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Change Brings Challenges For Vermont's Forests

A photo of a tractor trailer and a crane in a yard with stacks of wood.
Toby Talbot
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Associated Press
A Hardwick log yard in 2004.

We hear a lot about Vermont's agricultural economy, but what about our working forests? Trees  cover more than 75 percent of Vermont. In past years the state's forest products industry has supported loggers, truckers and mills but its in decline and jobs and markets have been disappearing.

There's also been a trend toward smaller forestland parcels, as well as demographic shift in ownership.  Those changes have led to fragmentation, which presents challenges to maintaining forest health.

We'll talk about these issues with Michael Snyder, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and we'll hear from Colleen Goodridge of the Vermont Forest Products Association and Jamey Fidel of Vermont Natural Resources Council.

Broadcast live on Monday, July 24, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.
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