A discussion of rewilding & opportunities for public wildlands conservation, with a focus on the Vermont Climate Resilience & State Wildlands Act, a landmark bill that would recover old forests across 268,000 acres of VT state land. How can we put more forests on a path to growing old and wild?

Speakers include:

• Trevien Stanger, Instructor of Environmental Studies; Program Manager of Ecological Restoration, Institute for the Environment, Saint Michael’s College
• Susan Masino, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Applied Science, Trinity College
• Representative Amy Sheldon, (D-Middlebury), Chair, House Committee on the Environment
• Zack Porter, Executive Director, Standing Trees