Standing Trees is shocked and outraged by Sen Peter Welch's (D-VT) vote in a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, where he joined every Republican member in support of the so-called "Fix Our Forests Act" (FOFA), S. 1462.

On Friday, the US Forest Service initiated a process to rescind the immensely popular and widely-supported 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, putting 45 million acres of the healthiest and wildest forests in the nation in the crosshairs, including approximately 260,000-acres across the White and Green Mountain National Forests in New Hampshire and Vermont

Lawsuit alleges the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has violated the state constitution and discriminated against Vermonters in its management of State Lands

Standing Trees and Concerned Vermonters Petition for Lawful Public Process for Managing State Lands, Protecting Public Interests

New federal litigation alleges U.S. Forest Service approval of Sandwich Vegetation Management Project failed to consider climate, biodiversity, water and forest health; seeks to protect wild, old forests in the shadow of iconic Mount Chocorua

The Roadless Areas Conservation Act would strengthen existing protections for approximately 260,000-acres across the White and Green Mountain National Forests in NH and VT, and approximately 60-million acres of National Forests, nationwide

In a giveaway to the timber industry, the bill – which is presented as a measure against wildfire – could open the door to unlimited logging across millions of acres of national forests, undermining bedrock environmental and public health laws.

RELEASE: Representative Amy Sheldon introduces Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act

One hundred activists protest destructive Telephone Gap logging plan; call on the VT congressional delegation to cancel the project

Standing Trees is deeply saddened and disappointed to learn that the VT ANR has approved a lackluster final plan for the Worcester Range

The U.S. Forest Service has received more than 1 million comments over four comment periods urging it to protect mature and old-growth trees

Today, 34 organizations across the Eastern U.S. issued a letter to the United States Forest Service (USFS)

On Thursday the Forest Service released a long-anticipated draft analysis for a new policy to manage older forests on federal lands

We're suing the US Forest Service to protect New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest from destructive commercial logging!

More than 130 environmental groups from 39 countries call for decisive action to stop forest degradation and deforestation

The Biden administration will announce Tuesday a proposed nationwide forest plan amendment to advance protections for old-growth forests

Burlington Electric Dept ratepayers are losing millions of dollars each year; money that could be better invested in low-carbon energy.

The White Mountain National Forest approved a ~700-acre logging project surrounding one of the largest and least-developed lakes in the NF.

Nearly half million people call on Forest Service to protect mature, old-growth forests and trees from logging.

VT Law and Graduate School and Standing Trees file challenge to logging project in White Mountain NF, threatening biodiversity, clean water.