What’s New

March 31, 2025

A Land Steward’s Day: A Rare Moment Inside

March 31, 2025

Birds Tell the Story

March 14, 2025

Putnam Farms Conserves Lower Plain Property in Charlestown

February 6, 2025

Bird Sanctuary Conserved in Weathersfield

January 10, 2025

Cultivating Connections: How Our Garden Supports Community and Conservation

November 13, 2024

The Last Ice: Glacial Lake Hitchcock

October 30, 2024

Hands on the Land: Trail Improvements at Zebedee Wetland

July 31, 2024

Summer in the Woods

July 31, 2024

In the Gardens

July 31, 2024

Conservation Campaign Succeeds in Hartland

July 31, 2024

Tornado Causes Natural Disturbance in Lyme Woods

July 8, 2024

Okkervil River to Return to their Upper Valley Roots

July 8, 2024

Resilient Connections at Rocky Knoll

July 8, 2024

Lyme Pinnacle Conservation Area Grows

June 25, 2024

Conservation and Community: The Difference You Make

June 5, 2024

Meet the UVLT’s 2024 Summer Interns

June 5, 2024

American Wetlands Month: Spotlighting Upper Valley Fens

May 29, 2024

American Wetlands Month: Spotlighting Upper Valley Bogs

May 21, 2024

American Wetlands Month: Spotlighting Upper Valley Swamps

May 15, 2024

American Wetlands Month: Spotlighting Upper Valley Marshes

May 1, 2024

Expanding a Commitment to Permanence

May 1, 2024

Elizabeth’s Brook Bears Her Name

March 25, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Alma Duckworth and Rebecca Jones

March 25, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Nicole Cormen

March 13, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Miriam Jarvis Johnson Carreker

March 6, 2024

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Linny Levin

January 23, 2024

The Right Thing to Do

August 8, 2023

Paradee Property is Conserved

August 3, 2023

Building a Legacy: Amber’s Story

May 19, 2023

The Stories That Connect Us

March 21, 2023

Seeding the Future Forest

March 21, 2023

Lois McGean Made History – Conservation and Housing in Vermont

March 15, 2023

Ruth Shumway Made History with Farming and Conservation

February 23, 2023

Sweet Time in the Woods

Photo by J. SCOTT ALTENBACH

February 10, 2023

A Suitable Habitat for Endangered Northern Long Eared Bats

November 21, 2022

Firewood Assistance in NH

November 11, 2022

Host Don’t Post During Hunting Season

September 26, 2022

Harvest Roundup at Food Pantry Gardens

August 9, 2022

Introducing Our Newest Trustees

July 21, 2022

Treating Emerald Ash Borer at Up on the Hill

July 14, 2022

A Part of the Whole at Bear Pond Natural Area

July 14, 2022

Renewal of UVLT’s National Land Trust Accreditation: Comment Period Now Open

July 3, 2022

On the Trail

June 29, 2022

Remembering Harvey Hill

June 29, 2022

A Celebration of Land Conservation

June 29, 2022

In the Dirt at the Brookmead Garden

June 15, 2022

Old is New, On the River

June 9, 2022

Potato Planting at the Old Town Farm

June 8, 2022

Devon Cattle Arrive at Brookmead Conservation Area

March 16, 2022

Mud Season – To Hike or Not to Hike

March 10, 2022

Spectacular Jewelry Sale to Benefit UVLT and Children Outdoors

March 10, 2022

Story Walk Trail at Lyme Hill Conservation Area

February 18, 2022

Clearing the View at Lyme Pinnacle

January 19, 2022

Get Outside this Winter

December 15, 2021

Land for Farming

December 13, 2021

Another Successful Year in the Food Pantry Garden

December 8, 2021

Remembering John O’Brien

Ely Mountain Trail Sign

November 24, 2021

Secrets of Ely Mountain

November 17, 2021

Remembering Bob Pulaski

November 15, 2021

UVLT Gains New Board Member

November 8, 2021

Climate Resilience in the Upper Valley

October 20, 2021

A Summer in the Food Pantry Garden

October 15, 2021

Two Newport Properties Protected

September 23, 2021

Vermont Alpine Farm in Reading Protected Forever

September 16, 2021

The Future of Ash Trees in Vermont

August 18, 2021

Connected Habitats for Wildlife

August 11, 2021

Putnam Farms Hunter Meadow Conserved

July 21, 2021

Stonehouse Mountain Protected!

