Protect significant natural resources, including air, wetlands, wildlife, lakes, ponds, woodlands, earth resources, open spaces, groundwater resources and wildlife habitat
Maintain healthy and diverse forest and conservation areas as well as a strong working landscape, including agriculture and forestry.
Forested Acres in Current Use Program-Northwest Region
Current Value
134,339 acres
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Story Behind the Curve
Fifty percent of the land in the region is enrolled in Vermont’s Current Use or Use Value Appraisal (UVA) Program, which means the land is being actively managed for agriculture or forestry. UVA is a temporary land conservation measure, unlike other more permanently conserved lands on federal or state property.