This commentary was written by RJ Thompson, co-founder and executive director of the Vermont Huts Association. He holds a master’s degree in environmental studies from Green Mountain College and is a board member of the Moosalamoo Association.
Founded in 2016, the Vermont Huts Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of creating an enriching and immersive outdoor experience for everyone. Over the past six years, we have hosted guests as young as three months and as old as 82 years.
Huts transcend generations, abilities and user groups to connect people with their natural environment as they share stories of their day’s adventures under a warm roof.
There have been several misleading and false claims made over the past few months regarding the construction of a year-round hut in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area near Silver Lake.
It is disturbing to see these tactics deployed in a way that deliberately attempts to undermine the credibility of organizations working to help all Vermonters enjoy the outdoors, though that is today’s reality. We ask Vermonters to look at this project and the Vermont Huts Association mission through the lens of projects that serve the greater public good.
Let’s address the falsehoods and clarify the facts:
First, the proposed hut is in partnership with the Moosalamoo Association, a nonprofit that is a “friends of” organization that advocates and provides trail stewardship for the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area.
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