About the places that UVLT has conserved: stories, pictures, events.

Geer Family Protects West Fairlee Farm

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After Pete Geer bought a West Fairlee hill farm in 1973,…

Conservation Areas Help Locals Process Grief

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While out wandering around in the woods with David Goudy, retired…

Smith Pond Bog Bridge Replacement: A Full-Circle Moment

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  Bog bridges—those humble, essential planks that…

New Connections in Fairlee

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A 60-acre addition to UVLT’s Ely Mountain Conservation Area…

A Trip to the Debby and James Crowell Conservation Area

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Trip Report by Micah Tilles and Jason Berard We met Tom Crowell,…

Barrett Conservation Area at Wrights Mountain

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UVLT’s purchase of 61 acres along Route 25 and Wrights Mountain…

Farmers protect prime parcels in Haverhill and Newbury

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Two significant agricultural properties have joined the growing…

Bird Sanctuary Conserved in Weathersfield

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Marianne and Michael Walsh have donated a conservation easement…

Hands on the Land: Trail Improvements at Zebedee Wetland

The Linny Levin Trail at Zebedee Wetland in Thetford has undergone…

Summer in the Woods

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This summer I’m interning with the Upper Valley Land Trust as a seasonal land steward! As a steward, my day-day changes a lot: sometimes you can find me in the office going over files and writing reports and on other days I’ll be out in the woods monitoring a property. I’ve had the opportunity to walk with a few landowners which has been wonderful, but usually my only company is me, myself, and I. Unless of course you count deer, squirrels, chipmunks, birds, an endless amount of bugs… oh and bears. Maybe it’s just an intern’s bad luck or this summer is a bear’s paradise, but I’ve already had a few encounters with our fuzzy black mammal friends. Because of this I thought I’d freshen up on my knowledge of ursus americanus.