Aristotle recognized three broad types of interests: common, private, and public. VFF Executive Director David Brynn explains why that matters a whole lot today.

It’s time to bring back a vehicle for citizen involvement in the processes that inform the ways that we relate to Vermont forests.

During the 2022 legislative session, Act 146 was passed and signed into law, amending Vermont’s Current Use program by adding…  MORE>

Words matter. “Timber Stand Improvement” reflects a use-based, human centered approach to forests. “Community-based Forest Renewal” or CFR signals something very different. Learn more > 

Students in our latest Hogback Community College course–Conserving Vermont’s Reptiles–had plenty of up-close time with local reptiles.

In March, 2022, Vermont Family Forests purchased 95.6 acres of land in Bristol and Lincoln. Learn all about it!

LCMM Students Meet Boat-building Pines Each January, local high school students in the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) Longboats Program…  MORE>

A battery-powered chainsaw, teamed with vegetable-based bar oil, makes for joyful work in the woods.

The purpose of [the Agricultural and Managed Forest Land Use Value Program] is to encourage and assist the maintenance of…  MORE>

This past summer, Vermont Family Forests teamed with the Addison County River Watch Collaborative to monitor the water quality of Isham Brook and Beaver Meadow Brook. The findings shed light on land health.

by David Brynn, VFF Executive Director and Conservation Forester This week, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Climate Council held…  MORE>

VFF Executive Director David Brynn describes the efforts of Wild Forests Vermont to amend Vermont’s Current Use Program to include wild forests.

Since 1998, the Colby Hill Ecological Project (CHEP) has collected ecological data on an area of private land in Lincoln and…  MORE>

For a week in July, a crew from the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps helped slow, spread, and sink the flow of stormwater runoff on VFF’s Abraham’s Knees land.

VFF’s David Brynn recently testified to the Vermont House Natural Resources Committee on proposed changes to Vermont’s Use Value program.

EARTH ALIVE! Watch David Brynn’s recent presentation to the Lewis Creek Association.

At Vermont Family Forests, we’ve been using the mapping app, Avenza, in the forests we work in.

We’re building a new access trail at the Abraham’s Knees forest on the side of Mount Abraham.

When beavers flooded the main trail at The Waterworks in Bristol, commoners stepped in with a win-win solution.

VFF landowner John McNerney revels in the tools of careful, small scale woods work. Join us as we head into the woods with him.