Jim Jeffords State Forest

State Forest in Rutland County, Vermont, US

43°34′36″N 72°53′41″W / 43.5768°N 72.8947°W / 43.5768; -72.8947Area1,349 acres (5.46 km²)Created2016Operated byVermont Department of Forests, Parks, and RecreationWebsiteWebsite

Jim Jeffords State Forest covers 1,349 acres (5.46 km²) in Mendon and Shrewsbury, Vermont.^[1] The forest connects Aitken State Forest, to the east, and Calvin Coolidge State Forest, to the west, contributing to the conservation of an important wildlife corridor.^[2]

Public access to Jim Jeffords State Forest is from Moonshine Lane and North Branch Roads off the Upper Cold River Road in Shrewsbury.

The forest was created in 2016 and named after Shrewsbury resident state senator Jim Jeffords, who was noted for his legacy of environmental stewardship and land conservation.^[3]^[4] It is managed for recreation, wildlife habitat protection, sustainable timber harvesting, and water quality protection.

Activities in the forest include hiking along woods roads, hunting, fishing and trapping, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. No roads are plowed in winter within the state forest.

References

^ "Jim Jeffords State Forest". Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Jim Jeffords State Forest". The Trust for Public Land. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "New Jim Jeffords State Forest Created in Shrewsbury and Mendon". VT Digger. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Jim Jeffords State Forest opens in Vermont". Burlington Free Press. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

External links

Official website

Protected areas of Vermont

Federal

National Historical Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
National Wildlife Refuges	Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
National Forest	Green Mountain National Forest
National Wilderness Areas	Big Branch Wilderness Breadloaf Wilderness Bristol Cliffs Wilderness George D. Aiken Wilderness Glastenbury Wilderness Joseph Battell Wilderness Lye Brook Wilderness Peru Peak Wilderness
National Recreation Areas	Moosalamoo National Recreation Area Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area
National Trails	Appalachian Trail North Country Trail
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missisquoi River Trout River

State

State Parks	Alburgh Dunes Allis Big Deer Bomoseen Boulder Beach Branbury Brighton Burton Island Button Bay Camel's Hump Camp Plymouth Coolidge Crystal Lake D.A.R. D & H Rail Trail Elmore Emerald Lake Fort Dummer Gifford Woods Grand Isle Green River Reservoir Half Moon Pond Hazen's Notch Jamaica Kamp Kill Kare Kettle Pond Kingsland Bay Knight Island Knight Point Lake Carmi Lake Shaftsbury Lake St. Catherine Litte River Lowell Lake Maidstone Molly Stark Molly's Falls Pond Mount Ascutney Mount Philo Muckross New Discovery Niquette Bay North Hero Quechee Ricker Pond Sand Bar Sentinel Rock Seyon Lodge Silver Lake Smugglers' Notch Stillwater Sweet Pond Taconic Mountains Ramble Thetford Hill Townshend Underhill Waterbury Center Wilgus Woodford Woods Island
State Forests	Aitken Arlington Black Turn Brook Boyer Calvin Coolidge Cambridge Camel's Hump Dorand Downer Granville Gulf Reservation Groton Hapgood Jay Jim Jeffords Jones Long Trail Lord Lower Clarendon Gorge Lyndon Mathewson Mollie Beattie Mount Carmel Mount Cushman Mount Mansfield Okemo Proctor-Piper Putnam Roxbury Rupert Thetford Hill Townshend Victory Washington West Rutland William C. Putnam Williams River Willoughby
Natural Areas	Amity Pond Big Falls of the Missisquoi Button Point Cambridge Camel's Hump Campmeeting Point Cascade Falls Daniel's Notch Emerald Lake Fisher-Scott Memorial Pines Gifford Woods Granville Gulf Hamilton Falls Hazen's Notch Highgate Cliffs Kingsland Bay Lake Carmi Bog Lords Hill Lucy Mallary Bugbee Marl Pond and Swamp Mendon Peak Morristown Bog Moss Glen Falls (Granville) Moss Glen Falls (Stowe) Mount Mansfield Peacham Bog Shrewsbury Peak Spectacle Pond Tabletop Mountain Terrible Mountain Tinker Brook Weybridge Cave Willoughby Cliffs Worcester Range