This spring, the Franklin County Conservation District wrapped up revegetating an active stream restoration project that was implemented last fall on Peter and Lorie Hutchins’ dairy farm in Berkshire, VT. The project, funded and supported by the Agency of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Conservation, was installed along 500 ft. of a severely eroding … Continue reading
Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:00 AM – Noon National Life Main Building – Winooski Room, M240 Vermont wetlands provide a multitude of functions including wildlife habitat, recreation, and water quality protection. Learn from Julie Follensbee, DEC Wetland Ecologist, about how wetlands can reduce phosphorus and sediment load to Lake Champlain and to identify sites for … Continue reading
Did you know that the Vermont Wetland Rules offer extra protection to some of the state’s most important and valuable wetlands? This extra protection comes in the form of a Class I designation – bestowed only on the most exemplary of the wetlands in the state. The existing Class I-designated wetlands include Dorset Marsh, a … Continue reading
On Martin Luther King, Jr. day AmeriCorps members around the state of Vermont, and the country, participated in a day of service. Instead of taking a day off, the Environmental and Career Opportunity (ECO) AmeriCorps members caravanned to Bennington, VT to help Ducks Unlimited volunteers remove invasive plant species, clear trails, and hang Wood Duck … Continue reading
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife recently announced the issuance of three new images for the conservation plates. The new images, being made available immediately (white tail deer, common loon and brook trout), are meant to replace the older catamount image. Proceeds from the sale of conservation … Continue reading
The Green Infrastructure Initiative, a Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation led project to promote and implement innovative infrastructure approaches to stormwater management, is happy to announce the release of its Low Impact Development (LID) Series. LID is an innovative planning and design approach used in land development to better manage stormwater runoff – runoff, caused … Continue reading
