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VOREC and FPR describe expanding outdoor-recreation grants, statewide support and business impacts
Summary
Rebecca Washburn presented the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's recreation and lands administration work, described VOREC's steering committee and summarized recent grant investments, federal funding sources and community projects that support trails, inclusive access and local economies.
Rebecca Washburn, director of lands administration and recreation at the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, told the same committee that the department administers land leases, licenses and conservation programs and plays a long-term role in recreation planning and grants.
Washburn described the department's role as a landowner and administrator: boundary management, leases (including maple-sugaring licenses), long-range management planning and conservation easement monitoring. She noted Vermont is nationally recognized for administering Forest Legacy funds and cited example public acquisitions such as Molly's Falls Pond State Park and Green River Reservoir.
On recreation, Washburn described the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC), established by the governor in…
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