July 15, 2021

Year End Round Up!

July 12, 2021

Brothers Create Harold and Blendina Sargent Preserve at Fairlee Palisades

June 2, 2021

It’s Turtle Time!

May 26, 2021

Rare Breed Coming to Brookmead Conservation Area

May 19, 2021

Meet UVLT’s 2021 Summer Interns

May 10, 2021

Next Week is Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week

April 28, 2021

Your Spring Wildflower Identification Guide

April 21, 2021

Expanding the Food Pantry Garden Program to Up on the Hill

April 14, 2021

Woody Adams Conservation Forest Fundraising Complete!

April 1, 2021

Why Are Paper Birch Trees So White?

February 17, 2021

Zebedee Wetland Educational Activity Guide

February 8, 2021

“This is not my land. I’m just borrowing it.” Remembering Liz Russell

February 1, 2021

Protecting the Woody Adams Conservation Forest and the Norwich Town Forest on Gile Ridge

January 13, 2021

Miner Grant Easement Grows to 300 Acres

January 7, 2021

Winter Trail Enthusiasts Organize to Groom at Brookmead!

December 30, 2020

Lemax Barn Fundraising & Restoration Complete!

December 21, 2020

The Winter Solstice Hikes

December 16, 2020

Old Town Farm Conserved in Pomfret

December 2, 2020

Thank You to our Volunteers!

November 18, 2020

Gifts of the Land: UVLT’s Year End Auction

November 12, 2020

Six Tips for Trail Safety This Fall

November 6, 2020

That’s a Wrap! Brookmead Food Pantry Garden 2020 Season Comes to a Close

October 21, 2020

Wild About Lebanon Fall Hiking Guide

October 13, 2020

The Mystery in Smith Pond

October 7, 2020

This Place is Personal

September 24, 2020

Fall Hiking Challenge: UVLT Crazy Eight

September 16, 2020

Protected Wetlands and Public Access Expanded in Lyme

September 9, 2020

Goodbye Mink

August 21, 2020

Fire on the Mountain

August 12, 2020

Forever Wild

July 27, 2020

Mission Monarch 2020

July 24, 2020

Seeing the Valley Whole

July 15, 2020

Brookmead Food Pantry Garden Tour

July 8, 2020

UVLT’s Board Gains Four New Members

July 6, 2020

Volunteer With Us!

June 11, 2020

Morey Mountain Trails Coming in July

Ely Mountain Trail Sign

June 11, 2020

More of the Mountain

May 20, 2020

Tunbridge: A Place for Friends and Family

May 13, 2020

New Tax Rules for Charitable Giving

May 7, 2020

Community Supported Conservation Supports Community Agriculture

April 14, 2020

Brookmead Food Pantry Garden to be Expanded to Meet Need

April 9, 2020

Environment and Nature Based Activities for Children – A Resource for Parents

April 2, 2020

Learn to use iNaturalist and become a Citizen Scientist!

March 24, 2020

Want to Get Outside While Social Distancing? These Are Our Top Recommendations

March 16, 2020

Wash Your Hands & Take a Walk

March 9, 2020

22nd Annual Conservation Commission Gathering

February 19, 2020

Wild About Lebanon!

February 5, 2020

The Geography of Milk & The Future of Dairy Farming

January 23, 2020

Smith Pond Geology

January 22, 2020

Brackett Brook Farm: A Hill Farm Looks Forward

January 17, 2020

Lunch & Learn

December 30, 2019

Voices of the Land

December 24, 2019

Tunis District Conservation Area Complete

December 20, 2019

Risley Farmhouse – Continuing a Legacy of Land Conservation

December 20, 2019

Protected in North Pomfret

December 17, 2019

Parker Meadow – Preserving Open Space and Rural Character in Downtown Norwich

December 12, 2019

Permanently Protected: Forests, Fields, and a Spectacular View in Sharon

December 10, 2019

Wright’s Mountain Turns Twenty Five

December 2, 2019

Gifts from the Land

November 26, 2019

Hypertherm at the Norwich Woodshed

November 7, 2019

Winter Recreation: There’s Something for Everybody!

