On May 13th at 9:30 am, project partners will gather at the Cambridge Elementary School to celebrate the completion of the Cambridge Stormwater Mitigation Project, which is identified as a water quality priority in the 2016 Lamoille Tactical Basin Plan. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to recognize project partners and funders for their … Continue reading
Under the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP), the towns of Barre City, Barre Town, Plainfield and Berlin, were awarded funds to develop municipal stormwater management plans. With the assistance of the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC), work on these plans is set to begin in late 2016. Water quality … Continue reading
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Ecosystem Restoration Program is seeking Request for Proposals (RFP) for the second round of State Fiscal Year 2016 grant funds to restore and protect Vermont’s rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands. Vermont municipalities, regional organization, non-profit associations, citizen groups, and state agencies are eligible to receive funding. The grant … Continue reading
DEC awarded Ecosystem Restoration Program grant funds in 2014 to UVM Extension System to focus on working with owners of agricultural land within the Jewett Brook and Lower Stevens Brook subwatersheds of the larger St. Albans Bay watershed. These are two of the highest phosphorus loading waterways into Lake Champlain. These subwatersheds contain approximately 4,340 … Continue reading
The Poultney Mettowee Conservation District, in collaboration with the Lake Bomoseen Association (LBA), received a grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ecosystem Restoration Program to conduct a watershed assessment of the Sucker Brook sub-basin in order identify projects that will improve water quality in the lake. As a result of Tropical Storm Irene, … Continue reading
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP) is pleased to announce its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the first round of State Fiscal Year 2016 grant funds to restore and protect Vermont’s rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands. The funds target unmanaged nonpoint pollution sources – diffuse sources of runoff and erosion … Continue reading
The Northwest Regional Planning Commission, with support from the DEC’s Ecosystem Restoration Program, recently completed a multi-part project that focused on targeting priority nonpoint source pollution in the St. Albans Bay watershed. The project evaluated erosion and runoff from transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, and culverts) and stormwater runoff from developed land. The project consisted of … Continue reading
An idea that began in 2012 as part of a Green Plan for Peoples Academy High School for keeping stormwater out of Ryder Brook came to fruition this year with the installation of two stormwater best management practices on the school’s campus. Students from Sheila Tymon’s Envirothon team identified a number of locations where stormwater … Continue reading
With support from state grant funds administered by the Ecosystem Restoration Program, the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD) and participating districts will be undertaking streamside planting efforts this spring on 19 sites throughout Vermont. The 19 sites involve about 18.5 acres. The grant to VACD includes a second round of site selection during fall … Continue reading
The transformation has begun! It is taking place on 2.4 acres of land in the east end of Woodstock village where centuries of use as a railroad yard and a dumping ground for salt-laden snow is being re-vamped into a garden and park with a river-view with the help of a grant from the Department … Continue reading
