Under Vermont’s Public Records Law, the Agency of Natural Resources must provide the public with access to Agency records unless the records are protected from disclosure under specific exemptions in the law.
Public Records Requests
Submit Online
Use the online form to submit a public records request. Please note that the Agency of Natural Resources charges for requests when the production of public records takes more than four hours. The Vermont Secretary of State provides a Uniform Charges Schedule for records requests. To minimize fees, please be as specific as possible about the records you’re requesting.
Submit Via Email
You may also submit a request for records under the Public Records Law, directly to an Agency Records Officer or Liaison, listed below:
Records Officers
- ANR Central Office: Catherine Gjessing
- Department of Environmental Conservation: Bridget Phillips
- Department of Fish and Wildlife: Abigail Connolly
- Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: Niels Rinehart
Records Liaisons for Department of Environmental Conservation
Please consider searching the Environmental Research Tool (ERT) for relevant records before submitting a request. The ERT is a database of select permits for waste management (hazardous sites, spills, etc.), watershed (stormwater and wetlands), and more.
- Air Quality and Climate Division: John Wakefield
- Administrative and Innovation Division: Brandi Crisante
- Commissioner's Office: Bridget Phillips
- Environmental Compliance Division: Dale Brooks
- Drinking Water & Groundwater Protection:
- Wastewater Systems and Potable Water Supplies Program: Sharon Bissell
- Public Drinking Water Program: Erica Hirschhorn
- Water Investment Division: Brandi Crisante
- Vermont Geological Survey: Benjamin DeJong
- Waste Management Division: WMPD (Lisa Brassard and Diana Lee)
- Watershed Management Division: David Addeo, Kelly Bixby
ANR Public Record Policies
- Internal Guidance: Responding to Requests for Access to Public Records (2025)
- Central Office Records Management Policy (2018)
- FPR and FWD Records Management Policy and Guidelines (2018)
Related Links
- Vermont Agency of Administration Public Records Request Database
- Vermont Public Records Law from the Vermont Statutes
- Access to Public Records web page from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office