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How We Work
Conservation in Vermont
About Us
Chartered in 1960, the Vermont Chapter has helped protect more than 183,000 acres of the state's most ecologically significant natural areas. Using the tools of science, we work to conserve Vermont's slice of the Earth's biological diversity — the richness and variety of life in all its forms.
The Nature Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that is distinct from federal and state agencies and is one of the largest land trusts in the nation with a primary objective of protecting the species and natural communities that comprise Vermont's natural heritage. Learn more about how we work
Among our projects is the Staying Connected Initiative, a Nature Conservancy-led initiative that involves four states and 21 partners to protect connected habitat and healthy wildlife populations in the Northeast.
Around the State
The Nature Conservancy has protected 55 natural areas, supporting our state's native species and natural communities and paying special attention to the land and waters inhabited by rare, threatened or endangered species. We have also contributed significantly to protecting federal, state and municipal conservation lands all over Vermont.
In addition to acquiring land and conservation easements, the Vermont Chapter also employs strategies to protect biological diversity and foster awareness of conservation. We work to control, understand and adapt to non-native invasive species, climate change, fragmentation and other threats to habitat. We are involved in education, outreach, environmental policy, habitat restoration, land and water management and compatible economic development such as sustainable forestry.
Find out why fighting invasive plants is so important for Vermont.
Climate Change in the Champlain Basin
Taking a local perspective on a global problem.
The Conservancy goes local with 20,000 seedlings a year.
Many hands make light work at our natural areas.
Read our guide to the Vermont Chapter's 54 natural areas.
We have many stories of conservation to share.
Following the Spring Migration
Emerging from the Deeryard: Cornwall Swamp
Why did the lady salamander cross the road?
Natural Area Highlights
Helen W. Buckner Memorial Preserve
The Vermont Chapter's most ecologically diverse natural area.
The Gray family donated this lovely natural area to the Conservancy in 1972.
"An aura of unearthliness" settles on visitors, writes Vermont naturalist Charles Johnson.
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