Centennial Woods
Centennial Woods is one of Vermont's nine natural areas and consists of about 70 acres of conifer stands. There are several different natural communities in Centennial woods such as streams, Hemlock forests, marsh lands, meadow and Hardwood forests. This area has a history of being farmed like most of the Champlain Valley. You can still find drastically different natural communities just a path apart and old barbed wires that have grown into older trees. The Hemlock forests have some of the oldest trees in Vermont. UVM dining services used to dump food waste from the dining halls into the stream that runs through Centennial Woods. This area used to be used as a "dump" area where people would put their old desks and furniture until the UVM environmental department decided to manage the area, although it's is not protected from being developed in the future. There is a large retention pond located behind the the Jeffords parking lot to collect the runoff water that would normally wash chemicals from the cars parked in the lot straight into Centennial woods.

This picture shows how heavily this natural area is used being so close to urban areas and with students coming thorough for labs. Students hang out here and sometimes misuse the area.

This picture shows the impact that farming in the past has had on the natural area resulting in areas of younger growth. This area could have also been cleared due to power lines being put up which intersect heavily though out Centennial Woods.

This area shows a large white pine stand which is one of the dominant tree species in Centennial Woods.

This is a little peek of running water that is usually traveling through Centennial Woods.