The Vermont call: An open, green landscape
I fell in love with Vermont while honeymooning there in the fall of 1979. My love for the Green Mountain State has only grown since. I was especially thrilled — as was Monica, I know — when the Air...
View ArticleBad news for ATVers in Vermont
It’s actually “good news” for the Green Mountain State’s wildlife and wild public lands. Not to mention wetlands. Not to mention the peace and serenity that most public land users expect to enjoy. Read...
View ArticleVermont’s bottle bill, once first in nation, now faces repeal legislation
Don’t do it, Vermont! Being the Green Mountain State means having green roadsides, too. Don’t do it. Read about the bottle bill and bids to repeal or change it in this article.
View ArticleSome words about business signs, blight and doing the right thing
My wife is a native Vermonter. And she is home in the Green Mountain State now, having died Sept. 27. As her spouse of 31 years, I have been in Vermont for many days over the years. Lots of good...
View ArticleQuote of the day: What Mollie Beattie said
She was first and foremost a Vermonter. During much of the Clinton admnistratioin, Mollie Beattie was director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Like my wife, Monica, who is now home in Vermont,...
View ArticleBreaking news from Vermont
The Green Mountain State and the king of big boxes: As a New York Times editorial states: “More than a quarter of the state’s income now comes from tourism, and nobody’s going to mail home a postcard...
View ArticleThe big fall aerial show of Canada geese arrives
Here’s my newspaper conservation column for today. Dawn is just breaking here in northern Vermont and I heard more geese overhead on my dog’s morning bathroom walk, even with no trace yet of sunrise.
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