Welcome to The Vermont River Conservancy

The Vermont River Conservancy is a statewide, non-profit land conservation organization supported by people who believe the protection of exceptional water-related lands is essential to the quality of life in Vermont.

With your help, we can continue to protect popular swimming holes, breathtaking gorges and waterfalls, fishing and boating accesses, paddlers’ trails, wildlife habitat, and river corridors for this and future generations to enjoy.  We also seek to improve Vermont’s flood resiliency by actively exploring new conservation approaches that convert flood-threatened private property, sold willingly, to public open space for recreation and public access.

Since 1995, your support has enabled us to work in cooperation with landowners to conserve over 50 important sites throughout Vermont.  With you as a partner, we can continue this work and do even more.

Please support our work by contributing as others have. There are many ways to make a contribution. Your gift will help ensure both public access and healthy rivers for generations to come.

Latest News

2012 Auction: Bidding Has Begun!

The 2012 Web Auction is now live!  Take ... more »

Thank you Town of Enosburgh!

On April 2nd the Town of Enosburgh Selectboard ... more »

Stewardship in the wake of Irene

The flood waters may have receded, but they’ve ... more »

Meet our new Assistant Director

The need for informed river management and conservation ... more »

Stephan Syz nominated for CVPS-Zetterstrom Environmental Award

Congratulations Stephan!  VRC’s co-founder, ... more »

VRC awarded 2 Watershed Grants

Many thanks to the State of Vermont Fish ... more »


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