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Managing forests with carbon in mind
Vermont’s forests are full of significance. They are spaces for work, play, and reflection; they reward careful stewardship with food for our tables, wood for building and heating our homes, and in spring, sweet maple syrup.
Sometimes harder to see, but no less real, are benefits like clean water and air, connected habitat, and protection from increasingly severe storms.
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Purple Pitcher Plants and Peat Bogs
Nutrient-poor bogs force plants to get creative, perhaps none more so than the purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Its dramatic, specialized leaves form multicolored ‘pitchers’ that fill with rain and snow, hosting tiny self-contained ecosystems—like the bogs themselves.
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Branon Family Maple Orchards: Then and Now
Located on the outskirts of Fairfield Village, Branon Family Maple Orchards has become one of the larger maple sugar producers in the state. Since purchasing the dairy farm from his father 35 years ago, and faced with keeping up with a shifting dairy industry, Tom and...
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| VLT Facts |
570,000+ Total acres protected |
700 Farms using conserved land |
400,000 Acres of forestland |
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| 120 Recreation spots |
60 Miles Catamount Trail |
450 Miles VAST Trail |
2,300+ Properties protected |