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Killington Resort Awards $3,000 Grant to MHCT
The Mount Holly Conservation Trust is pleased to announce that it has received a $3,000 grant from Killington Resort’s Upward & Outward Sustainability & Community Giving initiative. The grant recognizes MHCT’s work preserving habitat critical to local flora and fauna, preserving the scenic beauty of the countryside, and creating and expanding opportunities for outdoor recreation. “We…
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MHCT Acquires Key Link Between Awasos WMA and Okemo State Forest
The Mount Holly Conservation Trust has acquired the 33.5-acre Maple Crossing property, strategically located between Awasos Wildlife Management Area and Okemo State Forest along Route 100 South in Weston. The acquisition was supported by a generous grant from The Nature Conservancy’s Vermont Biodiversity Protection Fund. The property fills an important gap between already conserved public lands. It…
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Breton Tract Conserved
On March 21, 2025, the Mount Holly Conservation Trust completed the purchase of the Breton Tract, near the end of Greendale Road in a landscape connected to the Green Mountain National Forest. The property’s forests and wetlands provide important habitat for beavers, moose, deer, bears, and other wildlife. Its conservation also preserves opportunities for public access and quiet…
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MHCT Acquires 12 Acres to Strengthen Wildlife Corridor Across Route 100
On July 24, 2024, the Mount Holly Conservation Trust purchased a 12-acre property in the northwest corner of Andover to protect an important wildlife corridor across Vermont Route 100. The acquisition builds on MHCT’s earlier work to conserve the Doolittle South Mountain Lands and strengthens the network of protected land in the South Mountain area.…
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MHCT and State Protect 440 Acres, Creating New Wildlife Management Area
On December 14, 2022, the Mount Holly Conservation Trust and the State of Vermont completed a major conservation project protecting 440 acres in Mount Holly and Weston. The property connects two previously separated blocks of Okemo State Forest, protecting an important wildlife corridor as well as high-elevation forests, streams, wetlands, and headwater habitat. The land…
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Conserve what you ❤️ this #GivingTuesday
Dear friends, Our mission is to preserve the beauty and character of Mount Holly, Vermont through the conservation of land, environment, and natural resources. With pandemic-driven development pressures intensifying and land values soaring our mission has never been more challenging—or more important. It is only through your support that we can carry on our work.…
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Celebrate Newest Addition to Okemo State Forest
On December 28, 2020, The Mount Holly Conservation Trust, Vermont Land Trust, and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation were extremely pleased to announce a 350 acre addition to Okemo State Forest. This land is the source of the West River, Branch Brook, and Mill River. Its healthy high-elevation forest, streams, and wetlands…
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Wildlife Corridor Protected in Green Mountains
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 28, 2020 State and Conservation Organizations Connect Habitatin Green Mountain National Forest and Okemo State Forest, across Route 155 Mount Holly, VT — The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation added nearly 350 acres to Okemo State Forest, helping to protect a 100-mile wildlife corridor extending from Massachusetts to Warren…