Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, checks on a barred owl.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, will be leaving the organization by early summer.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, checks on a barred owl.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, checks on a barred owl.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, will be leaving the organization by early summer.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, feeds the snapping turtle at the facility.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, will be leaving the organization by early summer.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, will be leaving the organization by early summer.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, will be leaving the organization by early summer.

Michael Clough, executive director of the Vermont Museum of Natural History and Pool Nature Center, feeds the snapping turtle at the facility.