Seventeen miles of prime habitat was recently opened up to Brook Trout and other aquatic species in the Ompompanoosuc River at the site of the Geer Dam in West Fairlee. The small dam was built by its namesake in 1983 for hydro-electric power generation by a retired Dartmouth professor and farmer. No longer producing electricity … Continue reading
Are you interested in the condition of surface waters in your area? Would you like a one-stop shop to find water data for Vermont? Welcome to V-IWIS, Vermont’s new Integrated Watershed Information System. “IWIS” was built to provide users access to all sorts of water chemistry, quality, and biomonitoring data from the Watershed Management Division’s … Continue reading
Gravel parking lots infiltrate stormwater, don’t they? Part 2 of the Vermont Green Infrastructure Initiative’s guide to stormwater misconceptions. This is the second post in a series about stormwater misconceptions identified by Green Infrastructure Initiative Roundtable. We hope that these posts will foster greater understanding and integration of Green Stormwater Infrastructure practices and Low Impact … Continue reading
It’s an annual tradition around the world to ring in the new year by looking back over the old one, as the abundance of ‘best of 2014’ lists surely shows. Here in the Watershed Management Division, as we conclude our first full year of blogging, we were curious to learn what caught the eye of … Continue reading
The removal of an old (circa 1870) ice pond dam restored 10 square miles of stream habitat in Rutland County this past summer. 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 dam became obsolete, the impoundment … Continue reading
The annual “Science at the Hatchery” took place on September 16th at the Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Fish Hatchery in Chittenden, Vermont. Approximately 200 students in 5th and 6th grades participated from eight Rutland County elementary schools and engaged in interactive learning sessions on fish and fisheries habitat, water quality, river … 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
A goal of the Vermont Rivers Program is to properly size bridges and culverts to pass a range of higher flood flows and the sediment, tree debris, infrastructure debris, and winter’s ice that otherwise might plug the road crossing structure and cause a road washout and disrupt travel or cause property damage to a neighbor. … Continue reading
