Conservation without people is just a fence

Kevin Fox

  Middlebury’s Ilsley Library renovation and expansion project is beginning to look more like a finished product. Believe it or not, the end of construction is near on the $17 million undertaking at 77 Main St. In her most recent report, Ilsley Direc … (read more)

The word from many longtime participants is that more trash was collected this year than at any point in recent memory.

Monitoring and removing invasive species is one of the most important things we can do to protect Vermont’s working forests and natural areas. And it starts close to home.

The Middlebury Area Land Trust is rolling out a club to unite people who have a love of the organization’s Trail Around Middlebury.

“The Olympics represent, in many ways, an optimal version of our global community.”

Four new members recently were elected to the Middlebury Area Land Trust Board of Directors.

A new “Phone of the Wind” sits along the Trail Around Middlebury in Wright Park, offering a quiet place for anyone who has lost a loved one to send their words into the breeze.

“The choices we make here in Addison County — in our grocery stores, farmers markets, and yes, chocolate shops — are part of global conservation outcomes.”

At its core, conservation is about people as much as it is about land and nature.

The Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) later this year will lift the historic veil on what was a thriving mill industry near Salisbury Village during the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) board and staff appreciates the recognition of our recent work. Recent articles about the anonymous $100K gift to the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM), our Counselor-in-Training program at Summer Camps, the three-dimensi … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Everyone is eager to turn the page from a politically divisive, pandemic-laden 2020 — including folks at the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT). And MALT — the nonprofit steward of a variety of conserved properties and the much-loved, 18-mile- … (read more)

Dave Hallam is like Miyagi from “Karate Kid.” Yes, he has been secretly teaching me karate in the MALT office. Okay no, but he has been teaching me, a lot.  Dave has been a steady and encouraging presence in the MALT office since 2006 and I have been fort … (read more)

Editor’s note: The Trail Around Middlebury, or TAM, was created and in maintained to foster healthy people living in a healthy setting for native wildlife. The trails, stewarded by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), are a great local place for staying … (read more)