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The Nature Conservancy of Vermont’s Hunting Policy

The Nature Conservancy of Vermont has protected over 167,000 acres. Much of this land has been transferred to public agencies such as the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the Green Mountain National Forest. The public agencies that now own and manage most of these lands generally allow hunting according to state laws, but we recommend you check with them about hunting policies.

Hunting and fishing are permitted by permission on most Nature Conservancy preserves. Hunting is not allowed at the Barr Hill Nature Reserve, however.  Special restrictions apply to hunting on two other preserves (High Pond Natural Area and LaPlatte River Marsh Natural Area) and written permission is required in order to hunt on three preserves in the southern Lake Champlain Valley (see below).  For more information or for verbal permission, contact the Director of Science and Stewardship at (802) 229-4425.

Written permission is required to hunt at three preserves operated by the Conservancy's Southern Lake Champlain Valley Program: the Helen W. Buckner Memorial Preserve at Bald Mountain in West Haven, Shaw Mountain in Benson, and the Lower Poultney River Preserve. Hunters must apply for written permission to hunt on these three preserves. For an application please contact the Southern Lake Champlain Valley Program, 115 Main Rd., West Haven, VT 05743, Tel. (802) 265-8645.

We encourage hunters to obtain the current "Vermont Digest of Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Laws" published by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. For more information about hunting seasons, call (802) 241-3700.

The Nature Conservancy of Vermont recognizes the importance of the hunting tradition in the lives of Vermonters. We also acknowledge that hunting can maintain a preserve’s ecological integrity in cases where heavy deer browsing retards or alters forest regeneration. The Nature Conservancy of Vermont, however, does not manage land to maximize game habitat; we foster habitat for a wide range of species. Whenever possible, we allow natural processes to prevail on our preserve land.