Lower interest rates available for some logging equipment

The new initiative is designed to save Vermont loggers money.

Food and forest businesses can get trade show grants

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets is accepting applications for Trade Show Assistance Grants, which would provide Vermont agricultural and forestry businesses with funds to exhibit and sell their Vermont products at trade shows targeting o … (read more)

Cusack receives Vermont Coverts award

Addison County forester Caitlin Cusack received The James Engle Award from stewardship organization Vermont Coverts.

How we can support forests on private lands is subject of Thursday talk

County Forester Mark Raishart will talk about “Strategies and Supports for Forest Management on Private Lands” at the Salisbury Meeting House this Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.

Letter to the editor: There’s more to the carbon story

I am writing to request clarification to a sentence in the article written by Marin Howell and published on June 22, 2023, under the headline “Efforts to decarbonize local homes faces hurdles.”

Letter to the editor: Support all forestry interests

Vermont’s forest-based economy generates roughly $3.8 billion annually. This figure varies from year to year. A little less than half of that revenue is associated with the timber and maple industry. More than half is generated by forest-based recreation. … (read more)