A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging

Inside Climate News · By Olivia Gieger · last updated August 14, 2025 – 1:04 AM

The US Forest Service aims to roll out a new ‘triad’ plan to protect old and new tree growth in Green Mountain National Forest and still allow logging.

By Olivia Gieger

Each year, Justin Lindholm uses about two-and-a-half gallons of gasoline to get through the winter. It’s just enough, he said, to power his chainsaw to chop the four to five cords of logs that fuel his wood stove and heat his home through the season.

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