In the mid-1990s, Betsy Pratt, then-owner of Mad River Glen, did something many businesspeople would consider unthinkable. She turned down a lucrative offer to sell.
Volunteers from the Fayston, Waitsfield and Warren Conservation Commissions, Moretown Recreation Committee, Friends of the Mad River, Stark Mountain Foundation and an employee committee of Sugarbush Resort have formed a committee to address the growing black bear concerns the Mad River Valley has been experiencing over the last few years.