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Land
• Stratton holds 1499 acres in conservation areas aimed at protecting Black bear travel and feeding, wintering for White tailed Deer, and Bicknell's Thrush nesting areas. 

• Stratton has developed a Forest Management Plan in conjunction with New England Forestry Consultants, The VT Deptartment of Fish and Wildlife, The Agency of Natural Resources and other interested parties to manage Stratton's land to promote healthy forest growth and wildlife use.  Through the management plan and our partnership with New England Forestry Consultants Stratton was able to create a management plan in which all managable lands are "Green Certified" by the Forest Stewardship Counsil.    Timber from the project is sustainably harvested by Allard Lumber, Forest Stewardship Council stamped and certified, and sold to Copeland Furniture of Brandon, VT.  Copeland, which employs over 90 local workers will then manufacture two lines of FSC certified, local Vermont hardwood furniture.  This is part of a pilot program created by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund.  For the full story, click here.
• The Winhall Snomaking Pond located off of Kendell Farm Road is also a conservation area.  The acreage to the south side of the pond is managed as a deer wintering area.  Revegetating this area took into consideration species use and the area is managed to promote use by white-tailed deer.   Additionally many find this to be a valuable recreation area.

Water

•Stratton has a long standing history of water quality remediation and preservation.  There are 4 main streams that run through Stratton's land including: Styles Brook, Tributary 1 of the North Branch of Ball Mountain Brook, Kidder Brook, and the Sunbowl Brook.  In 1996 Stratton Implemented the Stratton Water Quality Remediation Plan to return Styles Brook and Tributary 1 to Class B Vermont Water Quality Standards.  Numerous Projects have been undertaken to facilitate this effort.  These projects include:

Box Culvert Removal at Hole 6 of the Mountain Golf Course and 200' of bank remediation.  Additionally an iron seep was treated at this location.

Construction of 9 stormwater ponds.

Paving of Lot 1

Improvements and the buildout of stormwater treatment at Lot 2 and the Sunbowl Parking Lot

Removal of Snyder Pond and channel restoration at the Stratton Mountain Club site

Removal of two delapidated culverts on Styles Brook below Conservation are #4

Iron seep treatment at Lot #2

Roadside ditch treatment and maintenance.

• The Winhall Snowmaking Pond was the first of its kind and allowed for protection of down stream aquatic habitat protection and health
             o By maintaining minimum flows and only withdrawing water when necessary, the snowmaking pond improved the health of the stream below the snowmaking dam.