The Burlington Free Press reports that the Vermont Land Trust and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation announced that two tracts of forestland have been preserved. The preserved lands include a 426-acre plot in Bolton and a 157 acre plot in Jericho and Richmond. Notably, "the transaction represents the first state acquisition of land in the Chittenden County Uplands Conservation Project, a cooperative effort to conserve the ecological integrity, rural character and working landscape of the northeastern uplands of Chittenden County." Bob Linck, Vermont Land Trust Champlain Valley regional director, commented that this latest effort was particularly significant because it "links expansive wildlife habitat of the state forest with the town of Bolton's Preston Pond property."

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