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.

After a lengthy period of brown following the equinox.

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

Green Mountain State*

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

Vermgreenont

I got hit hard with snow

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

Wow! Only in vermont!

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

We want snow not grass

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

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

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

Ver- green

….I think you missed the most vital color GRAY

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.