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Town Forest Stories Pod

The best way to understand the Town Forest Recreation Planning Process is to learn directly from the people who have followed it. Below are links to information about the ten pilot communities that have completed their plans. This pod contains case studies of each of these communities as well as other stories about community forestry in New England.

Recreation Planning Case Studies

  • Wright's Mountain sign in snow

    Wright's Mountain and Devil's Den Town Forest

    Bradford, VT (507 acres)

  • Hardwick trails kiosk

    Hardwick Trails and Buffalo Mountain Town Forest

    Hardwick, VT (70+ acres)

  • Hartford Kiosk

    Hartford Town Forest

    Hartford, VT (423 acres)

  • Hinesburg Town Forest Kiosk in snow

    Hinesburg Town Forest

    Hinesburg, VT (837 acres)

  • Huntington town forest kiosk

    Huntington Town Forest

    Huntington, VT (100 acres)

  • Town forest recreation planning board

    Virginia Stranahan Memorial Forest

    Marshfield, VT (620 acres)

  • View of tree canopy from forest floor

    Battle Woods, Means Woods, and Chipman Hill Town Forests

    Middlebury, VT (257 acres)

  • Andrews Town Forest

    Andrews Community Forest

     Richmond, VT (428 acres)

  • weathersfield walk winter

    Weathersfield Town Forest

     Weathersfield, VT (310 acres)

  • woodbury walk

    Woodbury Town Forest and Wetland

    Woodbury, VT (65 acres)

  • Hikers in town forest

    Catamount Community Forest

    An Economic Case for Catamount Community Forest, produced by the Trust for Public Land.

  • Students walking through field in Barre Town Forest

    Barre Town Forest

    Economic Benefits of the Proposed Barre Town Forest, produced by The Trust for Public Land.

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Vermont Department of Forests, Trees, and RecreationUniversity of Vermont Extension