Rood River Corridor
Name of Project: Rood River Corridor Easement
Location: Lincoln, VT
River: New Haven River
Type of Project: River Corridor Easement
Date Completed: 2009
Size: 2.3 Acres
Water Frontage: 1,298’
Landowner: Margaret Rood; Easement held by Vermont River Conservancy
Funding Partners: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources River Management Program
Property Description: This easement protects an upland meadow and forested slope that overlook a rare wetland complex along the upper New Haven River.
Project Background: The Rood family, as a memorial to noted nature writer Ron Rood, granted this easement as a beginning of a larger effort to protect critical resources along the New Haven River.