Bull Creek Common Lands describes 341‑acre headwaters conservation with VHCB support

Hannah Regier, chair of Bull Creek Commonlands, described a completed conservation project that protected 341 acres of headwater forest and wetlands in southeastern Vermont.

Regier told the committee the total project cost was $950,000 and that VHCB supplied about one third of that amount — roughly $315,000 — split between Bull Creek Commonlands and the Vermont Land Trust, which now holds a conservation easement. She said the project preserves more than 20 acres of wetlands that act as floodwater retention and that the land is open to the public with dispersed access, hunting and planned trail connections.

Regier described ecological restoration work performed with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to stabilize eroded logging roads and protect water quality, said the trust pays local property taxes (enrolled in current use) and noted historical and cultural features on the land, including cellar holes and a well on a former homestead. She asked the committee to maintain funding for similar conservation projects.

Committee members thanked Regier and discussed tax impacts; no formal committee action was taken on the presentation.