Environmental Assessment Completed

Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Project

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests Addison; Rutland; Windsor, Vermont Rochester Ranger District

Multiple resource management to implement the Forest Plan across a large landscape area. Proposed activities include timber harvesting, wildlife habitat enhancement, recreation & forest access improvements, and soil and wetland restoration work.

Location

Towns of Brandon, Chittenden, Goshen, Killington, Mendon, Pittsfield, Pittsford, and Stockbridge.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/27/2023
2
Comment Period
03/08/2024
3
Objection Period Start
12/03/2024
4
Decision
06/2025 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
06/2025 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityForest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Species Habitat Improvements; Trail Management; Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements
Telephone Gap Integrated Resource ProjectDecision Signed Date: 06/13/2025
ForestsGreen Mountain And Finger Lakes National Forests
DistrictsMiddlebury Ranger District; Rochester Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Watershed managementRoad managementClimate change adaptation