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Northeast Kingdom

Vermont's Northeast Kingdom (NEK) is a massive expanse of primitive wilderness, stretching over 2000 square miles, bordered by northern New Hampshire to the east and Ontario, Canada to the north. A remote location at northern latitude made access to the region burdensome. Thus, allowing nature to prevail, as opposed to becoming a casualty of industrial revolution. 

Over centuries, various, natural processes, and some unnatural, occur here perpetually. One crucial aspect includes on-going, selective timber harvest, ultimately leading to massive, regenerative stands of early-successional habitat.  Cumulatively, these form highly specialized, biodiverse ecosystems. When these fragile systems are healthy and work in unison, the end result is symbiosis. This mutually beneficial relationship supports one of the largest population densities of Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock in the lower 48.