Welcome!

On August 14th, 2010 the first Landscape Auction was held in the US, where we put the White Rivershed's working landscape up for bid!

Please take a look and learn about the Landscape Auction.
Some items are still available online → Take a look at the catalog!

News

  • Landscape Auction named on of 24 Semi-Finalist in national competition "Strong communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change."

  • 150 people attended - individuals came from Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts

  • 31 items sold - largest item sold was conserving a public access area on the White River in Royalton; sold for $ 7,200; donations from Vermont Law School staff & faculty, White River Partnership individual & business members, and individual event attendees

  • $ 20,000 raised - donations from $ 25 to $ 3,500

  • Highlights - meeting participating landowners, hayrides to VTC farm centers, live radio broadcast from Oldies 104.3FM, local food tasting including Cabot cheese, Hurricane Flats popcorn, Champlain Orchard apple cider and Green Mountain Coffee.

  • Event sponsors - Vermont Technical College, Orvis, Oldies 104.3FM, Rusty DeWees, South Royalton Market.

  • The White River Partnership has been interviewed by CBS New York on the Landscape Auction for Vermont's Working Landscape. (Media will become available shortly)

  • The Associated Press published a great article on the Landscape Auction! It is spreading the news from Florida to California and Boston to Texas. You can read it here.

  • There are still items available for bidding online! Please view the catalog

  • On sunday, July 18th an article on the Landscape Auction was published in the Burlington Free Press  

  • We are proud to present our auctioneer: Rusty DeWees!

  • Mary Russ, director of the White River Partnership, was on Vermont Public Radio to speak about the event. You can listen to her, or view other news articles in the Media Gallery.

  • On june 24th, we held a small auction at the 3rd Annual Ecosystem Markets Conference in Raleigh, NC. It was a great success!

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