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HOGBACK MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION


After the Ski Area closed in 1984, community members began dreaming of ways to maintain public access to these lands, leading to the formation in 2006 of the Hogback Mountain Conservation Association (HMCA), a group of local citizens who volunteered their time in a four year effort to raise the funds to buy Hogback Mountain and protect it with a permanent conservation easement. The fundraising was completed in 2010 thanks to many generous donations and grants, public and private, along with the very able assistance of the Vermont Land Trust.

Photo taken at Hogback Mountain by Barbara Cole

Now conserved and owned by the Town of Marlboro, the Hogback Conservation Area is publicly accessible and offers gorgeous 100-mile views of mountain ranges in Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, miles of trails, historic foundations, and a fertile natural background for educational and environmental studies.

Perhaps most importantly it will now continue to be a significant wildlife habitat providing an important corridor access for wildlife moving between Massachusetts and Vermont.

The HOGBACK MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION is registered as a Vermont non-profit corporation and its volunteers now focus on fostering public use and appreciation of this public resource and assisting the Town in the stewardship of the Conservation Area which is managed under the auspices of the town-appointed Hogback Preservation Commission.