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 than 78 miles of the Long Trail. GMC continues to strive to conserve the remaining 6.5 miles of the trail, which are spread throughout Vermont.

Below you can view a map showing the land conservation progress through the years, and explore what exactly was protected each year:

1986

GMC launches Long Trail Protection Campaign
- At this point, GMC already owned 0.25 acres in Stowe, VT, on the shores of Sterling Pond, donated to GMC in 1979

1987

1,846 acres acquired by GMC in Lowell, VT, protecting:
- Summit of Belvidere Mountain
- Tillotson Camp
- 2.75 miles of Long Trail
- 2.1 mile of Forester’s Trail and 2 miles of Frank Post Trail
100 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Lowell, VT, protecting:
- 0.25 miles of Long Trail
117 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail

1988

612 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 1.5 miles of Long Trail
- Corliss Camp
- 0.5 miles of Davis Neighborhood Trail
148 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail

1990

200 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, VT, protecting:
- 0.25 miles of Long Trail

1991

38 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
295 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, VT, protecting:
- 1.2 miles of Long Trail
980 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, Johnson, and Waterville, VT, protecting:
- 2.5 miles of Long Trail
- Summit of Laraway Mountain
90 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
200 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 1.2 miles of Journey’s End Trail
- Journey’s End Camp
144 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.8 miles of Long Trail
1,110 acres acquired by GMC in Jay and Richford, VT, protecting:
- 3 miles of Long Trail
- Shooting Star Shelter
171 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail

1992

319 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Bolton, VT:
- Acquired for potential Long Trail relocation
- Protecting other Trails: VAST snowmobile trails and Woodward Mountain cross country ski trail

1993

4 acres acquired by GMC in Duxbury, VT:
- Acquired as a potential site for the Winooski River footbridge
200 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Lowell, VT, protecting:
- 0.8 miles of Long Trail
- 0.3 miles of the Forester’s Trail
219 acres added to Camel’s Hump State Park in Huntington, VT, protecting:
- 0.6 miles of Long Trail
- 1 mile of the Beane Trail
- Birch Glen Shelter
13.5 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail
8 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
174 acres add to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.75 miles of Long Trail
- Roundtop Shelter
1,573 acres added to Jay State Forest in Richford, Montgomery, and Westfield VT, protecting:
- 1.3 miles of Long Trail
- 0.4 miles of Jay Loop Trail
- Jay Camp
90 acres conserved in a private conservation easement in Waterville, VT
39 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson Vermont, protecting:
- 0.6 miles of Long Trail

1994

12 acres conserved in a private conservation easement in Johnson, VT
42 acres added to the Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Babcock Trail
42 acres added to Camel’s Hump State Forest in Starksboro, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Jerusalem Trail

1995

110 acres added to Hazen’s Notch State Park in Westfield, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trails and Catamount Trail
293 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.8 miles of Long Trail
- Other Trails: Catamount Trail
577 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.25 miles of Long Trail
- Other trails: Catamount Trail, Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry ski trails
290 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of the Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trails
21 acres add to the Jay State Forest in Jay, VT

1996

92 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Lowell, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
20 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT
632 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden and Belvidere, VT, protecting:
- 2.5 miles of Long Trail
214 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, VT, protecting:
- 0.7 miles of Long Trail
64 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
57 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.45 miles of Long Trail
35 acres acquired by GMC in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.6 miles of Long Trail
- Lamoille River Footbridge
233 acres added to Jay State Forest in Westfield, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 miles of Long Trail
- Other Trails: Catamount Trail

1997

70 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Belvidere, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail
187 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
171 acres added to Camel’s Hump State Park in Duxbury, VT, protecting:
- 0.9 miles of Long Trail
531 acres conserved in private conservation easement in Fayston, VT, protecting:
- 2.6 miles of Long Trail
- Cowles Cove Shelter
- Burnt Rock Mountain
162 acres conserved in private conservation easement in Fayston, VT, protecting:
- 2 miles of Long Trail
- 0.3 miles of Jerusalem Trail
- Glen Ellen Shelter
26 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail
35 acres acquired by GMC in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail

1998

287 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of long Trail
250 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.6 miles of Long Trail
150 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail
10 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail

1999

31 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
311 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trail
68 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail
207 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.5 miles of Long Trail
67 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
0.9 acres acquired by GMC in Duxbury, VT:
- Acquired as a potential site for the Winooski River footbridge

2000

12 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Eden, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail
20 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
110 added to Hazen’s Notch State Park in Westfield, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
- Other Trails: Catamount Trail, VAST snowmobile trail
Private trail right-of-way secured in Stowe, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
- 0.1 mile of Lake View and Canyon Trails

2001

3,764 acres added to Jay State Forest in Richford, Montgomery, and Westfield, VT
Private trail right-of-way secured in Fayston and Buels Gore, VT, protecting:
- 1.5 miles of Long Trail
- Theron Dean Shelter
98 acres added to Long Trail State Forest in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail

2002

Private trail right-of-way secured in Cambridge, VT, protecting:
- 1 mile of Long Trail

2003

1,080 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 2.5 miles of Long Trail
- Buchanan Shelter
- Other Trails: Catamount Trail, VAST Snowmobile trails, Bolton Valley Nordic cross country ski trails
Private trail right-of-way secured in Johnson, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
14 acres acquired by GMC in Eden, VT
25 acres acquired by GMC in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.2 miles of Long Trail

2004

Private trail right-of-way secured in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.4 miles of Long Trail
30 acres acquired by GMC in Bolton, VT

2005

72 acres acquired by GMC in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
8 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
- Harrington’s View
184 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 1.6 miles of Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trail

2008

14 acres acquired by GMC in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road

2010

110 acres acquired by GMC in Lowell, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail
166 acres added to Jay State Forest in Jay, VT, protecting:
- 2 miles of Long Trail
- Laura Woodward Shelter

2011

177 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 1 mile of Long Trail
Private trail right-of-way secured in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
Private trail right-of-way secured in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.3 miles of Long Trail

2013

Private trail right-of-way secured in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
2 acres acquired by GMC in Bolton, VT:
- Purchased for Winooski River footbridge site

2014

Private trail right-of-way secured in Johnson, VT:
- Protected to host a Long Trail relocation off of West Settlement Road
114 acquired by GMC in Bolton VT, protecting:
- 1 mile of Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trail

2015

118 acres added to Mount Mansfield State Forest, protecting:
- 1 mile of Long Trail
- Other Trails: VAST snowmobile trail

2017

Private trail right-of-way secured in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail
Private trail right-of-way secured in Bolton, VT, protecting:
- 0.1 mile of Long Trail

2019