Tropical Storm Irene’s impacts are still being dealt with along the Connecticut River. The storm deposited a 3,000-gallon fuel tank, which settled along the river bottom in Weathersfield. The tank was first identified in 2015 by Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) member Paul Beaulieau, and the CRC brought it to the attention of Marie Caduto, a … 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
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft tactical basin plan for the Passumpsic and Upper Connecticut River Basin for public comment until May 8th. The draft plan is available at http://www.watershedmanagement.vt.gov/planning/htm/pl_passumpsic.htm. The draft tactical basin plan includes targeted actions (as shown in the maps below) to address bacteria from combined sewer overflows in … Continue reading
The tactical basin plan for the Deerfield River and Southern Connecticut River Tributaries has received final approval from both ANR Secretary Markowitz and DEC Commissioner Mears. This plan, covering areas as remote as Glastonbury and Somerset and as popular as Brattleboro and Wilmington, brings together all the information gathered by the Watershed Management Division and … Continue reading
The Watershed Management Division has just released a draft Deerfield River and Lower Connecticut River Basin (Basins 12 – 13) Water Quality Management Tactical Basin Plan for public comment. This plan is the first comprehensive and integrated water resources management plan ever released for the Deerfield River. The Basin 12-13 Tactical Basin Plan provides an … Continue reading
It is astounding that the small state of Vermont has so many precious rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and wetlands. Vermont has some 7,100 miles of rivers and streams alone. That’s more than twice the length of the United States. Vermont has 812 lakes and ponds, totaling over 230 thousand acres and storing about 80 percent … Continue reading
