This article was written by Mollie Flanigan, GMC conservation manager. Break out your hiking boots and party hats – we have a Long Trail protection success to celebrate! This month the Green Mountain Club and our partners, The Trust for Public Land and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, conserved 160-acres that host 1/3 […]
Ten Year Timber Harvest Wraps Up on GMC Property in Lowell
This article was written by Mollie Flanigan, GMC conservation manager, and previously appeared in the Summer 2020 Long Trail News. Vermont’s forested landscape provides the beauty and recreational opportunities that make the state a special place to live, work, and play. The ability of landowners to keep their land forested, however, often hinges on their […]
GMC Land Conservation Year-by-Year
This post was written by Mollie Flanigan, GMC’s conservation manager. Since the Long Trail Protection Campaign launched in 1986, GMC has been able to conserve more lands almost every year in its bid to permanently protect the Long Trail corridor. In that time, GMC has conserved more than 21,000 acres of land and protected more […]
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
In Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, award-winning environmental author Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of a healthy landscape is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried […]
Peregrine Falcon Nesting Site Abandoned at Prospect Rock
This post was written by Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist with Audubon Vermont. For many of us, getting outdoors and on the trails this spring has been a huge relief from the stress surrounding the coronavirus. Unfortunately, the increase in use of some of our recreation areas has had an impact on some sensitive wildlife species, […]
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