The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 5410)
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§ 5410. Location confidential
(a) The Secretary shall not disclose information regarding the specific location of threatened
or endangered species sites or habitats except:
(1) to the owner of land upon which the species is located;
(2) to a potential buyer of land upon which the species is located who has a bona fide
contract to buy the land and applies to the Secretary for disclosure of threatened
or endangered species information;
(3) to qualified individuals or organizations, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations
for scientific research or for preservation and planning purposes when the Secretary
determines that the preservation of the species is not further endangered by the disclosure;
or
(4) during regulatory processes with the exception of threatened or endangered species
listed under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The Secretary shall maintain a subset list of threatened and endangered species whose
specific names shall not be included in regulatory planning. The subset list shall
include threatened or endangered species for which the species names and locations
shall not be disclosed because of the risk that the species will be significantly
harmed by unauthorized take, such as illegal collection, commercial trade, human-caused
mortality, or destruction of habitat. The list shall be based on the rarity of the
species, known collection and commercial trade activities in Vermont and other states
or countries, incidents of human-caused mortality or destruction of habitat, and other
factors that present a threat to the continued existence of the species.
(c) When the Secretary issues a permit under this chapter to take a threatened or endangered
species or destroy or adversely impact critical habitat and when the Secretary designates
critical habitat by rule under section 5402a of this title, the Secretary shall disclose only the municipality and general location where the
threatened or endangered species or designated critical habitat is located. When the
Secretary designates critical habitat under section 5402a of this title, the Secretary shall notify the municipality in which the critical habitat is located
and shall disclose the general location of the designated critical habitat. (Added 1995, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2025, No. 47, § 18, eff. July 1, 2025.)