Don Bourdon News Today

WOODSTOCK, Vermont — As the sun rises, the ethereal song of a wood thrush echoes through Bourdon Maple Farm’s 55-hectare (135-acre) forest in Woodstock. A bright scarlet tanager wings about the canopy as hungry yellow-bellied sapsuckers drill into tree bark. At the height of maple sugaring season, birds provide a comforting soundtrack for the farm’s […]

BARNARD — When Rick Carbin saw a problem, he found a fix. He arrived in Vermont after rejecting an ever more densely developed New Jersey and dedicated himself to protecting the land of his chosen home.Born in Jersey City in 1939, Carbin always...