Join WRC on Thursday, March 12 from 5:30pm – 8pm at the Bellows Falls Opera House, Lower Theater (7 The Square, Bellows Falls, VT) for an in-person listening session to provide feedback on the new Vermont Conservation Plan Framework of Objectives, Pathways and Actions. Learn more about the ambitious plan, engage in discussion, and share your perspectives on helping Vermont prioritize an actionable plan moving forward. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served
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Adopted in 2023, Act 59, the Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act, establishes a statewide framework for land conservation that advances biodiversity protection and supports resilient communities. The Act additionally establishes the goals of conserving 30% of Vermont by 2030 and 50% by 2050.
The first phase of enacting Act 59 found that roughly 27% of the state is already conserved, leaving nearly 190,000 additional acres to conserve to meet the 2030 conservation goal. Achieving this pace of conservation while also sustaining core investments in farms, forests, and water quality, would be unprecedented in Vermont’s history, underscoring the aspirational breadth and depth of this draft plan. At present, Vermont’s financial and organizational resources are more limited than was anticipated at the time of the Act’s passage, so it is more important than ever to prioritize the most crucial and feasible actions first.