The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
Vermont - Agriculture & Rural Change
links
University
of Vermont
Center
for Rural Studies,
http://crs.uvm.edu/
Description:
Resources for landowners, loggers and foresters about Vermont forestry.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Center
for Sustainable Agriculture,
http://www.uvm.edu/%7Esusagctr
Description:
The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) is a nonprofit, fee-for-service research
organization that addresses social, economic, and resource-based problems
of rural people and communities.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Extension
Forestry,
http://stumpage.uvm.edu/
Description:
Resources for landowners, loggers and foresters about Vermont forestry.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Land
Link Vermont,
http://www.uvm.edu/landlinkvt
Description:
Land Link Vermont is a farm transfer program that connects beginning and
relocating farmers with farmland owners and farming opportunities.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Landscape
Change Program,
http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/
Description:
K-16 students in Vermont are creating a web-based archive of historical
and modern photograph pairs documenting 150 years of human interaction
with the Vermont landscape.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Vermont
Agriculture,
http://www.uvm.edu/extension/publications/factsheets/agfs7
Description:
Facts and statistics about Vermont's agricultural land and farmers.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Agriculture, Food, and Markets
Accepted
Agricultural Practices,
http://www.vermontagriculture.com/AAP.htm
Description:
Accepted Agricultural Practices are statewide restrictions designed to
reduce nonpoint pollutant discharges through implementation of improved
farming techniques rather than investments in structures and equipment.
The law requires that these practices must be technically feasible as
well as cost effective for farmers to implement without governmental financial
assistance.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Agriculture, Food, and Markets
Vermont
Best Management Practices,
http://www.vermontagriculture.com/BMP.htm
Description:
The use of Best Management Practices by farmers will protect and maintain
water quality by reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Natural Resources
Forest
Products Marketing, Utilization and Development,
http://www.state.vt.us/anr/fpr/forestry/utiliz/index.htm
Description:
A staff of specialists provides planning and technical assistance to the
forest products industry and prospective developers. Personnel are knowledgeable
about the economic and technical aspects of wood availability and wood
processing -- from the forest to the finished product. Staff assists wood
producers in product marketing, including exports.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Natural Resources
Forestry
Division,
http://www.state.vt.us/anr/fpr/forestry/index.htm
Description:
The mission of the Forestry Division is to assure that the forest resources
of Vermont serve the long-term needs of society by promoting a balanced
and diverse approach to management, use and protection of the state's
woodlands.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Natural Resources
Vermont
Forest Legacy Program,
http://www.state.vt.us/anr/fpr/forestry/legappl.htm
Description:
The Vermont Forest Legacy Program provides funding to further conservation
of environmentally important forest areas that are threatened with conversion
to no-forest uses. Typically, funding is used by the Department to acquire
conservation easements on forestland properties.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Agency
of Natural Resources
Vermont
Forest Resource Plan,
http://www.state.vt.us/anr/fpr/forestry/forplan/index.htm
Description:
The Vermont Forest Resource Plan 1999-2008 "A Forest That Works for
All", builds on the previous planning efforts through extensive public
participation, involving a variety of organizations and interested citizens.
It presents a vision for Vermont's forest land, provides information assessing
the current condition of the state's forest resources, provides a variety
of goals, and identifies actions to achieve them.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Vermont
American
Farmland Trust
American
Farmland Trust Northeastern Regional Office: Vermont,
http://www.farmland.org/northeast/vermont.htm
Description: Since their founding in 1980, American Farmland Trust has helped win permanent protection for over a million acres of American farmland. They have three strategies for saving America's farmland: protect the best land through publicly funded agricultural conservation easement programs; plan for growth with agriculture in mind through effective community planning and growth management; and keep the land healthy for farmland through encouraging stewardship and conservation practices.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions,
http://www.crjc.org/
Description:
The catalyst for cooperatively meeting the Valley's challenges is the
Connecticut River Joint Commissions, who seek a strong and vibrant economy
while capitalizing on the natural wealth of this place. Capitalizing without
corrupting means conserving. Helping Valley people achieve that balance
and finding the resources to ensure that quality of life is the role of
the Connecticut River Joint Commissions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire, Vermont
Connecticut
River Watershed Council
Connecticut
River Watershed Council,
http://www.ctriver.org/
Description:
Founded in 1952, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the
only broad-based citizen advocate for the environmental well-being of
the entire Connecticut River. Our primary mission is to promote improvement
of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and
use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River watershed.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Conservation
Law Foundation
Conservation
Law Foundation,
http://www.clf.org/
Description:
The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental
advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England,
where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on
the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region
and its residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Deerfield
River Watershed Association
Deerfield
River Watershed Association,
http://www.umass.edu/tei/mwwp/drwa/index.htm
Description:
The Deerfield River Watershed Association is a non-profit organization
with the mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources
of the Deerfield River watershed in south-eastern Vermont and north-western
Massachusetts.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Vermont
