The Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission has been hard at work assisting in the implementation of two stormwater projects in Barre City and Northfield! As of winter 2019, both of these projects are now complete. The Barre City project is located at the end of Pouliot Avenue, and has mitigated the effects of a gully … Continue reading
Summer is beginning to wind down and with it comes the continued work on two stormwater mitigation projects in Northfield and Barre City. The Northfield project is located at Union Brook Road and Water Street, and came out of a 2015 Village Stormwater Planning effort by the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC). The project … Continue reading
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the State of Vermont and the Lake Champlain Basin Program $4 million to implement the 2016 Lake Champlain Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), which sets phosphorus pollution targets for Vermont segments of Lake Champlain. The Agency of Natural Resources and the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets are administering approximately $3.5 million … Continue reading
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the Town of Underhill are pleased to announce the completion of the Underhill Stormwater Master Plan. The plan identifies five priority sites for projects that will maximize water quality benefits in local streams. With detailed conceptual designs and cost estimates completed, the town is well prepared to … Continue reading
The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) and the Town of Jericho are pleased to announce the completion of the Jericho Stormwater Master Plan. Using a Clean Water Fund grant awarded by the DEC Clean Water Initiative Program, the CCRPC hired the Vermont firm, Watershed Consulting Associates (WCA) to prepare the Plan. WCA staff consulted … Continue reading
The Watershed Management Division is seeking public input on three draft plans to strategically improve water quality in the Lake Memphremagog watershed. A series of public meetings will be held in May and June to discuss the plans and hear suggestions from citizens. The waters of Lake Memphremagog are shared with the province of Quebec, … Continue reading
Speaker: Staci Pomeroy, DEC Thursday, April 27, 2017 11:00 AM – Noon National Life Main Building – Winooski Room, M240 In Vermont, river instability contributes the second largest phosphorus load, just over 20%, to Lake Champlain. Learn how projects to protect and restore river corridors in the Lake Champlain Basin are helping to reduce this … Continue reading
