Outdoor Recreation in Vermont: With or Without Motors
The Northern Forest located in the northeastern United States covers 26 million acres stretching from the northern woods of Maine down through New Hampshire and Vermont and into the Adirondack Mountains and Tug Hill plateau of New York. The region’s undeveloped forests support the rural economy and harbor some of the last remaining boreal forest in the country. These forestlands are also in great demand as recreation sites.
As public land agencies make decisions about what uses to permit where, it is important to consider the full costs and benefits of expanded access. A fact sheet produced by The Wilderness Society summarizes the economic impacts of different types of outdoor recreation in the state of Vermont, and highlights some of the nonmonetary, but nonetheless important, costs of off-road mechanized recreation.
photo: Snowshoeing in Big Branch Wilderness. Photo courtesy George Wuerthner.
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Mike Anderson, J.D.
Mike has been with The Wilderness Society since 1985. His main focus is national forest management and policy, ranging from roadless area conservation to watershed restoration. He also helps coordinate all of The Wilderness Society's litigation activities.
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