Jenckes Foundation Inc

Public access and enjoyment of parcels of land totaling 380 acres more or less, in the towns of Marlboro and Halifax, Vermont was provided. Use of a network of over 3 miles of trails, logging roads, abandoned town roads and historical sites on Foundation property significantly increased during pandemic restrictions and appear to have continued. Although usage is not formally monitored and the many points of access make monitoring impractical, we observed signs of continued heavier use by members of the public such as the width of worn tracks from foot and bike traffic on the trails. We estimate that several thousand trips were made into the Foundation lands.