Vermont River Conservancy

The Vermont River Conservancy is working towards a time when a drop of water that falls anywhere in the Green Mountains flows through mossy old forests and beaver-filled wetlands, down cool clear streams home to otter and brook trout, past communities where broad floodplains create space for rivers to meander and shift over time, and into a clean Lake Champlain, Lake Memphremagog, Connecticut River, or Hudson River. The organization envision a future where people from all walks of life have access to rivers for recreation and quiet enjoyment, and value rivers as a source of clean water to their family’s tap, healthy habitat for abundant wildlife, and a source of wellbeing essential to their daily lives.

The Vermont River Conservancy was instrumental in facilitating the development of the Paddlers Trail, protecting access points and campsites, and developing resources for paddlers. They remain an integral partner today, maintaining a series of primitive campsites along the upper river.