October 18, 2019

Commemorating a Historic Land Conservation Achievement and Remembering Freda Swan

October 14, 2019

Corporate Volunteers Hit the Trails in 2019

October 9, 2019

A Successful Year at Brookmead’s Food Pantry Garden

October 4, 2019

How to Build a Pollinator Garden

September 19, 2019

Hands On at Lyme Pinnacle

September 13, 2019

A New Generation of American Chestnut Trees at Up on the Hill

August 23, 2019

Two Exciting End of Summer Events

August 12, 2019

Billy Brown’s Barns

August 7, 2019

Mission Monarch at Up on the Hill Conservation Area

August 1, 2019

Creating the Tunis District Conservation Area

July 5, 2019

Brookmead Food Pantry Garden and the Community Impact of Land Conservation

July 1, 2019

Five New Trustees Appointed

June 25, 2019

We Have a Lot to Celebrate

June 14, 2019

Everything You Need To Know To Prevent Turtle Death This Summer

May 30, 2019

Conservation Impact: Local and Global

May 17, 2019

Opening Day at the Brookmead Trails!

May 13, 2019

Girl Scouts Green Up Lyme Hill

May 6, 2019

Vernal Pool Restoration Success at Ticknor Woodlands

April 30, 2019

Meadow Management at Lyme Hill Conservation Area

April 25, 2019

Earthworms: The Invasive Species You Didn’t Know About

March 28, 2019

Rocky Hill Farm Meadows – Conserved!

March 27, 2019

21st Annual Conservation Commission Gathering

February 28, 2019

Silent Auction a Success!

February 13, 2019

VHCC Legislative Day – Join Us to Advocate for Conservation Funding

February 6, 2019

Sustainable Forestry at the Robert Areson Conservation Area

January 31, 2019

Fundraising Success for Beaver Pond Farm

January 29, 2019

Remembering Lyme’s Pinnacle

January 24, 2019

2019 Winter/Spring Wild About Lebanon Calendar

January 10, 2019

Lyme’s Pinnacle – Conserved!

December 20, 2018

New Program Engages Area Businesses as Volunteers

December 4, 2018

Campaign for Lyme’s Pinnacle Begins

November 28, 2018

Belonging to Nature

November 19, 2018

Crows Give Gift of Land in Hanover

November 9, 2018

A Conservation Solution for Beaver Pond Farm

November 1, 2018

UVLT’s Brookmead Conservation Area Provides Firewood Assistance

October 9, 2018

One Year Later – Manning Farm Represents Community Fundraising Success

September 26, 2018

Uplands and Lowlands get a big Thank You

September 20, 2018

Land Management at Up on the Hill

September 5, 2018

Tuck Students Build New Trail at Smith Pond Shaker Forest

August 22, 2018

Chestnut Hunt Challenge

August 6, 2018

UVLT to Build Pollinator Garden at Lyme Hill

August 3, 2018

New School Year Continues Dartmouth College Partnership

July 18, 2018

Foundation Brings People Together to Protect Landmark

July 16, 2018

Connections Build Conserved Corridors

July 9, 2018

Three New Board Members Elected

July 2, 2018

UVLT Celebrates a Gift of Land

June 12, 2018

Awards and Celebration on Lake Morey

May 21, 2018

Wild About Lebanon

April 21, 2018

UVLT and VTC Joint Statement on Norwich Farms

April 16, 2018

UVLT Prepares to Purchase Norwich Farm

April 13, 2018

April Showers Bring out Amphibians

March 30, 2018

Spring has Sprung – Time to Take Down Your Bird Feeder

March 26, 2018

Essays with a Sense of Place (Part 1)

March 13, 2018

Norwich Comes Together About Dairy Cows

March 5, 2018

Haverhill Couple Conserves Farm: “You have to treat your land right”

February 27, 2018

Cornish Land Owners Utilize Draft Animal Power

February 21, 2018

20th Annual Conservation Commission Gathering

February 21, 2018

Transition Underway at Norwich Farm

February 16, 2018

UVLT Staff Participates in VHCC Legislative Day to Advocate for Conservation Funding

