Essex County is Vermont at its most remote. With 5,920 people spread across 665 square miles, this is the least populous county in Vermont—and in all of New England. The ...

From blazing fall foliage and snow-draped forests to quiet summer evenings and misty spring mornings, the Green Mountain State sets the stage for unforgettable escapes for two. There’s nothing quite ...

Snow blankets the farm fields at Merck Forest & Farmland Center as our tiny car creeps up the hill toward Joy Green Visitor’s Center. What started as a gentle snowfall has become a wet and heavy ...

Camryn Woods is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. A new logging plan for the Green Mountain National Forest ...

SOUTH STRAFFORD — This year marks a major milestone for Vermont’s oldest forestry nonprofit. The Vermont Woodlands Association (VWA) is celebrating its 110th anniversary and invites the public to join ...

CRAFTSMANSHIP STILL MEANS SOMETHING. A FACTORY MEANS YOU’RE STANDING BEHIND A MACHINE. AND YOU’RE OFTEN JUST PUSHING A BUTTON. EACH GUY BUILDS A PIECE ALL THE WAY FROM START TO FINISH. HERE. TIME ...

Vermont landowners have a unique opportunity to improve the health of their forest and earn money doing it. For those with at least 30 acres of forest, the Family Forest Carbon Program helps turn ...

A 12-acre parcel known as the Deer Camp property in Johnson is now permanently protected as part of the Long Trail State Forest, securing public access to a 300-foot stretch of the Long Trail and ...

Two state forests in Vermont have expanded their protected area thanks to a pair of timely donations. Waterbury Roundabout reported that the Long Trail State Forest in Lamoille County added another 12 ...

ATHENS — The southern Vermont community-based nonprofit Bull Creek Common Lands (BCCL) has placed 341 acres of remote land in Athens and Townshend under the permanent protection of a conservation ...

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