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Like What You See? Viewshed And The Look Of The Landscape

Sarah Priestap
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Valley News
In Thetford in 2014, a controversy erupted over former gubernatorial candidate Ruth Dwyer erecting a wall on her property to block her view of a house next door. We're talking about the look of the landscape, and who gets to decide what passes muster.

Is it ever against the law for something to be ugly? If you don't like a building going up next to your house, do you have any power to stop it?

 
We're talking about what rights individuals, communities and regions have to control the appearance of a changing landscape - and who gets to decide what passes muster.

We'll also talk about whether our state still has a shared vision for what we want the landscape to look like, and how that vision may be changing
 
Broadcast live on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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