I’d like to agree with you completely (since I found the piece hard to follow as well) but Hartman’s Law means your launch should have been scrubbed. [reason]

Also for someone who seems like they should appreciate nuance the responsibility VTDigger has to their pieces labeled OPINION elude you. Put simply they converted their “Letters to the Editor” feature/tradition to rotating/chosen Opinion pieces some years ago. While the legislative connection is front and center and his employer is unstated, it is certainly public knowledge. Unless he is a paid spokesperson it’s not really relevant tho. Or rather I’m comfortable leaving the relevance as an exercise to the reader. There’s not really any “AHA!” moment here. But I’m pretty sure VTDigger employees would be happy to spell it out more, as the times I have reached them for editing errors they have responded to me quickly.

The problem with outdoor cats is their effect on local birds.

Dude just loves salamanders... Maybe

This comment should be at the top 🙏 I’m so tired of people from out of state trying to complain about how VT is being managed when they don’t even know the first thing about what’s going on here. Theres literally people on vacation who complain that there’s not enough people working at the resorts and then turn around and complain that we’re building houses….. like excuse us for trying to survive

Stay away from the Bolton Potholes and Huntington Ravine with a baby. If you are in the north part of the state, check out Sandbar Beach, the Brewster River in Jeffersonville, and Little River State Park. Maple Street Park in Essex Junction had an amazing playscape and water park.

It all depends on the specific swimming hole. If it's popular enough to find with a Google search, it's probably gonna be either gross or crowded. Definitely try a state park with swimming, or if you know of any "locals only" spots, they would be better. One word of caution, my daughter got giardia from playing in the creek. Kinda unavoidable when you're playing in streams all the time, but just be on the lookout afterwards and try not to swallow the water.

The idea that telephone gap is one of our “most valuable forests” is only a claim that a flatlander would make 😂 have you ever been there? It was once a very industrial area and had a road through it before.

In order for a forest to sequester more carbon than it releases through respiration you need there to be disturbances in the forest canopy. Without them you have just a bunch of aging trees that are actually only producing a little bit of wood while most of the tree rots and releases carbon. Old growth has its place and there’s many reasons to preserve old growth but telephone gap is not an area that has a structure remotely similar to an old growth forest, and we need to make some gaps in the canopy. Since we suppress fires here we are left with only windstorms and logging.

Not sure why you are confused about something so simple as no public funding for non public schools..unless you have a vested or ideological interest in these places existing. The NEK needs a public option to the existing facilities.

As for the rest..? smh talk about me going off on jumbled rants,lol

Edit: im done with the thread so you all with the last word disease can get your digs in,lol. have a great day people!

I think you fundamentally misunderstand what this project is.

Telephone Gap is a place name in Vermont, and this is a pretty comprehensive project to protect and improve it.

They're not clear cutting for a road and telephone services.

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Supervising

Stronghouse Spa in Quechee or The River Valley Club in Lebanon.

Oh but it is ;)

Lakeside massage and bodywork’s right in Burlington

No one cares and it's not. Whoops.

Upper valley area. My hopes are so low that there are many good choices around here so driving is a factor I considered.

Probably should specify where unless you are willing to drive 3 hours

Brewster River in Jeffersonville is a great spot for kids

Popular swimming holes are gross. There are people that stay at them all day and into the night. We have found: cigarette butts, general trash, broken glass, crushed beer cans ,needles, dog shit, human shit, soiled diapers.

We finally got so grossed out we stopped going. I might go for a quick dip but never to hang out anymore.

I don’t know of any swimming holes in Vermont mums the word

Our late cat loved the outdoors. In the winter we would shovel a path for the dog & him to go outside. We made sure to give the cat paths to trees if needed.

I have a picture of my wife shoveling the path with the dog & cat standing behind her, watching her progress.

State parks are the best bet

Where are y’all staying? I’ve taken my twin boys to Boulder Beach out in the Groton state forest since they were a year old Love swimming there and playing in the sand

We all live on this planet. The fact that the Green Mountains are not “my” back yard or even my state and I still care to protect them from fragmentation cannot be construed as a negative.

I am pretty concerned about the Earth as a whole, and what we can do to protect what is left. I receive emails from Environment America who are a nationwide advocacy group. I thought I could bring light to this impending project to locals before it happens. With big projects such as this, once it’s approved by the governing bodies and too late to speak out, everyone says “what could we have done to stop it?” It’s helpful to know this is happening. You can certainly decide for yourself whether or not you support it. Note that the proposed plan is not manifesting from individuals in the local Vermont forestry sector, it’s a federal government plan, and this is not logging as you’re used to, it’s clear-cutting and creating a road/tele services through the clear cut area. Once that starts, it won’t stop.

Note that the proposed plan is not manifesting from individuals in the local Vermont forestry sector, it’s a federal government plan, and this is not logging as you’re used to, it’s clear-cutting and creating a road/tele services through the clear cut area. Once that starts, it won’t stop.

Lake Elmore - Beauty spot of Vermont