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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont requires conservation lands funded by the state to allow hunting, trapping, fishing, and recreational trails
Last action · February 28, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on EnvironmentSponsors: William Greer and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires all conservation lands purchased with grants from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board to be encumbered with s guaranteeing public access for hunting, trapping, fishing, trail maintenance, timber harvesting, and recreational infrastructure.
Changes the legal conditions attached to state-funded land purchases, requiring recipients to maintain specific recreational access and management practices starting July 1, 2025.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Must inform all grant applicants and recipients of funding sources and ensure lands are encumbered with specific covenants.
Grant recipients
Must encumber purchased conservation lands with covenants guaranteeing hunting, fishing, trapping, trail maintenance, and timber harvesting.
Hunters, trappers, and anglers
Gain guaranteed access for hunting, trapping, and fishing on state-funded conservation lands without additional restriction.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 28, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Environment
Version history
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