In late July, a few residents at Lake Dunmore participating in the Lake Wise Program were selected to have some shoreland Best Management Practices (BMPs) installed on their lakeshore properties. The labor was provided by the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC). Lake Wise award winning participant Kate Williams of Leicester proposed to her neighbors that … Continue reading
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP) announces over $1.3 million in grant awards to address sediment and nutrient pollution problems statewide. “ERP’s grant program is a competitive grant program that targets the State’s high priority clean water needs,” explains Kari Dolan, ERP Manager. “The grants target uncontrolled sources of stormwater and … Continue reading
On July 1, 2014, the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) submitted to the Governor its first Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Implementation Work Plan Annual Report. Over the course of the past year, ANR has made great strides towards expanding and growing the role that GSI plays in Vermont. Major accomplishments include: Updating the Vermont Stormwater Management … Continue reading
It’s never easy saying thank you for the last time, especially after 30 years depending on an expert helmsman and monitor’s willingness to help. Dick Harter has monitored Lake Champlain since 1985, and will be retiring from the Vermont Lay Monitoring Program at the end of the summer. Through Dick’s tireless commitment to the health … Continue reading
Summer is a wonderful time to enjoy Vermont’s lakes and ponds and we are fortunate in this state to have many public boat accesses to do so. If you’ve visited one of Vermont’s public boat accesses this summer, you may have interacted with a boat access aquatic invasive species greeter. Greeters educate, offer to inspect … Continue reading
The removal of an old (circa 1870) ice pond dam is at the heart of a stream restoration project in the Town of Pittsford in Rutland County. Long known as the Kendrick Pond dam, the dam site was initially constructed as a saw mill and the impoundment later supported an ice harvesting business. The pond … Continue reading