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Water
Quality Division,
http://www.vtwaterquality.org/
Description:
The goal of the Water Quality Division is to maintain and enhance the
quality of Vermont's lakes, rivers and wetlands to support healthy ecosystems
and appropriate public uses.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Economic
Research Service - USDA
Vermont
State Fact Sheet from USDA/ERS,
http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/VT.htm
Description: State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state in the United States.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Farm
Service Agency - USDA
Farm
Service Agency,
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/vt
Description:
Stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources,
providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping
farm operations recover from the effects of disaster are the missions
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Forest
Watch
Forest
Watch,
http://www.forestwatch.org/
Description:
Forest Watch works to protect and restore forests-young and old, small
and large, private and public. Our goals are to restore wilderness, protect
imperiled wildlife, improve public land management, and promote ecological
forestry. We are a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3, conservation organization that
uses research, education, advocacy, negotiation, and sometimes litigation.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Harvard
University
Harvard
Forest,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/index.html
Description:
Since 1907 research and education have been the mission of the Harvard
Forest, one of the oldest and most intensively studied forests in North
America. From a center comprised of 3000 acres of land, research facilities,
and the Fisher Museum the scientists, students, and collaborators at the
Forest explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change
to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human
systems interact to change our earth.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
Growing
New Farmers Initiative
Growing
New Farmers Initiative,
http://gnf.bigmindcatalyst.com/cgi/bmc2.pl?page=pubpg1.html&node=1010
Description:
The Growing New Farmers (GNF) Project is a regional initiative to provide
future generations of Northeast farmers with the support and expertise
they need to succeed. GNF brings together service providers from across
the Northeast who are committed to working with and advocating for new
and beginning farmers.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
Vermont
NRCS,
http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
New
England Regional Water Quality Program
New
England Regional Water Quality Program,
http://www.usawaterquality.org/newengland/
Description:
The CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program works to improve
water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming
that emerges from a research base. The program builds on the strengths
of the Extension Water Quality Programs at the Land Grant Universities
throughout New England.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New
England Small Farm Institute
New
England Small Farm Institute,
http://www.smallfarm.org/
Description:
A private nonprofit organization supporting beginning farmers and sustainable
small scale agriculture throughout New England.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
Northeast
Center for Risk Management Education
Northeast
Center for Risk Management Education,
http://www.necrme.org/
Description:
The goal of the Northeast Center for Risk Management Education is to assist
and educate agricultural producers and their families from the Northeast
region. As a regional resource, the Center provides risk management education
leadership and coordination, establishing priorities for RME programs
and conducting a competitive grants program to respond to these priorities.
The Center also works to enhance collaboration and partnering within the
region, and disseminates information regarding risk management activities
occurring throughout the Northeast.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Northeast-Midwest
Institute
Northeast-Midwest
Institute,
http://www.nemw.org
Description:
The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit,
and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality,
environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Northeast
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Northeast
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group,
http://www.smallfarm.org/nesawg/index.php
Description:
The Purpose of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)
is to build a sustainable food and agriculture system... one that is environmentally
sound, economically viable, socially just and produces safe, nutritious
food.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
Open
Space Institute
Northern
Forest Protection Fund,
http://www.osiny.org/northernforest/
Description:
The Northern Forest Protection Fund is a grant and loan making program
established by the Open Space Conservancy, an affiliate of the Open Space
Institute, Inc., in 2000 to support the purchase of critical forestlands
in the Northern Forest region. The Fund's goal is to support the permanent
protection of significant Northern Forest landscapes in order to promote
sustainable forestry, protect ecosystems, and secure opportunities for
public recreation.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation
Jurisdiction: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont
Preservation
Trust of Vermont
Preservation
Trust of Vermont,
http://www.ptvermont.org/
Description:
The Preservation Trust of Vermont is a charitable, nonprofit organization
founded in 1980 to initiate, stimulate and assist local and statewide
efforts to preserve and use Vermont's rich collection of historic, architectural
cultural and community resources.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Sierra
Club
Vermont
Chapter Homepage,
http://vermont.sierraclub.org/
Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education Program
Northeast
Region SARE,
http://www.uvm.edu/~nesare/index.html
Description:
SARE supports research and education that helps build the future economic
viability of agriculture in the United States.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
USDA
Forest Service
Northeastern
Area State and Private Forestry,
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/
Description:
The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and
help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape
to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern
States and the District of Columbia.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
USDA
- Vermont Rural Development
Rural
