Jones v. Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

¶ 1. The State of Vermont Department' of Forests, Parks and Recreation appeals from a superior court judgment in favor of landowners Joseph and Anne Jones. The State contends the court erred in ruling that the Department is equitably estopped from asserting that the Joneses violated the forest management plan governing their property in the State’s Use Value Appraisal Program (UVA), 32 V.S.A. §§3751-3776, and that the Joneses are further entitled to retroactively remove their property from the UVA program under an expired 1996 statute. We agree that the trial court erred, and therefore…