BURKE, Vt – Trust for Public Land, the Town of Burke, the New England Forestry Foundation, and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board announced the protection of 283-acres to become the Willey Woods Community Forest. The importance of protecting forestland and open space has been a focus for the Burke community for decades, with the creation of a new community forest at the forefront of the Burke Conservation Commission’s work. Under the ownership of the Town and management by the Conservation Commission, Willey Woods Community Forest will preserve this beloved hunting and fishing ground, safeguard critical aquatic resources, and establish the
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Democrats Raise 5 Times More Than GOP
State Democratic Party raised $4.4 million in first half of 2021, versus $835,000 for Republican party. By Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Jul 29th, 2021 04:45 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Cash. (CC0 Creative Commons).
The state Democratic Party raised more than $4.4 million in the first half of 2021 – five times more than the state GOP, according to state campaign finance reports.
The reports showed the state Democratic Party continued to receive numerous six-figure contributions from individual contributors – a trend that began last year. More than a dozen donors each contributed between $25,000 and about $500,000 to the party in the first six months of 2021.
On a weekday morning in January in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest, the base of the gladed Maple Villa backcountry ski zone could have been mistaken for a Walmart parking lot on Black Friday. Some skiers sat anxiously in their cars, waiting for a spot to open up, while others parked at the nearby Ledge Brewing Company and walked the mile up the road with their skis slung over their shoulders. After a slow start to the season in New England, there was finally enough snowpack to abandon the groomers for backcountry terrain.
It wasn’t always like this. Unlike the West, backcountry skiing on the East Coast has distinct challenges. The amount of private property in the region is staggering only 4 percent of land east of Mississippi is public, compared with 47 percent in the West and access to it is hindered by a complex web of private landowners, trusts, and federal and public managers, not to mention dense new-growth forests. “Historically, because