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Long Trail Protection Success: 1/3 mile of Long Trail Protected!

September 17, 2020 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Stewardship

Ten Year Timber Harvest Wraps Up on GMC Property in Lowell

September 10, 2020 by GMC Staff Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Stewardship, Sustainability

GMC Land Conservation Year-by-Year

June 25, 2020 by GMC Staff 1 Comment

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 […]

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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

May 22, 2020 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Peregrine Falcon Nesting Site Abandoned at Prospect Rock

May 14, 2020 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Peregrine Falcon, chick, nest on ledge

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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Aedes aegypti, a type of mosquito

The When, Where, Why, and How of Vermont’s Bugs

June 29, 2022

Summer is a hot time of year for Vermont's critters, especially the creepy, crawly kinds. And while bugs are great — they pollinate vegetation; decompose dead plants and animals; and fuel the food chain — they can also threaten human health and wellbeing. Here's what you need to know to protect … Read more

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The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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