January 19, 2018

Community Fundraising a Success, Manning Farm Conserved

January 18, 2018

UVLT Receives RCPP Grant Funding

December 20, 2017

Fundraising Underway to Conserve Strafford’s Manning Farm

December 17, 2017

New Hope Farm: Conserving Farmland for the Future

December 6, 2017

LCHIP Grant Award is Major Milestone in Haverhill Farm Conservation

November 29, 2017

Share the Love of the Outdoors Together: Tails on Trails for Giving Tuesday

November 21, 2017

Important Woodlands and Wetlands Permanently Protected in Lebanon

October 23, 2017

Group Asks For Ideas to Strengthen Economic Impact of Vermont Recreation

September 14, 2017

A Good Summer at Smith Pond Shaker Forest

September 14, 2017

Finding Smith Pond

June 16, 2017

BioBlitz Begins

May 23, 2017

Restatement Will Modernize Bylaws

May 1, 2017

Film Explores the Role of Dairy Farms

March 29, 2017

Conserving “The Barrett Place”

March 28, 2017

Together Again in Corinth

March 21, 2017

Video Captures Quinttown Stories

March 16, 2017

Hills Donate 1100-Acre Conservation Area “Up On the Hill”

December 28, 2016

Conserved Sugarbush Contributes to Family Farm

December 27, 2016

A Long View in Tunbridge

December 16, 2016

Haynes Dairy Conserved

December 14, 2016

Snow Mountain – 100%!

December 5, 2016

Acronyms That Work for Land ConservationÂ

November 13, 2016

Conservation of Scenic Hillside Expands on Pomfret Success

October 18, 2016

Farmland Campaign Succeeds in Norwich

October 13, 2016

Mountain View Farm Dedication

September 26, 2016

A Campaign for Hogwash Land

September 14, 2016

Land for Growing

August 31, 2016

Leslie Rimmer joins UVLT, Sara Cavin returns as Programs Director

July 18, 2016

A Place Where Past Is Present

June 29, 2016

Looking for Apples Starts a Lifelong Commitment

June 20, 2016

Celebration, Awards, Elections at UVLT Annual Meeting

June 17, 2016

223-acre Rix Ledges Parcel Conserved!

June 16, 2016

Restoration and Research on Ascutney Mountain

May 18, 2016

A Right to Meander: the Ompompanoosuc Flows Free

May 14, 2016

Speaking of the Conte Refuge

March 22, 2016

Wright’s Mountain: Sylvia’s Gift

March 14, 2016

NH Law to Discourage Forest Vandalism

February 24, 2016

Colleagues and Partners Join to Advocate for Housing and Conservation

December 31, 2015

Conserving the River Corridor in West Fairlee

December 23, 2015

Charitable IRA’s Approved in Congress, Donors Must Act Soon for 2015 Benefit

December 23, 2015

Scenic Beauty to Revel In

December 22, 2015

Mount Ascutney Conserved for People and Nature

December 16, 2015

New Hampshire “LCHIP” Grants Awarded for Conservation in Orford and Enfield

December 11, 2015

Perpetuity in Vermont: New Recommendations

December 3, 2015

UVLT Begins Smith Pond Shaker Forest Conservation Initiative

November 30, 2015

Easement Donors Keep Greenway Growing

November 24, 2015

Hanover Chamber Honors Doug Wise

October 30, 2015

Wood Farm & Cider Mill Conserved

October 19, 2015

Host, Don’t Post: White-tailed Deer Season

October 6, 2015

Making Plans for New Hampshire

September 30, 2015

Matchmaking: Thank you from Jeanna

August 4, 2015

Signs Come Down at Norwich Farms

July 21, 2015

More Land Conserved on Clay Brook

July 6, 2015

Conserving Podunk

June 23, 2015

Community Celebrates Rieser Trail

June 18, 2015

UVLT, Vermont Technical College Join for Conservation and Education

June 18, 2015

Awards, Conservation News, Elections at UVLT Celebration

May 29, 2015

A Conservation Solution for Hi-Hope Farm

May 26, 2015

Join us on June 8th to Celebrate Land Conservation

May 14, 2015

Girls Get Tough on Garlic Mustard

May 8, 2015

Lambs Play

April 15, 2015

Norwich Inn to Host Benefit for Conservation and Trail

April 7, 2015

Life’s a Beech – Find Yours!

April 6, 2015

Deer Management in NH: UVLT’s Comments

April 1, 2015

Balloch’s Crossing: A Conservation Corridor Grows

March 30, 2015

New Video Features Hartland’s Richardson Farm

March 26, 2015

Time to Comment: Deer and Forest Health

March 25, 2015

Norwich Campaign Brings Together Conservation, Recreation, History

March 24, 2015

Changes Will Protect Vermont Easements

March 10, 2015

Close-ups from Conserved Land: Bobcat and Barred Owl

February 5, 2015

Winter Tracks

January 18, 2015

Thank you, Patchen

January 14, 2015

Chase Field Conserved!

