Spring Addition to Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve

Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve was established in 2021 when Northeast Wilderness Trust purchased 5,472 acres from a local multi-generation timber company. With rich hardwood forests, an abundance of wetlands outstretched between steep cliffs, and nary a paved road in sight, the Preserve offers solitude for wildlife and people alike.

The Wilderness Trust is actively focused on expanding the Preserve and moved quickly to purchase the 503-acre Eagle Ledge Addition just a few weeks after establishing the Preserve. In 2022, the Spring Addition was added—a sloping, middle-aged forest with perched wetlands and small streams. Bedrock ledges provide denning habitat for bobcats and porcupines, and rich wet soils bring the forest floor to life each spring with trillium, squirrel corn, maidenhair fern, and blue cohosh. With the Spring Addition, the Preserve now stands at over 6,100 acres and remains the largest non-governmental wilderness area in Vermont.

The Wilderness Trust has five Ambassador Preserves across the region, including Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve, to foster connection and compassion for wild Nature by welcoming human visitors to share in the philosophy and experience of forever-wild conservation.

Woodbury, Vermont

123 acres

3 headwater streams to the Winooski River

2 alder swamp wetlands