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As lawmakers and land trusts pursue conservation goals, new trends in the state mean Vermonters are having “a really tough conversation about what our forests are, what they mean to us and what we want from them,” one forester said.
Environmental advocates across the state head into this year’s legislative session with the goal of updating Act 250 — Vermont’s land use and development law — to protect one of
Advocates agree that meeting the needs of Vermont’s forests are crucial to meeting the state’s goals in combating climate change.
As we climbed over and through the downfall, I couldn’t help but rejoice. Nature was taking care of itself. A wealth of new habitat had been created overnight; it was a housing boom for plants and animals.
The U.S. Forest Service hasn’t yet made a formal proposal for the clear-cutting, but in preliminary documents for the project, officials suggest that between 4,720 and 10,900 acres of trees in the forest could be cut down.