Tag: Conservation
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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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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…