WOLCOTT, VT — At the start of National Public Lands Day month, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology, joined local stakeholders to discuss the importance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Forest and Open Space program for preserving permanent public access for hiking,…