T-clipart.jpg' alt='Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' title='Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' />Vermont farm family still facing million dollar fine for removing trees from own property. Vermont dairy farmer Gerard Vorsteveld I didnt think I was living in Russia. Photo by Lou VarricchioTNRFERRISBURGH, Vt. A family of Vermont dairy farmers are dealing with a potential million dollar environmental fine and court appearance after more than two dozen neighbors complained about the clearing of 2,0. Members of the Vorsteveld Farm removed the brush along Arnold Bay Road on the Ferrisburgh Panton town line in western Addison County to better improve the drainage of their land. Uc Browser For Pc Filehippo. Some Ferrisburgh town officials, apparently at the encouragement of Tree Warden Clifton Mix, would like to fine the Vorstevelds more than 1 million for cutting their own vegetation. Based on state law, such a fine may be illegal. The hard working Vorstevelds, made up of the families of brothers Hans, Rudy and Gerard Vorsteveld, operate one of Addison Countys largest dairy farms. Since spring, the three brothers have removed a dense tangle of trees, shrubs, wild parsnip, sumac, poison ivy and other weeds along one side of Arnold Bay Road to improve drainage and make the land more productive for growing high yield feed corn. The brothers, along with family members and hired hands, milk 1,0. Their 2,4. 00 acre farm straddles the towns of Ferrisburgh and Panton, within sight of Lake Champlain. The families inherited the land after their father, Lolke Lou Vorsteveld, died last year at the age of 8. Laws and Regulations Applicable to the Edwards Aquifer. For the Edwards, there are two primary issues that must be addressed by laws and regulations. ABOUT US The Courage to Grow Scholarship was created to help students realize their college dreams. We dont want the college dreams and plans of so many young men. In 1950, Ethel Waters was the first black American performer to star in her own regular television show, Beulah, but it was the 1961 role in the Good Night, Sweet. The Vorsteveld family arrived in Vermont from Emmen, Netherlands, in 1. At that time, patriarch Lou Vorsteveld left the northern European nation because of excessive government restrictions   he presided over a national government that became increasingly more intrusive in farming. He chose Vermonts Addison County because of the many industrious Dutch American families working the land there. Now his sons are scratching their heads over both the possible fine and the angry neighbors who dont seem to understand the requirements of farming. Too much government thats what brought my father to Vermont, Gerard Vorsteveld told True North in an intervew. Too many damned regulations, too many bureaucrats, too many asinine rules. They even had a milk quota over there. Although born in Holland, Gerard Vorsteveld has been living in Vermont since age 5. Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' title='Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' />The dairy farmer said the family operation took a turn when the neighbors called the tree warden about the clearing away of trees and brush. I didnt think I was living in Russia, Gerard Vorsteveld said. The tree warden thinks he has jurisdiction over this. I dont think he has the authority. Yes, the town and power company have the right to clean trees out, since its a right of way. But we own the land to the middle of the road. We own the land, we own the trees, he said. ALSO IN VERMONT The Sanderses are just like the Trumps. While the farm sits on the Ferrisburgh Panton town line, only the neighbors in Ferrisburgh have complained about the tree clearing. Residents on the Panton side of Arnold Bay Road have stayed out of the matter. Its Ferrisburgh thats bitching. I guess the tree warden is trying to do a really good job, Vorsetveld said facetiously. We havent done anything we told them what were doing to improve the land. Now that the town of Ferrisburgh has hired a lawyer, Vorsetveld said his family could be facing a fine. The feud goes back a few years ago when the Vorstevelds bought the former Lowenstein Farm. They cleared a large amount of the roadside brush and trees to make way for neater, more productive farming practices. Similar tree clearing has been done on a large tract of farmland in Middlebury, sandwiched between U. S. Route 7 and Halladay Road albeit not on a public right of way. The controversy brings Vermonts highway statutes into sharp focus. Who has the right to tell the landowner not to clear cut trees on private property along a road Clearly, Ferrisburghs legal counsel believes town government has the authority. The Vorstevelds see the law differently. Vermont Statutes Title 1. Highways, which concerns repairs, maintenance and improvements to or along public roads, contains the following statement A person, other than the abutting landowner, shall not cut, trim, remove or otherwise damage any grasses, shrubs, vines or trees growing within the limits of a state or town highway without first having obtained the consent of the Agency of State highways or the selectman for town highways. On first reading, the statute sounds simple enough The property taxpaying Vostervelds, the landowners, have the right to clear their own vegetation. But the statute also stipulates the penalty for violations Violation of Section 9. HCIs2X59X_4/UIhfy13FiYI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/DCyFAT6gZ8A/s1600/FamilyTree.png' alt='Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' title='Sierra Generations Family Tree Able Form' />If the farmers are somehow found liable for removing their own wild vegetation, a fine of 1,0. ALSO IN VERMONT New Progressive city council member breaks campaign promise in first vote. The non profit Vermont Institute for Government, based in Middlesex, has written extensively about public right of ways, farmers and other landowners. In a recent pamphlet about Vermont highway law, the groups Paul Gillies wrote The road in front of your house is probably public highway, but most likely the town doesnt own the land under the highway probably you own the land to the middle of the road. The town has a duty to use its right of way responsibly. Considering the long battle, its clear that Vermont farmers and other landowners need a better understanding of what can, and cannot, be cut on their own land. After a June 2. 0 closed door session attended by Ferrisburgh Selectboard members, the Vorstevelds and neighbors of Arnold Bay Road, the town attorney, James Carroll, indicated interest in reaching a settlement. However, he did not rule out the possibility of court action if common ground couldnt be found. True North was unable to reach Town Clerk Gloria Warden, Town Counsel James Carroll, and Tree Warden Clifton Mix in time for publication. Lou Varricchio is a freelance reporter for True North Reports. Send him news tips at lvinvtgmx. ChronikBuchrueckenen. Spies Hecker. 27. Uhr. Seite 1. Spies Hecker. Paint systems for generations. Spies Hecker. Paint systems for generations. Population growth and other effects of child sexual abuse are about to destroy humanity and life on earth.