Chris Gish

Right now, the “comprehensive strategy” to implement Vermont’s 30x30/50x50 conservation law is neither comprehensive nor visionary. Join us on March 18 in Middlebury or online, and submit comments by March 31, to make sure wild public lands are at the heart of biodiversity conservation in Vermont. [3/20/26 Update: Watch the recording of our Act 59 Public Input Session at this link] Act 59 has enormous potential to foster biodiversity conservation on Vermont State Lands like this corner of...

Submit comments by February 11 on the Northern Escarpment Project, a prescribed burning, tree cutting, and herbicide application proposal on up to 2,770 acres of the Moosalamoo NRA near Middlebury — which the Forest Service is attempting to move forward without substantive environmental review. [2/11/26 Update— Read Standing Trees' full comment at this link. ] Members of the Standing Trees community visited the Northern Escarpment Project area last summer, hiking up to Chandler Ridge,...

Comments due starting October 16. Join our allies at Save MA Forests, RESTORE: The North Woods, and MA Sierra Club in speaking up during...