Summer may be a little slow getting started this year, but we know it’s coming! In preparation for those sunny days on the water, the VT DEC and partners are actively recruiting and training citizen scientists to become cyanobacteria monitors. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic aquatic organisms found in just about every lake, pond, and river across … Continue reading
Save the Date: Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier Registration is now open for the 14th annual Vermont Lake Seminar. The Vermont Lake Seminar is the product of a partnership between the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Lakes and Ponds Program and the Vermont Federation of Lakes and Ponds. It … Continue reading
The 13th Annual Vermont Lake Seminar will be held on Friday June 2, 2017 at the Canadian Club in Barre, Vermont. The Lakes and Ponds Program of the Watershed Management Division organizes this event each year, in conjunction with the Vermont Federation of Lakes and Ponds, to celebrate lakes and to encourage residents to join in … Continue reading
After a long, cold, quiet Vermont winter, certain sections of the forest explode with life after spring’s first few warm rains. Sunshine glimmers on open water, and the peeps of spring peepers and bloops of wood frogs echo through the trees. These sights and sounds may indicate that you have found a Vernal Pool – … Continue reading
Water quality sampling by Addison County River Watch Collaborative, ACRWC, volunteers in watersheds of the Lower Otter Creek is about halfway through the 2016 season. This year 31 sites are being sampled monthly for E. Coli bacteria, total and dissolved phosphorus, nitrogen, turbidity and total suspended solids for a total of over 130 individual samples … Continue reading
The 12th Annual Vermont Lake Seminar will be held on Friday June 3, 2016 at the Education Center at Kehoe on Lake Bomoseen. The Lakes and Ponds Program of the VT Watershed Management Division organizes this event each year, in conjunction with the Vermont Federation of Lakes and Ponds, to celebrate lakes and to encourage … Continue reading
Spring is the time of awakening. Animals and insects start moving and plants begin to revive. It may not feel like it, but it’s warming up outside. A few species in particular begin migrating when it’s warm, around 40° F. That might not feel warm to us, but it’s the ideal temperature for frogs and … Continue reading
Vermont Watershed Management Division participates in second-annual Sample-palooza The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC), New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC), Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), Yale University (Yale), and New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) participated in the second annual large-scale, one-day water testing event … Continue reading
For water quality scientists there are many tools available for measuring pollution in the nation’s rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. These tools range from measuring chemical concentrations, such as for dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, phosphorus and nitrogen to biological toxicity test organisms such as daphnia, minnows and mollusks. In the last 5-10 years using domestic canines … Continue reading
As we celebrate Lakes Appreciation Month, we want to again highlight important findings about Vermont lakes, which were summarized in a blog post earlier in the spring, as well as the volunteers that helped to produce these results. Vermont ranks among the leading states in the nation for clear lakes according to research published in … Continue reading
