Our mission is:
to preserve and protect important sites of the 450 million year old Chazy Fossil Reef located on Isle La Motte and recognized by the US Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark;
to promote scientific research and education at all levels with regard to the ancient reef and earth history;
to support efforts to conserve local natural resources including wildlife habitat, wetlands, and other natural areas, agricultural land and significant historic sites and structures;
to foster public awareness and understanding of local and global environmental issues;
About the Isle La Motte Preservation Trust
Box 274
Isle La Motte, Vermont 05463
(802)928-3364
The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust (ILMPT) is a non profit organizaton with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. We are stewards of about 100 acres of a National Natural Landmark so designated by the US Department of the Interior and protected in two preserves on Isle La Motte.
Your tax deductible contribution enables us to continue our important work of conservation and education.
Board of Directors
Linda Fitch, President
Betsy Howland, Vice President
Robert McEwen, Treasurer
Charles Shelley, Secretary
Kevin Behm
Claire Durand
Scott Newman
David Liloia
Advisory Board
John Austin,
Wildlife Biologist
VT Fish & Wildlife Dept
Larry Becker
VT State Geologist
Rabbi Michael Cohen
Arava Institute for
Environmental Studies
Kibbutz Ketura, Israel
Art Cohn, Director
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Robert Dalrymple
Professor of Sedimentology
Dept of Geological Sciences
Queens University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
David Griffing
Assistant Professor of Geology
Hartwick College
Oneanta, New York
Frederick Larsen,
Dana Professor of Geology
Norwich University, VT
Charlotte Mehrtens
Professor & Chair, Dept of Geology
University of Vermont
Charles Ratte
Former VT State Geologist
Steven Syz
Chair, Vermont River Conservancy
Megan Epler Wood
Founder & Past President,
International Ecotourism Society
