Vermont River Conservancy

Vermont River Conservancy is a vibrant and growing team of staff, board members, volunteers, and donors, all working together to protect special lands along Vermont’s waterways. 

Back in 1995, central Vermont volunteers founded VRC when they saw that more and more “no trespassing signs” were cutting communities off from their beloved rivers. Addressing this challenge head-on, VRC protects public access to popular swimming holes, fishing and boating accesses, gorges, and waterfalls, ultimately improving the lives of people who rely on Vermont rivers for recreation, hunting, and angling. Today, with more than a quarter century of experience protecting Vermont rivers, VRC continues its commitment to public access work while adding new conservation programs to protect floodplains and river corridors, and working with community leaders statewide to re envision individual towns’ and cities’ relationship to local rivers.