Following a period of lucrative growth in tourism and recreation, and special attention to make Vermont's roads more accessible, in the 1960’s Vermont had come to a fork in the road when it came to environmentalism. As the state’s economy grew rapidly, both citizens and legislators alike found themselves questioning how to safeguard the coveted landscape while continuing to encourage the success and prosperity economically that took so long to achieve. Subsequent to governor Deane Davis’s commitment to regulate land development in order to protect Vermont on an environmental level, Act 250 was was born. Act 250 was enacted to combat Vermont’s growing problem of pollution and land disturbance, but many Vermonters saw this as an infringement on their land freedoms, and a deterring factor for the growing economy. Sparking repeated outrage through each decade, Act 250 became many people's favorite thing to hate for numerous reasons, yet it has had a positive impact in many ways for the Vermont landscape and way of life. Act 250 was composed of several parts, one being that it created environmental boards and commissions. These boards were entrenched to accept or deny development proposals based on the second part of the act that …show more content…
In fact, many political figures made Act 250 a mainstay in either their political campaigns or their administrations. Many advocacy groups banded together with government officials to voice their opinions and give the public a means of speaking out about their opinions and suggestions regarding the act. All of this feedback was published in the form of a report that was released under Madeleine Kunin’s administration in 1988. This report led to the creation of other legislation that acted on the concerns voiced in the report; yet still turmoil still