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ActualGiantPenguin t1_j633uou wrote

After a lengthy period of brown following the equinox.

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bond___vagabond t1_j63oh1i wrote

I like to think of the mud season as a magical forcefield that keeps Vermont from going too hipster, too fast.

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meinblown t1_j63pqyr wrote

Nah, we just move to where the mud isn't.

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SilverKelpie t1_j63jfer wrote

Green Mountain State*

*Guaranteed for four months per year. Other months may be brown, orange, or white.

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weareami t1_j63rb3c wrote

I mean if you're up in elevation or in a hemlock or pine forest its green year round! ;)

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[deleted] t1_j63nk4r wrote

Wow! Only in vermont!

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RamaSchneider OP t1_j637myn wrote

FWIW: I was looking at various sources to see when the the Ainsworth State (apparently not) Forest was created. Turns out there isn't such an entity, but there IS the Ainsworth State Park ... I think maybe.

At least according to the below Vermont state government website page there is indeed an Ainsworth State Park, but there is no associated link as seen with most of the other state parks listed. For that matter, the Vermont state park's website (vtstateparks.com) doesn't list an "Ainsworth State Park" at all.

But this I know from direct, first person experience: the park or whatever it is has official Vermont government signs both identifying the park and doing the "no dumping", etc. So it is there, it is owned by our Vermont state government, and it gets logged in a responsible manner.

So I'll be sticking with "State Forest" for now until I hear otherwise.

https://fpr.vermont.gov/state_lands/land-records/state-lands-list#FPR%20State%20Forests

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RamaSchneider OP t1_j632o83 wrote

And no, this isn't a close p of the "green comet". This is Williamstown's (and Vermont's) Ainsworth State Forest. (Edit) What made me stop and take this photo was how straight that wall was. Despite it being many many decades old, it wasn't falling down like so many other old, uncared for ones.

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[deleted] t1_j63njlu wrote

That wall indicates that this land was clearcut and used as a sheep farm during the wool bubble.

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Gubru t1_j63z4qj wrote

Tom Wessels gives a nice short history of sheep fever and many other forest facts here.

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RamaSchneider OP t1_j6ceyy8 wrote

Yes, there are quite a few hidden rock walls like this that more then likely came about during those years. There are some that have come about as dairy farming declined too - but age of trees will tell the difference still.

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