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PRESS RELEASE: Vermonters Urge State to Reconsider Flawed Planning Process for the Wild Worcester Range
Standing Trees and Concerned Vermonters Petition for Lawful Public Process for Managing State Lands, Protecting Public Interests

Zack Porter
Jun 30
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PRESS STATEMENT: New England conservation organizations praise Rep Pingree (D-ME) and Senators Sanders (I-VT), Welch (D-VT), and Blumenthal (D-CT) for co-sponsoring the Roadless Areas Conservation Act
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

Zack Porter
Jun 12
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PRESS STATEMENT: Dem Senators Introduce Logging Bill That Would Hand Over Keys to National Forests to Trump Administration
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.

Zack Porter
Apr 11
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A View from the Statehouse: 2025 Vermont Legislative Update
H.276 would permanently protect Sterling Pond and 268,000 acres of other state land across Vermont. Hello friends of wild places! I...
Bob Galvin
Apr 1
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TAKE ACTION: Speak up for the Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act
The Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act will protect cherished public lands like the Tinker Brook Natural Area in Coolidge...
Chris Gish
Mar 25
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Vermont Wildlands Act: Exciting News for Wild Forests and Wildlife
Old forests are now "essentially absent" from the Vermont Landscape. The Vermont Wildlands Act would protect core state lands, like this...
Mark Nelson
Feb 24
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RELEASE: Representative Amy Sheldon introduces Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act
RELEASE: Representative Amy Sheldon introduces Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act

Zack Porter
Feb 21
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RELEASE: One hundred activists protest destructive Telephone Gap logging plan; call on the VT congressional delegation to cancel the project
One hundred activists protest destructive Telephone Gap logging plan; call on the VT congressional delegation to cancel the project

Zack Porter
Jan 15
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TAKE ACTION: Last Official Chance to Weigh in on Disastrous Telephone Gap Project
Join us on or before Friday, January 17th in submitting objections to the GMNF's reckless Telephone Gap logging project!
Chris Gish
Jan 14
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A Golden Anniversary
Happy 50th to Vermont’s Lye Brook and Bristol Cliffs Wilderness areas, and the Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness in New Hampshire!

Zack Porter
Jan 4
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Standing Strong
Celebrating another year of progress for New England's public forests!
Mark Nelson
Dec 18, 2024
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PRESS STATEMENT: VT ANR fails to respond to climate and extinction reality with final Worcester Range plan
Standing Trees is deeply saddened and disappointed to learn that the VT ANR has approved a lackluster final plan for the Worcester Range

Zack Porter
Oct 1, 2024
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1 million comments support old growth protections on National Forests
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

Zack Porter
Sep 23, 2024
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TAKE ACTION: Speak up for Vermont state lands!
Speak up for Vermont state lands by attending an upcoming public meeting and submitting a comment to put the PUBLIC back in public lands!

Zack Porter
Sep 13, 2024
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Join Standing Trees for a fall outing!
Choose between big views from the top of the Worcester Range, explore an old-growth forest, or paddle with us on NH's Lake Tarleton!

Zack Porter
Aug 30, 2024
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TAKE ACTION: Weigh in by September 20th to protect mature and old-growth forests from logging
The Forest Service is on the verge of finalizing an old-growth logging plan instead of an old-growth protection policy. Take action today!

Zack Porter
Aug 7, 2024
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TAKE ACTION: Tell VHCB and ANR to put Vermont's 30x30 process back on the right path
Vermont passed historic 30x30 legislation in 2023. A year on, the entities in charge of implementing Act 59 are at risk of violating the law

Zack Porter
Jul 13, 2024
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PRESS STATEMENT: Biden Admin must push Forest Service for stronger mature and old-growth protections on federal lands
On Thursday the Forest Service released a long-anticipated draft analysis for a new policy to manage older forests on federal lands

Zack Porter
Jun 21, 2024
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TAKE ACTION: Telephone Gap On the Chopping Block (Round 2)
Submit a comment today to stop the US Forest Service from logging some of the healthiest forests in all of Vermont!

Zack Porter
Mar 15, 2024
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Hanging in the Balance: The future of Vermont's Wild Worcester Range
Vermont ANR has released a draft of its first-ever management plan for the Worcester Range. The public has until February 2nd to comment.

Zack Porter
Jan 12, 2024
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