About the Lake Champlain Land Trust 

Protecting water quality. Preserving public access. Conserving scenic beauty. Saving biodiversity.

Mission

The mission of the Lake Champlain Land Trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of Lake Champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the Champlain Region.

Staff 

Chris Boget, Executive Director

Chris has more than twenty years of experience in land conservation, including positions with the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, the Vermont Land Trust, and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Chris previously worked for the land trust as Director of Land Protection and Assistant Director and has extensive experience with landowner outreach and education.

He attained a Master of Science degree in Natural Resource Planning from the University of Vermont. His thesis used GIS models to compare methods of prioritizing of the most important conservation parcels in Rutland County Vermont. Chris holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from the College of William and Mary.    This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Leah Tansey, Operations and Volunteer Coordinator

Born and raised in Vermont, Leah received a bachelor's degree in Wildlife Biology from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Leah’s professional experience includes work in the areas of environmental sustainability, field research, advocacy and outreach. Leah is a native of Vermont but has lived for extensive periods in Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, and China.

As a naturalist, Leah enjoys spending most of her time outdoors. She volunteers for a raptor rehabilitation facility, feeding birds that are recovering from injury or cannot return to the wild. Leah hopes to discover a new bird species on her families land in the island of Cebu in the Philippines.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Katy Lord, Intern

Katy received a bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Ecology from the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources in December 2011.   In 2012, she had the pleasure of visiting the breathtakingly high Andean wetlands in Peru, which has peaked her interest in furthering her knowledge of the ecological value of the world's wetlands. Through interning at the Lake Champlain Land Trust, she hopes to gain practical experience toward a career in land conservation.  In her spare time, Katy enjoys visiting Vermont beaver ponds, hiking, traveling, painting, seeing live music, and playing with her beautiful blue-nose pit bull, Cherice.

Board

 Holly Crawford, Secretary

Matt Dugan

 Don Kinneston, Vice Chair

 Bill Riley

Dan Stanyon

David Raphael

 Beth Montuori Rowles, Chair

Becky Wang, Treasurer

 Policies

The land we conserve must meet rigorous criteria. Additionally, our board members must sign a Conflict of Interest statement each year to assure that they, their family members, and the people they work for, will not gain personally from any Land Trust action they are called to pass judgment on.

Bylaws

 For more information on Land Protection and Different Methods of Conserving Land