne cameras, agricultural and vegetation mapping and imaging, and spectroscopy. . . PLOTS and TAC join forces in Vermont Public Laboratory and the Toxics Action Center are collaborating on a project to apply Public Lab tools to several Vermont projects being investigated by TAC. Details of these projects are outlined here. . Recent Events . . LEAFFEST 2014 September 12-14, 2014 [Vermont Fall meetup](http://publiclab.org/tag/leaffest2014) . SNOWFEST 3D 2014 February 22&23, 2014 [Vermont winter meetup](http://publiclab.org/tag/snowfest) . Vermont Environmental Summit November 9, 2013 Chris Fastie led a workshop introducing Public Lab tools. . LEAFFEST 2013 September 7-8, 2013 [Learning Earth Appropriate Fact-Finding Environmental Science Tools](http://publiclab.org/tag/leaffest2013) . iFARM (NH) May 18, 2013 [Aerial and multispectral imaging and mapping for agricultural applications](http://publiclab.org/tag/ifarm) . Middlebury Meetup April 30, 2013 [An informal meeting to fly a camera over the Middlebury College Organic Farm](http://publiclab.org/notes/cfastie/05-02-2013/middlebury-meetup) . Montpelier Kite Mapping Workshop April 6, 2013 Chris Fastie led a workshop on aerial mapping with Public Lab tools. . Vermont Environmental Summit November 18, 2012 Chris Fastie led a workshop on aerial mapping with Public Lab tools. . LEAFFEST Low Elevation Aerial Flights For Earth Sensing Technology September 21-23, 2012 Here are some Research Notes on the activities at LEAFFEST 2012....
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liz | "Lovely Chris! Except for the gratuitous comment about "wimpy city folk" -- come down off your mountain and tell me how you fare on the city streets..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Thanks Leslie. In five years I think this is the first real evaluation of LEAFFEST. It’s so nice to get some reassurance that at least someone didn..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Sorry, I meant make an activity out of this, with step by step instructions and such, not one taking the next step. So, yes! I'm hoping @stevie an..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Don't we have to have an activity before we have a follow up activity? There are lots of ways to make this an activity and many ways to follow up (..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "This was fun and pretty easy. I'd love to try collaborating on a follow-up activity, I don't think it'd be too complicated. What do you think? " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
zengirl2 | "Hey, I enjoyed LeafFest and decided to share my thoughts on the experience (besides the pretty pics and projects from the blog post). This is more ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
liz | " " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Oh no @Zengirl2, TY so much for posting the awesome hard-hitting journalistic expose of LEAFFEST at the Adafruit blog: https://blog.adafruit.com/20..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
zengirl2 | "TY so much for posting the details of this test @cfastie and @warren! " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "I renamed this and converted it to a "Question" in the new Q&A system " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "I dunno but check this out: https://publiclab.org/notes/tonyc/03-17-2016/mobius-microcam I'll be bringing a mobius and different lenses, so you ca..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
kgradow1 | "Is anyone planning to bring a microscope? (webcam or otherwise) " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Like this: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23leaffest2016&src=typd " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Great. We should use #leaffest2016, because tweeting #leaffest is confounded with many other things. " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Here's the announcement for OSHWA's Documentation Days -- and I've listed our event on the events page at http://www.oshwa.org/events/ -- they'll t..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Another idea for a session -- one on making great Github issues -- contributing for non-coders! We've had such success with our first-timers-only o..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Also, see my comment here: https://publiclab.org/notes/gretchengehrke/09-02-2016/activity-categories#c15329 This might make it unnecessary to chan..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Hi Chris - I want to think about how we can help authors get higher visibility and, later, higher replication counts, and I think how posts show up..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
gretchengehrke | "Ooh -- I like @cfastie's idea of a subtitle section! " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | "Yes, I meant to be a little harsh. I think dictating the style of the titles of research notes is a big step. It could be the correct thing to do, ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
stevie | "Ouch, micromanagement is a little harsh! Sounds like a suggestion for encouraging posts for the new activity grid feature. I'm thinking about this ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
cfastie | " The title is now in compliance. Our Ruby on Rails overlords have been placated. Automated Activity Grids FTW. #slipperyslope#micromanagement #s..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
warren | "Hi, Chris - this is great -- i imagine it may be featured as an activity on, say, the #balloon-mapping or #aerial-mapping pages. With that in mind,..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
mathew | "That's a good point about the instructions. if they were teased out into the different rig designs and each set of instructions stuck to one desig..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago |