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Volunteers, land trust say VHCB funding key to protecting Windmill Ridge
Summary
Speakers from the Vermont Land Trust and Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association told the Senate Institutions Committee that Vermont Housing and Conservation Board funding has been essential to conserving thousands of acres along the Windmill Ridge and asked lawmakers to fund VHCB at the governor's recommended statutory level of $36,900,000.
Jennifer Garrett, project director at Vermont Land Trust, and Jennifer Latham, board chair of the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association, told the Senate Committee on Institutions on Feb. 14 that state conservation grants administered by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board have been central to protecting public forestland along the southern Vermont Windmill Ridge.
Garrett said the Vermont Land Trust has worked with landowners, nonprofits and government partners to conserve forest and farmland across the state and that VHCB grants are “an important source of funding” for those acquisitions and easements. She described a cluster of protected parcels on the Windmill Ridge in…
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