The Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC) completed the stormwater master planning process for four of its member municipalities! Through funding provided by the Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the CVRPC retained Watershed Consulting Associates (WCA) to complete Stormwater Master Plans (SWMPs) for Berlin, Plainfield, Barre City and … Continue reading
Vermont rivers are being physically restored at a remarkable pace. Restoring the physical nature of a river is about making the connections that allow natural restorative and maintenance processes of the river to take over. Vermonters are securing hundreds of river connections every year. Every time we install a larger culvert to fit the stream, … Continue reading
Stormwater Master Planning has become a critical tool to identify and address sources of water quality problems in developed areas throughout Vermont. The Town of Hardwick is located in Caledonia County and situated around the Lamoille River, draining to Lake Champlain. The Caledonia County Conservation District was awarded a grant from the Vermont Department of … Continue reading
The University of Vermont (UVM) Votey rain garden has undergone its transformation, thanks to Elle Mountain and the UVM Engineers without Borders. Elle Mountain is a student at UVM who serves on the leadership team of the student chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB). In the fall of 2017, she led the group in the … Continue reading
Lake Wise practices benefit shoreland properties and the lake. Provided below are a few examples of Lake Wise projects from 2017. The Lake Raponda community in Wilmington collaborated to install an erosion control project to protect the Town Beach and Lake. There is still work to do at the Raponda Town Recreational Area to control … Continue reading
Two Lakes Earn the Gold Lake Wise Award! The Echo and Seymour Lake shoreland owners are setting the pace to protect and restore native species along their shores while preventing stormwater and erosive property runoff to the lake. After decades of unchecked development along Vermont shorelands, Vermont lakes need this rapid response from shoreland owners … Continue reading
The Belvidere Bog Walk and Paddle Tour, held on Saturday, September 9th, is part of an initiative to support reclassification efforts funded through a 2016 Section 604b Clean Water Act grant through the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The purpose of the tour was to provide an outreach opportunity to landowners and community members to … Continue reading
