These acquisitions were funded by two grants from Vermont’s Housing and Conservation Board and generous public donations. This project was possible only because of the cooperation of five public-spirited landowners, and through the organizing efforts of the Vermont Land Trust (VLT). All of the land is now subject to a conservation easement held by VLT.
Click here for a map of trails near Lake Paran; here for a map (pdf) of the location of a new trail being planned to run from the Robert Frost Stone House Museum to Lake Paran; and here for an aerial photo showing the lake and the upper creek to South Shaftsbury.
Detailed information about the Fund's Lake Paran land may be found in the management plan, approved by The Fund after a series of public meetings and comment period. Please click here to read the 2008 management plan.
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The Fund's holdings in the Paran uplands are open to the public for access on foot. At present, there are no signs or trail markers. The property is thickly vegetated in places and existing trails are intermittent at best. Please use care and consult the management plan for details. Work on a trail near the Robert Frost Stone House Museum was started in 2008 by the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC), and The Fund hopes to bring a VYCC crew back for another week of work in 2009.
