Right now, the “comprehensive strategy” to implement Vermont’s 30x30/50x50 conservation law is neither comprehensive nor visionary. Join us on March 18 in Middlebury or online, and submit comments by March 31, to make sure wild public lands are at the heart of biodiversity conservation in Vermont. [3/20/26 Update: Watch the recording of our Act 59 Public Input Session at this link] Act 59 has enormous potential to foster biodiversity conservation on Vermont State Lands like t

Submit comments by February 11 on the Northern Escarpment Project, a prescribed burning, tree cutting, and herbicide application proposal on up to 2,770 acres of the Moosalamoo NRA near Middlebury — which the Forest Service is attempting to move forward without substantive environmental review. [2/11/26 Update— Read Standing Trees' full comment at this link. ] Members of the Standing Trees community visited the Northern Escarpment Project area last summer, hiking up to Chandl

Standing Trees condemns the Trump administration’s national campaign of violence and terror against brown, black, immigrant, indigenous and activist communities, including the ongoing killings and military occupation in Minnesota. Our work and that of civil rights organizations is only possible in a functioning democracy, where government agencies can be held accountable to the law, and people feel safe leaving their homes to advocate for what they believe. 

The implementation process for Act 59, Vermont’s landmark 30x30/50x50 conservation law has been a charade of manufactured consensus and status quo ideas. We need you to speak up by November 28 for public process, wild public lands, and the intent of the law itself.

Comments due starting October 16. Join our allies at Save MA Forests, RESTORE: The North Woods, and MA Sierra Club in speaking up during...

Join us in submitting an objection on or before September 22nd — especially if submitted an earlier comment. Below we give you an...

Vermont’s landmark 30x30/50x50 conservation law is intended to make space for natural processes and restore an “ecologically functional...

Join us in submitting a comment on or before May 14th. Below we give you an overview of the project, the comment process, and our top...

H.276 would permanently protect Sterling Pond and 268,000 acres of other state land across Vermont. Hello friends of wild places! I...

The Vermont Climate Resilience and State Wildlands Act will protect cherished public lands like the Tinker Brook Natural Area in Coolidge...

Join us on or before Friday, January 17th in submitting objections to the GMNF's reckless Telephone Gap logging project!

Join us on Jan 11th at Noon at the Green Mountain National Forest Headquarters to say NO to the destructive Telephone Gap logging project!

Celebrating another year of progress for New England's public forests!

Speak up for Vermont state lands by attending an upcoming public meeting and submitting a comment to put the PUBLIC back in public lands!

Vermont passed historic 30x30 legislation in 2023. A year on, the entities in charge of implementing Act 59 are at risk of violating the law