Places We Protect

Bond Island Natural Area

Vermont

Bond Island in the Otter Creek Swamp complex was a candidate for development until the Conservancy and the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board stepped in to protect it.
Otter-Bond Bond Island in the Otter Creek Swamp complex was a candidate for development until the Conservancy and the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board stepped in to protect it. © Elizabeth Collins/The Nature Conservancy

Bond Island, surrounded by swamp, makes an ideal roosting area for the endangered Indiana bat.