The Vermont Land Trust is a non-profit environmental organization in the U.S. state of

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, working to conserve productive, recreational, and scenic lands which give the state and its communities their rural character.

History

The Vermont Land Trust was founded in 1977 by a group of citizens concerned about the rapidly accelerating development that threatened open space in Vermont. The founding group feared that state legislation Act 250 and local zoning was not strong enough to protect the rural character of the state.

Operation

The trust provides the money to purchase undeveloped land when necessary. It then protects the land with a special

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which prevents development. It then sells the land to interested purchasers, which may be the state government. In selling the land, the trust principal is continually renewed. The organization works with

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Officers

* President - Gilbert Livingston. Salary - $101,079 * Vice-President - Barbara Wagner. Salary - $92,484 * Vice-President - Elise Annes. Salary - $76,820

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External links

* Land trusts in the United States Environmental organizations based in Vermont Non-profit organizations based in Vermont Organizations established in 1977 1977 establishments in Vermont {{environmental-org-stub