A Legacy for the Future A group of private citizens has formed the Hogback Mountain Conservation Association in order to purchase the 559 acre property that has served as a historical icon for townspeople, a spectacular viewpoint for sightseers, and undeveloped habitat for wildlife. If the property is not sold by late spring, the present owners will continue with efforts already underway to subdivide the property into ridgeline building lots. Why Conserve Hogback? Headwaters for three of the major watersheds in southeastern Vermont
The proposed Hogback conservation area consists of two large contiguous tracts of undeveloped land of approximately 559 acres in as ares of southern Vermont that faces tremendous development pressure. This property is mostly ridgeline and will show the blight of development out of proportion to the actual number of houses that may be built. Hogback Mountain is habitat for a variety of wildlife including moose, deer, black bear and fisher. It adjoins the Molly Stark State Park and connects to other undisturbed tracts of land to for a continuous, high election corridor of well over 1000 acres for the protection and sustainability of wildlife. Hogback Mountain provides some of the most spectacular views found anywhere in New England. These views are accessible not only to hikers and campers but to the thousands of automobiles that stop at a scenic overlook whose magnificent panorama encompasses three states.
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