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See Also Additional Helpful Organizations Ethan Allen Institute John McClaughry, President address Northeast Regional Forest Foundation Sean R. McKeon, Exec. Dir. address Vermont Property Rights Center Thomas J. Morse address Associated Industries of Vermont William Sayre (An organization of the forest industry and allied industries) address Additional Resources “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. The Biosphere Reserves in Vermont: 2. Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve map link to main page See our Biosphere Reserves Index Page for links to all 12 studies Websites Vermont State Legislature link

State News “Defending New England Traditions” - Sean McKeon, Speech, Sixth Annual New York Conference on Private Property Rights (PRFA, November 16, 2002) The American tradition of private property is rooted in the documents from which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were drawn. To defend Vermont traditions, the forest industry, farmers, small businesses, and activists who believe in freedom should stand together. “Vermont Study Affirms Short-term Protections for Champion Leaseholders but Rejects Perpetual Protection for the Camp Culture” —By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, February 2002) Vermont leaseholders would receive only a modestly better deal than their counterparts on New York’s Champion lands. The only real option the official study committee recommends is the continuance of “life plus 20-years.” More on this topic: The Champion International Lands and Lawsuit More on this topic: Northern Forest Lands “One Vermonter’s 21-year Court Odyssey”-by John McClaughry (Ethan Allen Institute, July 2001) “The Preseault case illustrates how government lawyers will employ every trick in the legal book to get something for nothing at the expense of a private citizen.” More on this topic: Rails to Trails — National “Hydroelectric Dams Subject to FERC Relicensing—1998-2010” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (PRFA, Nov. 1998) (Jump to Vermont information) More on this topic: National Dam Relicensing under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “Social Property and the New Feudalism” - John McClaughry, ret. Vermont State Senator; President, Ethan Allen Institute, Concord, Vt. “Feudalism is coming back in a different guise. A growing body of legal theorists, allied with activist organizations and congenial political leaders, has been working very hard to replace the long-cherished concept of freehold property and land with the old feudal concept of social property.” More on this topic: Private Property Rights & Private Conservation—Nat’l “The Northern Forest Lands Campaign” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 2, No. 3, Jul. 1995 More on this topic: Northern Forest Lands Adirondack Organizations This directory of Adirondack organizations and government agencies contains material selected to be helpful in knowing the current, and perhaps future, areas of action of organizations with interests related to land issues in the Adirondacks and the Northern Forest Lands and their true positions. More on this topic: Northern Forest Lands

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