Land Conservation

Gov. Phil Scott says he’s “very apprehensive” about a plan by the federal government to expand a U.S. Fish and Wildlife refuge in northeast Vermont.In a…

A legislative effort to reform the state’s premier land conservation program has again fallen by the wayside.Supporters of changes to the Current Use tax…

On Monday, the Vermont Land Trust announced that it is backing out of the legislative process on a controversial bill that would have allowed conservation…

The Vermont Land Trust has withdrawn support from legislation it was backing that would allow conservation easements to be altered or lifted after a legal…

Conservation easements are legal agreements designed to protect land from development forever. But a bill under consideration in the Statehouse would…

Lawmakers have been working for years on reforms to the state’s premier land conservation program. But differences between the House and Senate are again…

Caitrin Maloney, of Morrisville, will be the next executive director of Stowe Land Trust. In its 26 year history, the trust has conserved nearly 3,500…

A couple who have been conserving forest land in Braintree and Rochester recently turned over an entire community forest to the New England Forestry…