Mike Stannard joined  Stafford Natural Resources and Forestry in 2023  after 16.5 years as a Science Teacher at Rutland High School and 19 overall. He graduated from Paul Smith’s College in 1997 with an A.A. in Environmental Studies and from Johnson State College (Northern Vermont University), in 2000, with his B.S. in Environmental Science. From childhood, Mike has worked, studied, and adventured in the outdoors. From the hills and mountains of Vermont and the Adirondacks to the rainforests and coral reefs of Belize to the wild rivers of Alaska, Mike has made snowboarding, paddling, hiking, wildlife photography, flyfishing, camping, maple sugaring, hunting, and fishing a great part of he and his family’s lives.”Mike built his own home, in Fair Haven, with the help of his family and friends, from standing trees to an energy-efficient three-story timber-frame home in one year, where he has lived and managed the land since, 2008. He has worked in agriculture, as a Park Ranger with the Vermont State Parks and the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, as an Orvis fly fishing Instructor, and in the forestry and the wood products industry as a log buyer. Mike has worked closely with the former NRF Instructor on the development of the RHS and Stafford Maple Sugaring School and sugarhouse, since 2012. He also developed a long-running Year End Studies program through RHS, Aquatic Biology Through Fly Fishing.
mike.stannard@rcpsvt.org
770-1057