reporter: i am north of you, sara, steinhatchee, florida, and first light is giving us our first look at hurricane idalia, she s somewhere over there. this is just the edge, the southern tip of the big bend, as the wilderness preserves and the nature coast goes around to the panhandle here, these big grand old trees are what worries the folks in the immediate term. we re in that sort of surreal early storm phase between the bands where it gets calm, actual calm and then boom a gust will come up and catch you. we re hearing the corrugated roofs on the docks banging around down there. there s a big worry if the storm surge is as predicted over a dozen feet it could lift pretty much every one of these floating docks off of their moorings and let them fly and float around this neighborhood. this is a fishing community, small, about a thousand people or so, it should be the height of scallop season with tourists,
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
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Vermont Business Magazine Northeast Wilderness Trust, a Montpelier-based regional land trust, is pleased to announce the renewal of its accreditation with the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. This recognition proves once again that the Wilderness Trust, as part of a network of 400+ accredited US land trusts, is committed to professional excellence and to maintaining the public’s trust in its conservation work.
“Renewing our accreditation shows Northeast Wilderness Trust’s ongoing commitment to permanent land conservation in New England and New York,” said Jon Leibowitz, Executive Director. “We are a stronger organization than ever for having gone through the rigorous accreditation renewal process. Our strength means the 37,000 wild acres, and counting, that Northeast Wilderness Trust safeguards will be protected forever, making the Northeast a healthy home not just for people, but for w
thank you. heather: department of the interior will not let border agents patrol a wild life preserve along the u.s. border with mexico. three members of congress are introducing a bill to give agents the power to patrol part of the land that is currently offlimits. congressman bishop, king and hastings are all arguing that the interior department is putting environmental concerns ahead of security concerns. joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, congressman steven lynch, democrat from massachusetts, and mccotter, a republican from michigan. congressman lynch, let me start with you. why is the department of the interior preventing border patrol agents from patrolling 40% of our border with mexico? well, i understand that the department of the interior has jurisdiction over some of these areas. they are wilderness preserves and refuges and they are limiting i guess the border patrol agents have to patrol either by foot or by horseback