Green Mountain National Forest

Give back to the Green Mountain National Forest

PERU - Green Mountain National Forest employees are inviting members of the public to join them in celebrating National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event for public lands on Saturday, September 24. Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in...

Forest Service revises habitat plan

MANCHESTER CENTER - The US Forest Service will continue implementing the Early Successional Habitat Creation project on the Green Mountain National Forest’s Manchester Ranger District following a review of changes to approved management activities. The changes, which include the reduction in new...

Casey Merritt (right) provides an overview of the plan, and volunteers to be project coordinator. Mike Eldred

Trails project receives cooperation and enthusiasm after previous quarrel

DOVER- On Thursday, July 14, selectboard members met with representatives from the US Forest Service, the Dover Trails and Recreation Committee, and other organizations to discuss the next steps in creating a network of recreational trails in the Green Mountain National Forest accessible from...

Trout Unlimited wants anglers to know the upper Deerfield is a great option for fishing.

The secret is out: Deerfield River a top spot

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Many throughout Windham County and Cheshire County, NH, know of the two trophy stretches for trout in the area: the Black River in Cavendish and the Sugar River in Newport, NH. The reaches of river have a two-fish limit but what fish they are. The problem of knowing about...

US Forest Service to use prescribed fire in GMNF

VERMONT - Green Mountain National Forest officials announced that they, in partnership with local fire departments and land management agencies, are planning to use prescribed fire to treat approximately 200 to 600 acres of the more than 400,000-acre national forest. The Forest Service says in a...

Cut your own holiday tree

VERMONT - Forest Service officials in Vermont are welcoming the public to select and cut a Christmas tree in the Green Mountain National Forest with a $5 permit, available for purchase either online at www.recreation.gov/tree-permits/gmfl - or in person at the GMNF offices in Manchester.
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Wearing clothing or a hat with blaze orange is recommended for safety if in the woods during hunting season.

Hunting season opens this Saturday

VERMONT - With rifle season fast approaching, Forest service officials on the Green Mountain National Forest are encouraging the public to use caution and to be visible and mindful of their surroundings in the coming weeks. Saturday, November 13, marks the opening day of the white-tailed deer...

Mud season returns, trail groups urge caution

VERMONT- The Green Mountain Club, maintainer and protector of Vermont’s Long Trail and advocate for other hiking trails, along with the department of forests, parks and recreation, manager of Vermont state forests and parks, and the Green Mountain National Forest, announce the return of mud...

Forest service to hold meeting for input on plans

MANCHESTER- The US Forest Service is hosting an open house public meeting for anyone interested to learn about the proposed Somerset Integrated Resource Project located on the Green Mountain National Forest, Manchester ranger district.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, from 6...

Somerset Reservoir and Stratton Mountain, seen from the summit of Mount Snow at sunrise on opening day of the 2017-2018 ski season, November 11, 2017.

Forest service seeks input on plans

STRATTON - The US Forest Service is hosting a public meeting and open house in Stratton on May 2. The meeting will focus on the upcoming Somerset Integrated Resource Project in which the forest service will employ “management activities” to achieve the goals set out in the Green Mountain National...