Select Board backs state conservation easements tying protected parcels on Acton Hill

The Townshend Select Board voted to sign a letter of support for two proposed conservation easements on Acton Hill, after a presentation from the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Gunner, an acquisition specialist with FPR, described the parcels owned by members of the Peterson and Decker families and said the easements would "create in total a 600 some acre block of protected forest land," protecting interior forest connectivity, wetlands and 1.6 miles of stream frontage.