About

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Tracking Parcelization Over Time: Updating the Vermont Database to Inform Planning and Policy

LEAD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Jamey Fidel, Forest & Wildlife Program Director and General Counsel (Vermont Natural Resources Council)

CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

• Deb Brighton, Research Associate 

• Kati Gallagher, Sustainable Communities Program Director (Vermont Natural Resources Council)

• Kate McCarthy, Sustainable Communities Program Director (Vermont Natural Resources Council)

• Mary Perchlik, Ecological Restoration Associate (Vermont Natural Resources Council)

• Brian Shupe, Executive Director (Vermont Natural Resources Council)

DATABASE DEVELOPER

• Brian Voigt, Research Associate 

WEBSITE DEVELOPER

• Steve Sharp, GIS Operations Manager (Vermont Center for Geographic Information)

COLLABORATORS

• Alison Adams, Director (Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative) 

• John Adams, Director (Vermont Center for Geographic Information)

• John Austin, Lands and Habitat Program Director (Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife)

• Pam Brangan, GIS Data & IT Manager (Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission)

• Jim Duncan, Director (Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative) 

• Erik Engstrom, GIS Project Supervisor (Vermont Agency of Natural Resources)

• Doug Farnham, Policy Director and Economist (Vermont Department of Taxes)

• Danielle Fitzko, Urban & Community Forestry Program Manager (Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation) 

• Jens Hilke, Community Wildlife Program (Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife)

• Elizabeth Hunt, Current Use Program Chief (Vermont Department of Taxes)

• Jarlath O'Neil, Director (Spatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Vermont)

• Jon Osborne, GIS Director (Vermont Land Trust)

• Bindu Panikkar, Assciate Professor (University of Vermont) 

• Jennifer Pontius, Research Assistant Professor (UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources)

• Jill Remick, Director (Property Valuation and Review Division, Vermont Department of Taxes)

• Kim Royar, Wildlife Biologist (Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife)

• Steve Sinclair, Director of Forests (Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation)

• Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager (Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation)

FUNDING

This project was funded by Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, and the Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC), a partnership of Northern Forest states (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and New York) in coordination with the USDA Forest Service.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

Jamey Fidel, Forest and Wildlife Program Director and General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council, jfidel@vnrc.org, (802) 223-2328, x. 117

WEBSITE CITATION

Fidel, J., McCarthy, K., Perchlik, M., Sharp, S., & Voigt, B. (2023, July). Vermont Parcelization Website. Retrieved from https://vtforesttrends.vnrc.org/