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Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife Incorporated PO Box 81, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 info@vtcoverts.org 802-388-3880 COVERT, an English word dating to the 14th century, refers to a dense thicket that provides shelter for wildlife. Vermont Coverts is dedicated to educating landowners in sound forest management practices and the principles of stewardship for the enhancement of wildlife. The goal is to help woodland owners become aware that sound forest management includes much more than timber, pulp and firewood production. Over the years, Coverts management practices have benefited over 200,000 acres of Vermont forests demonstrating that well-planned forest management and the enhancement of wildlife habitat can go hand in hand. Vermont Coverts pursues its mission by training Cooperators with 3-day workshops offering classroom and field studies, one day Forest Stewardship workshops targeted to forest management related topics, communications with its newsletter Woodlands for Wildlife, with this website, and by personal contacts with individual landowners, public agencies and private organizations in the conservation arena. A large proportion of Vermont is forested and most of these woodlands are privately owned. Thus the individual land owners play a vital role in keeping Vermont forests healthy and a high quality habitat for Vermont wildlife for the present and into the future.