Over the summer and early fall Windham Regional Commission and the Connecticut River Conservancy worked with landowners in Dummerston to remove a dam on private property on the Crosby Brook. The work was supported by a grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. This defunct dam was impairing the natural flow of the river, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2019
Teaching with Trees
On October 31, Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District coordinated a hands-on experience for Julie Brown’s Woodstock Union Structured Literacy class with US Fish & Wildlife to plant bareroot trees on Howard Jonas’ farm in Bridgewater, VT. This was a follow up for a 2017 VTDEC Trees for Stream program to replace trees damaged over the … Continue reading
Saving A Class IV Road
This fall Barton Road in West Windsor got a makeover. Road repair is nothing new, but this project was a collaborative effort between the town of West Windsor Conservation Commission, Green Mountain Horse Association and the West Windsor Moonlighters Snowmobile Club. Years of erosion and washouts made travel for snowmobiles, mountain bikes and horseback riders … Continue reading