“How much should we be watering our trees?” That was the question from Bob Fireovid and Joan Falcao of Health Hero Farm, who received 115 trees from the Franklin County Conservation District this spring to plant a windbreak for their farmstead. Trees need consistent moisture to survive being transplanted, especially during a dry spring and … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Four Stormwater Mitigation Final Designs Underway for Arlington Schools
The Bennington County Conservation District (BCCD), on behalf of the Battenkill Valley Supervisory Union, received an Ecosystem Restoration Grant in December 2019 through Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Clean Water Initiative Program. The grant has provided funding to secure the topographic surveys and 100% designs needed for four stormwater retrofits near the Martha Canfield … Continue reading
Stormwater Master Plan for Cambridge Village and Jeffersonville
In Fall of 2019, the Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC) received an Ecosystem Restoration Program Grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) to develop a Stormwater Master Plan for the two villages in the Town of Cambridge – Cambridge Village and Jeffersonville. This project was identified as a priority in the 2016 … Continue reading
Pittsford Stormwater Runoff Improvements
On July 8, 2020, “ground was broken” on a Design Implementation Block Grant (DIBG) project in Pittsford. This project is for a 100% design of a stormwater bioretention system to capture excess runoff coming from a school ballfield, a paved street, the parcel housing the town garage and town fire department, and the yard of … Continue reading