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Gifts of the Land: UVLT’s Year End Auction

November 18, 2020/in Other UVLT News, UVLT Events, What's New

Over the summer UVLT President Jeanie McIntyre received five paintings from 14 year old Lyme resident Rhys Rountree. The paintings were of two of UVLT’s conservation areas – Mountain View […]

Six Tips for Trail Safety This Fall

November 12, 2020/in Outdoor Activities, Stewardship News, What's New

Hunting season is upon us in the Upper Valley. In Vermont the regular deer season begins on November 14th and runs until November 29th. It is also Black Bear Season […]

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

November 6, 2020/in Outdoor Activities, UVLT Conserved Lands, What's New

By Alison Marchione, Programs Director On Tuesday October 27th it was cold. The ground and grass were wet, and I had soaked through my gloves pulling storage carrots out of […]

Our Mission

We provide conservation leadership, tools and expertise to permanently protect the working farms, forested ridges, wildlife habitat, water resources, trails and scenic landscapes that surround residential areas and commercial centers and make the Upper Valley a truly special place to live. We work with local conservation commissions and volunteer groups to identify and prioritize land conservation opportunities. We provide technical assistance and conservation solutions for landowners. We steward permanent agreements that conserve key properties forever.

UVLT focuses its mission in 45 Vermont and New Hampshire towns in the upper Connecticut River Valley. UVLT is a sponsor member of the Land Trust Alliance, an organization that promotes land conservation by providing advocacy and professional resources to over 1600 land trusts nationwide. UVLT has adopted LTA’s Standards and Practices for land trust operations. In 2012, The Land Trust Accreditation Commission awarded accredited status to UVLT; the seal of Accreditation shows that UVLT has met the national standards for excellence to uphold the public trust and ensure that its conservation efforts are permanent.

Acknowledgement of Abenaki Lands

Indigenous People have cared for this land for centuries. The land that the Upper Valley Land Trust owns, conserves, and works on, and the land on which we all live, was first stewarded and cared for by indigenous people of the Abenaki Nation, a tribe of the Wabanaki Confederacy. These are the traditional, ancestral, unceded lands of Abenaki people, taken from them by violence. Current day non-indigenous people have benefited from that violence, and that is a history that we are reckoning with.

Indigenous People are not gone, they live here and are a part of the past, present, and future of our land and our communities. We know this acknowledgement is a small step in a bigger process of greater awareness of Native sovereignty and cultural rights. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Abenaki people, past and present.

Gifts of the Land: UVLT’s Year End Auction

Six Tips for Trail Safety This Fall

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

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