For immediate release January 3, 2023 Media contact: Nadine Canter, nadine@newildernesstrust.org, or 802 224-1000 x114 Northeast Wilderness Trust establishes the Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary in Ryegate, Vermont Montpelier, Vermont…Northeast Wilderness Trust has purchased 825 acres in Ryegate, Vermont, to create the Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary. Northeast Wilderness Trust protects more than 71,000 acres of forever-wild conserved land in New England and New York. With this new Sanctuary, the Wilderness Trust now safeguards 15,203 acres as forever-wild in Vermont. Blue Mountain, the namesake of the local high school and grange, is the scenic backdrop of much of Ryegate Corner. From its