Vermont Land Trust

American non-profit environmental organization

Vermont Land Trust
Vermont Land Trust Inc.

Formation	1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	03-0264836
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Headquarters	Montpelier, Vermont
Board of directors	Bill Keeton; Abbie Corse; Carolyn Gilbert; Charlie Hancock; Cheryl Morse; Hannah Sessions; Jean Hamilton; Jess Phelps; John Kassel; John Laggis; Katherine Sims; Maria Young; Meriwether Hardie; Mike Donohue; Pieter Bohen; Ramsey Luhr
Website	https://vlt.org/

The Vermont Land Trust is a non-profit environmental organization in the U.S. state of Vermont, working to conserve productive, recreational, and scenic lands which give the state and its communities their rural character.

History

The Vermont Land Trust was founded in 1977 by a group of citizens concerned about the rapidly accelerating development that threatened open space in Vermont. The founding group feared that state legislation Act 250 and local zoning was not strong enough to protect the rural character of the state.

Operation

The trust provides the money to purchase undeveloped land when necessary. It then protects the land with a special easement which prevents development. It then sells the land to interested purchasers, which may be the state government. In selling the land, the trust principal is continually renewed.^[1]

The organization works with The Nature Conservancy.^[2]

Officers

President - Gilbert Livingston. Salary - $101,079^[3]
Vice-President - Barbara Wagner. Salary - $92,484^[3]
Vice-President - Elise Annes. Salary - $76,820^[3]

Notes

^ "About: the Vermont Land Trust conserves farms and forests for the future". Vermont Land Trust. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
^ Gresser, Joseph (23 September 2009). "Land trust meeting begins in cedar swamp". Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. p. 32.
^ ^a ^b ^c Remsen, Nancy & Hallenbeck, Terri (January 30, 2009). NONPROFIT:Bill seeks cuts in some group's executive pay. Burlington Free Press.