Business - Cooperative Programs,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/VT/vtbuscoop.htm
Description:
The Rural Business - Cooperative programs offer numerous opportunities
to build competitive rural businesses and cooperatives that can prosper
in the global marketplace. These programs provide financial and technical
assistance to businesses, cooperatives, and communities.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction:New Hampshire, Vermont
USDA
- Vermont Rural Development
Rural
Housing,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/VT/vthousing.htm
Description:Links
to a wide range of housing programs offered by Rural Development.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire, Vermont
Vermont
Association of Conservation Districts
Vermont
Association of Conservation Districts,
http://www.vacd.org/
Description:
The Association is a nonprofit organization of Vermont's 14 Conservation
Districts whose mission is to help the Districts carry out natural resource
oriented programs at the local level.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Association of Planning and Development Agencies
Vermont
Association of Planning and Development Agencies,
http://www.access-vermont.com/vapda
Description:
VAPDA is devoted to sound planning principles that will enhance the quality
of life for Vermont residents. Through a combination of environmental
and economic planning strategies, VAPDA fosters a community environment
that provides for the needs of both residents and our natural surroundings,
today and for generations to come
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Community Loan Fund
Vermont
Community Loan Fund,
http://www.vclf.org/
Description:
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) is a private, nonprofit community
development financial institution. Our mission is to strengthen Vermont
by providing equitable access to capital for affordable housing, community
facilities and small businesses.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Council of Rural Development
Vermont
Council of Rural Development,
http://www.sover.net/~vcrd/
Description:
The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the support of the locally-defined progress of Vermont's
rural communities. VCRD is a dynamic partnership of federal, state, local,
nonprofit and private partners. Actively nonpartisan with an established
reputation for community-based facilitation, VCRD is uniquely positioned
to sponsor and coordinate collaborative efforts across governmental and
organizational categories concerned with policy questions of rural import.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Department of Libraries
Supreme
Court Opinions,
http://dol.state.vt.us/WWW_ROOT/000000/HTML/SUPCT.HTML
Description:
A searchable index of Vermont Supreme Court opinions.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Economic Development Authority
Vermont
Economic Development Authority,
http://www.veda.org/
Description:
VEDA sparks business growth in Vermont with a wide range of low-cost lending
programs for small and medium-sized businesses. We work with business
owners, lenders and development agencies, providing lending solutions
that are customized to each client's individual needs.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Farm Bureau
Vermont
Farm Bureau,
http://www.vtfb.org/
Description:
Established in 1915, Vermont Farm Bureau's is the state's largest nonprofit
trade association of farmers and foresters. Our mission is to increase
the profitability of our members and preserve Vermont's rural quality
of life.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl,
http://www.vtsprawl.org/
Description:
The mission of the Vermont Forum on Sprawl is to preserve Vermont's unique
working landscape and quality of life while encouraging economic vitality
in community centers.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl and the Orton Foundation
Pathways
to Planning:
Online Assessment Tool, http://www.surveycafe.com/VtForum/entry.asp
Description:
This tool offers communities and citizens strategies, case studies, tutorials,
and examples of how to achieve smart growth and to arrest sprawl. The
tool will ask you questions on various related topics and generate resources
catered to your town's needs. With this tool you can find out: what other
towns are doing to improve their town centers, citizen involvement strategies,
ways to provide more housing choices and how to protect wildlife habitat
and important open spaces.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Land Trust
Vermont
Land Trust,
http://www.vlt.org/
Description:
The mission of VLT is to conserve land for the future of Vermont. VLT
does this by providing technical and legal assistance to individuals,
communities, and local land trusts helping them achieve local conservation
objectives. VLT's Conservation Stewardship office is responsible for the
long-term monitoring of easements to ensure that the conservation goals
are upheld in perpetuity.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Legislature
Vermont
Statutes Online,
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/statutes2.htm
Description:
The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes
Annotated, provided as a convenience. It has NOT been edited for publication.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Monitoring Cooperative
Vermont
Monitoring Cooperative,
http://vmc.snr.uvm.edu/
Description:
The Vermont Monitoring Cooperative (VMC) is a collaborative organization
in which scientists collect and pool information and data for the purpose
of improving our understanding, protection, and management of Vermont's
forested ecosystems.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Natural Resources Council
Vermont
Natural Resources Council,
http://www.vnrc.org/
Description:
For over forty years, VNRC has been Vermont's leader in protecting and
restoring our natural resources. By building coalitions, working together,
and offering common sense solutions, VNRC has set the standard for an
approach to environmental protection that endures.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
10 Reasons why Vermont's homegrown economy matters, www.ptvermont.org
Description: 50 Proven ways to restore and revive it.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Front Page .
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Authors Notes to publication.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Design principles; rules, laws, process affecting highway projects.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
State Highway project in your town: A primer for citizens & public officials, www.ptvermont.org
Description: Laws, reports and opinions.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: Vermont
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and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
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