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UVLT is a non profit land conservancy that works in 45 Vermont and New Hampshire towns in the Connecticut River watershed, providing conservation leadership, tools and expertise. The lands UVLT protects are places where people of all ages can participate in the stewardship of natural resources, learn about forests and farming and enjoy being in nature. Founded by Upper Valley residents in 1985, UVLT has conserved more than 57,000 acres of land including working farms, forested ridges, wildlife habitat, water resources, trails and scenic landscapes. Most of the conserved land remains in private ownership, protected by permanent deeds known as conservation easements. UVLT owns 40 Conservation Areas, protects over 50 trails and 9 primitive paddlers campsites, and maintains two food pantry gardens where volunteers and staff produce fruit and vegetables distributed through non-profit partner Willing Hands and local food shelves throughout the Upper Valley. UVLT also manages a firewood fuel assistance program based at its Charlestown, NH property, Up On the Hill.