Photo: Westerly view of “Wright Swamp”, an 8-acre wetland in the headwaters of the Bull Creek.
Conservation in Process
BCCL is currently working with landowners to conserve over 340 acres in the headwaters of the Bull Creek. This three-parcel, two-town project will ensure public access to these remote places. Healthy headwaters and wetlands will help to mitigate flooding downstream and keep the Bull Creek water quality high for native brook trout, people and all the wildlife that relies on it.
As of November 2024 Parcel #3 (see map below) has been acquired with support from the Open Space Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Fields Pond Foundation, and generous anonymous donors.
Major funding has been awarded by the Vermont Housing and Conservation board that will enable parcels #1 and #2 to be acquired by the fall of 2025, at which time a conservation easement from the Vermont Land Trust will be also placed on the full 340 acres.
While we have secured 90% of the funding we need for this project, we still need your help! Donations of any size really make an impact and will help us with all the associated costs of acquiring and stewarding this land.
Bull Creek Common Lands’ Bull Creek Headwaters Project was supported through the Open Space Institute’s Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund, which supports the protection of climate resilient lands for wildlife and communities. The Fund is made possible thanks to major support from the Doris Duke Foundation and additional funding from Lyndhurst, Riverview, and Tucker Foundations, and Jack McKee.