January 9, 2015

New Video – Outdoors with UVLT and GMC

December 31, 2014

Success For Ely Mountain!

December 19, 2014

Award Winning Richardson Farm is Conserved!

December 4, 2014

Ely Mountain ALMOST (not quite) Conserved

December 3, 2014

Six Weeks Shapes the Future

December 1, 2014

For all the Land Gives Us

November 21, 2014

IRS Discusses Perpetuity

November 18, 2014

Photos from Ely Mountain Conservation Area

November 14, 2014

Hanchetts Brook and Wetlands Conserved

November 6, 2014

Photos featured in our 2014 Report

October 30, 2014

We Welcome Anne Janeway, Andy Boyce

October 10, 2014

Headwaters Conservation Gets Results

September 3, 2014

Friends Rally for Lemax Barn

August 18, 2014

Good News on the “The Pomp”

July 10, 2014

Land Conservation on the Prouty Route

July 7, 2014

Working Woodland & Working Farm Conserved

June 23, 2014

In Orford, a Conserved Birding Hotspot Gets Help from Beetles

June 20, 2014

Birds and Beauty: Art’s Legacy

June 16, 2014

Monahan Headwaters Conserved

June 12, 2014

New Partnership Makes Hiking Connections

June 5, 2014

Honors to Myra Ferguson and Rick Roesch; Thanks to all UVLT members

May 30, 2014

Whoâ€™s a Leader? Vital Communities Hosts Tribute

May 16, 2014

Activities to Celebrate Conservation: Join us on June 3rd

May 2, 2014

Spring Wildflowers along Broad Brook Trail

April 24, 2014

Celebrating Ash Trees in Vermont

April 21, 2014

UVLT Garlic Mustard Pulling Party!

April 18, 2014

Fools in the Forest Nature Day, April 27

April 8, 2014

New Things Brewing for Farmland Conservation

April 3, 2014

A Place of Peace and Quiet: Pout Pond

March 31, 2014

Work Ended on Vermont Law

March 28, 2014

Starr Hill: Laurel Letter’s Place for Us

March 26, 2014

Coming Soon: Spring Migrants!

March 17, 2014

Vermont legislation will get redraft

March 16, 2014

Naturalist Training Course – Sign Up Now

March 11, 2014

Gathering a Watershed: Mascoma Committee hosts a Summit

March 10, 2014

Vermont Easement Law in the News

March 8, 2014

Fools in the Forest: Itâ€™s Good for You

March 5, 2014

Winter Beauty in the Palmer Forest (3 min. video)

March 3, 2014

Keeping the Trust in Land Trust Work: Questions and Answers about Vermont S.119

February 28, 2014

Farmshares: A Sign that Spring is Coming!

February 23, 2014

Counting Farms: Growing Small in NH and VT

February 11, 2014

Proposed Vermont Legislation Will Not Protect Easements and Easement Donors

February 10, 2014

Snow time is SHOW time…

February 4, 2014

Beautiful Places, Off-trail Hiking… Learn How You Can Help UVLT

January 29, 2014

Vermonters, Tell Your Legislator: Invest in Farms and Housing

January 26, 2014

Where To Go When It Is Cold

January 23, 2014

Alswell Farm Celebration Update and Directions

January 23, 2014

Cultivating Wonder, Conserving Land

January 17, 2014

Great Conservation Gets Even Better

January 15, 2014

First Gift from Mary Kilmarx Fund Helps Alswell Conservation

January 6, 2014

We (all) Did It! Alswell Farm Conserved.

January 6, 2014

Saving a Historic Landscape in South Woodstock

December 27, 2013

Conservation Results: Members Count

December 24, 2013

January 4th Hike will Explore Big Landscape

December 24, 2013

Over 300 Acres Conserved in Two Donations

December 19, 2013

Walking in the Woods, Stories of Stewardship

December 16, 2013

Conservation Gift Helps Mascoma River

December 16, 2013

Join Us for Dec. 20 Conservation Easement Signing and Celebration

December 15, 2013

New North Pomfret Easement Joins Neighbors