In 1959, Vermont bought Snake Mountain land but the seller kept timber rights; 67 years later the state plans to secure 949 acres of those rights and add 256 acres
With support from the Trust for Public Land, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department plans to secure the timber rights covering 949 acres of the Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA). A conservation story that began nearly seven decades ago is entering a new chapter in Vermont. What was once a complicated split between land…