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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?

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.