The town of Huntington celebrates its new forest network Saturday with an occasion touring the 245-acre site.
The birthday party will take place from 14. 00. at 4:30 p. m. s. on Saturday at Brewster-Pierce Memorial School, adjacent to the Huntington Network Forest. The occasion will come with live music, snacks and drinks, and starting at 3:45 p. m. at 4:30 p. m. , a forest ecology walk drove through Chittenden County Forester Ethan Tapper.
“The Huntington Community Forest has established hiking trails that fit the maximum capacities,” according to the Huntington Community Forest Management Committee website. website.
The online page notes that the land was owned from 1962 to 2010 through John and Elizabeth Bland of Cambridge and was basically used for agricultural purposes. After Elizabeth Bland’s death, the assets were purchased through Sowing the Future, an organization represented through Charlotte’s Ted and Susan Blood.
The Family Blood Circle published the land, but granted permission to use the assets “through various members of the network and through the Pierce Memorial School brewery,” according to the website. Uses in recent years have included pastures and corn crops, hunting and snowmobile trails. mountain biking and hiking.
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According to the Community Forest website, the assets are located on the western slope of the Green Mountains, a short distance from Camels Hump. A 2. 7-acre segment of the assets runs along the Huntington River, just south of the municipal recreational land. acres of assets have been known as wetlands.
“The various assets of approximately 245 acres point from 680 feet above sea level along the Huntington River to 1600 feet in the southeast corner above a small peak,” according to the Community Forest website.
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