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Northeast Wilderness Trust hosts third Learning Circle Book Group

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Sign up to join Northeast Wilderness Trust’s third Learning Circle book group. We will discuss The Overstory by Richard Powers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019. The novel follows nine people as their lives become entwined in the fight to save old-growth forests.

The novel integrates recent learning about trees and old-growth forests and highlights NEWT’s belief that We are One of Many.

The Learning Circle book group will meet via Zoom on three Wednesdays, January 29, February 19, and March 12, from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm EDT. Three sessions will allow participants to get to know each other and to divide the reading and discussion into three parts. The January 29 session will cover the first 150 pages of The Overstory.

If you are interested in participating, please register below by December 31, 2024. Details on the sessions and Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants in early January 2025. You may participate even if you can only attend two of the three sessions. David Hindin, a NEWT supporter who facilitated the first two Learning Circle book groups, will again be our facilitator.

We look forward to meeting you!

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Rare Plants Thrive on the Rewilding Shores of Muddy Pond

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The Plymouth rose gentian (Sabatia kennedyana) shines like a pink sun when it blooms. This rare species occurs on shorelines and in wetlands from southern Rhode Island to the north shore of Massachusetts. The gentian’s limited range and sensitivity to changes in water level and quality, as well as the destruction of wetlands along the Atlantic Coast, threaten the species: in Rhode Island it is endangered, and in Massachusetts it is classified as uncommon and of special conservation concern.

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Northeast Wilderness Trust Honored at Adirondack Council’s “Forever Wild Day”

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In view of the mountains that inspired Northeast Wilderness Trust’s (NEWT) founders to create the organization more than 20 years ago, Board members and staff gathered at Heaven Hill Farm in Lake Placid, NY on Saturday, July 13 to receive the Adirondack Council’s “Conservationist of the Year” award. President and CEO Jon Leibowitz accepted the award on behalf of the Wilderness Trust’s Board and explained the special place the Adirondack Park holds in NEWT’s history and mission.

“The Wilderness Trust’s founders’ chief inspiration just over two decades ago was right here; it was the Adirondack Park and the principle that underpins it: trust in wild, untrammeled nature. This ecocentric worldview drives every decision we make, animating every dimension of our work.”

 From Left to Right: Adirondack Council (AC) Rewilding Advocate John Davis, AC Executive Director Raul J. Aguirre (AC), NEWT Board Member Emily Bateson, NEWT Conservation Director Bob Linck, NEWT President and CEO Jon Leibowitz, NEWT Board Chair Brian Tijan, NEWT New York Land Steward Janelle Jones, NEWT Vice President of Advancement Nicie Panetta, NEWT Senior Fellow Tom Butler, and AC Board Chair Sarah Hatfield.

Leibowitz went on to note that, fittingly, the Park was the site of the Wilderness Trust’s first conservation project: Split Rock Wildway, a series of protected parcels stitching together a vital wildlife corridor between Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. Today, the Wilderness Trust safeguards more than 10,000 acres in the area, including at properties like the Grasse River, Moriah, and Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserves, and via conservation easements as part of the Wildlands Partnership program.

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The Wild Times: June

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NEWT named “Conservationist of the Year” plus our newest land acquisition, wildlife photos from our stewards, and more June updates.

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The Wild Times: May

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Land protection highlights and other updates from the Wilderness Trust.

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New Addition to Largest Non-Governmental Wilderness in Vermont

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Northeast Wilderness Trust, a regional land trust based in Montpelier, VT, has purchased 160 acres of forestland surrounded on three sides by its 6,097-acre Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve.

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Northeast Wilderness Trust hosts second Learning Circle book group

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Sign up to join Northeast Wilderness Trust’s second Learning Circle book group. 

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Help Protect an Important Wildlife Linkage in New York

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This unique, low-elevation habitat will only prove more valuable over time as resilient forever-wild landscapes adapt to climate change. Will you help Northeast Wilderness Trust continue its growing legacy of wilderness land protection in the Northeast? You can help by donating to this campaign to Save Little River.

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The Wild Times: January and February

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With an additional 6,354 acres protected in 2023, last year was wildly successful for wilderness recovery, thanks to you. Places like Moriah Wilderness Preserve in New York and Sargent Hill Wilderness Preserve in Vermont, both protected last year, have begun their rewilding journey.

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Nearly 5,000 acres of remote Vermont forest protected

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A block of over 4,700 acres of wilderness and managed forests in Richford and Jay has been permanently protected, the Vermont Land Trust (VLT), The Nature Conservancy in Vermont (TNC) and Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) announced today.

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Sargent Hill Wilderness Preserve, a bastion of biodiversity, is protected as forever-wild in Hubbardton, Vermont

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Northeast Wilderness Trust has announced the creation of the Sargent Hill Wilderness Preserve. Support for the project was provided by a generous donation of 200 acres by the Ferguson family as well as support from individual donors and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Vermont.

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