Vermont Natural Resources Council

Come celebrate World Fish Migration Day with VNRC and Free Vermont Rivers on May 28th! Join us for an evening of honoring fish migration and the fabulous benefits of free flowing rivers with a screening of DamNation, a film about dam removal and how our future is bound to the life and health of wild rivers. In addition to the film there will be snacks and a raffle featuring p...

Montpelier, VT—The Vermont Natural Resources Council is pleased to announce the latest grant recipients for the Small Grants for Smart Growth program. Grantee selections are made by VNRC and a grant selection committee on a rolling basis. The Committee chose the ...

Vermont’s forests, farms, wildlife, and waters are at the core of what so many of us value about our state, whether that’s working a sugarbush, hiking in a town forest or spending time on the land in so many other ways. Vermonters care about our natural resources. Even with so much in common, how we protect critical resources and how we go about designing solutions matters. <...

This year, the Legislature is considering adopting a new Mileage-Based User Fee (MBUF) program, which would raise revenue for Vermont’s Transportation Fund by taxing vehicle miles traveled – starting with electric vehicle (EV) drivers specifically.

The idea of having drivers pay for the state’s transportation system based on the number of miles they drive isn’t ...

In today’s Climate Dispatch, we get an update from Senator Anne Watson – Chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee – and talk about the details and vision for tomorrow’s first-ever Vermont Changemakers Summit.

Over the past many months, it’s been a privilege for VNRC and VCV to work with a broad, diverse coalition of non-profit partners working on ...