Stories about 'megmitchell' from the Welcome to the VPR Archive

Green Mountain forest reopening roads this month

By VPR | April 27, 2009

Spring’s here, and Green Mountain National Forest is set to open its road and campgrounds, though caution is being recommended since it’s still mud season.

Commercial Wind in the National Forest

By Jane Lindholm | November 10, 2008

On this program: We discuss a commercial wind project proposed on Green Mountain National Forest Land in Readsboro and Searsburg. Champlain Housing Trust CEO Brenda Torpy talks about the international award her agency received. Plus, jazz from the Will Patton Ensemble.

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Impact on bear population could affect wind project

By Susan Keese | November 6, 2008

The Deerfield Wind Project calls for seventeen, 400-foot turbines to be built on Green Mountain National Forest land in Searsburg and Readsboro. The project would be near a smaller wind farm operated by Green Mountain Power on private property in Searsburg.

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Agency finds wind farm could hurt bear habitat

By John Dillon | September 12, 2008

A wind project planned for national forest land in southern Vermont would supply needed clean energy for the region, but could also harm bear habitat. Those are among the findings in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement released this week by the Forest Service. VPR’s John Dillon reports:

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Green Mountain National Forest draws management plan

By Ross Sneyd | April 23, 2008

A year-and-a-half ago, Congress designated another 40,000 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest as wilderness. Now, officials with the U.S. Forest Service have to draw up management plans for the wilderness.

Vermont Edition

What’s new in the Green Mountain National Forest?

By Jane Lindholm | April 22, 2008

With the summer recreation season fast approaching, we look at new opportunities, new rules, and the ongoing competition for the use of the Green Mountain National Forest. Also on the program, Vermont Law School Professor Pat Parenteau on the state’s right to regulate vehicular greenhouse gas emissions. And how Vermont comic Martha Tormey confuses real life with television.