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DUXBURY — Forest preservation activists are waiting to see whether their lawsuit to stop logging on about 3,760 acres on public lands around Camel’s Hump still has life.

For nearly two decades, Jan Schultz pushed local leaders to improve the efficiency of Burlington's wood-fired electricity plant. A retired software engineer who served on...

Federal officials are set to disclose next month the environmental effects of a proposal to cut down trees on about 11,800 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest — and

(The Center Square) — A Vermont judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by an environmental group seeking to block the harvesting of trees from state forests and parklands.

A Vermont judge has dismissed an environmental group’s effort to block logging in Camel’s Hump State Forest and other state lands. Standing Trees, a Montpelier-based...

When Zack Porter moved with his family to Vermont to escape wildfires in Montana, the last thing he expected was for the smoke to follow.

On Monday, Gov. Phil Scott allowed a new environmental bill to become law without signing it. H.126 is a Vermont land conservation bill aimed at helping protect the state's forests and wildlife. Advocates like Jon Leibowitz, executive director of New Wilderness, said this is a big step to make Vermont an even greener state. "H.126 really sets the framework of generously protecting nature in Vermont and doing it in a thoughtful and complimentary...

The plan includes cutting down trees and creating new recreation opportunities.

Environmental advocates are pushing back on a plan from officials with the White Mountain National Forest to redevelop an area of land near Gorham, which could include cutting down trees and constructing new roads and trails.The federal forest...

The law establishes a goal of permanently conserving 30% of Vermont’s total land area by 2030 and conserving 50% by 2050.