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Northern Forest Renewable Energy Report PDF

Fossil fuels are the leading cause of climate change, and their extraction and combustion cause many other serious environmental and social impacts.  For this reason, one of the most important tasks for our age is to accomplish a transition to renewable home-grown sources of energy.  However, renewable energy development also has impacts and could encroach on large areas of intact forestland in northern New England.  How do we decide when these new developments are truly necessary?

2012 Priority Land Acquisition Projects: LWCF and Forest Legacy PDF

The Wilderness Society has identified top priority Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and Forest Legacy land acquisition projects across the country. These projects are found in 14 states, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. Read the complete list by clicking on the link below.

Protecting our Forests: Biomass Sources in the Northeast PDF

Tree waste - sawmill byproducts, urban tree trimmings, and tops and limbs leftover from timber harvesting - can be a nearly carbon neutral energy source when burned for heat and electricity. However, burning whole trees can actually produce more greenhouse gases than even coal or oil - and 98.5% of mill waste is already being utilized.

Saving the Last Wilderness Treasures VIDEO

After 75 years of fighting to protect America's wildest places, The Wilderness Society's job is nowhere near complete. Here's a glimpse at some of the places that still need to be saved — places threatened by everything from oil and gas development to off-road vehicle abuse to climate change. Please join the fight to protect these treasures before it's too late.

Outdoor Recreation in Vermont: With or Without Motors PDF

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.

Deerfield Wind Project DEIS Comments PDF

Comments were submitted in response to Deerfield Wind, the first wind energy facility proposed on national forest system lands in the country. This project, based in the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, raises significant issues including: NEPA violations impacts to black bears and bats violation of the NHPA project development in an area long proposed for Wilderness designation (Lamb Brook) violation of a court injunction limiting activity in Lamb Brook 

The Economic Benefits of Wilderness: Focus on Property Value Enhancement PDF

In this report, The Wilderness Society reviews several of the economic benefits of wilderness. We also report the findings of a new study of enhancement value in rural areas. The study focused on communities near existing and proposed wilderness areas on the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont. Key Points: