Staff
and Supervisors
For
Winooski
Natural
Resources
Conservation
District
District
Manager
Abbey Willard
Natural
Resources Conservationist
Tiffany Shaw
Land Treatment
Planner
Andrea Tursini
Bookkeeper
Cherie Staples
Board of
Supervisors
Mike Dominque, Chair
Rita Bisson, Vice Chair
Catherine Scribner, Treasurer
Tom Bushey, Supervisor
Don Hipes, Assc. Supervisor
Carrie Deegan, Assc. Supervisor
Partners
in
Conservation:
Environmental Protection Agency
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Resource Conservation and Development
US Fish and Wildlife Service
VT Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
VT Agency of Natural Resources
VT Agency of Transportation
VT Department of Environmental Conservation
VT Department of Fish and Wildlife
VT Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation
VT Natural Resources Conservation Council
Central VT Regional Planning Commission
Chittenden Cty. Regional Planning Commission
City of South Burlington
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Town of Williston Planning Office
Friends of the Mad River
Friends of the Winooski River
Lamoille Watershed Association
Contact
Us:
Berlin office:
617 Comstock Road, Suite 1
Berlin, Vermont 05602
802-828-4493 x110
Williston office:
1193 South Brownell Road,
Suite 35
Williston, Vermont 05495
802-865-7895 x14
Staff Profiles
Abbey Willard, District Manager
Abbey Willard began as Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District Manager three years ago. She manages watershed stewardship projects, technical staff for agricultural producers, educational opportunities for youth and the community, as well as the day to day function of the District and its employees. Though she grew up in Peacham, VT, Abbey previously lived and worked in Bozeman, Montana and graduated from Montana State University’s Soils & Environmental Science Program. Abbey currently lives in Randolph Center.
Tiffany Shaw, Natural Resources Conservationist
Tiffany Shaw has been with Winooski NRCD since October 2005. She is partnering with local municipalities and other non-profits to implement stormwater projects, primarily in the Allen Brook and Potash Brook watersheds. Her projects range from rain garden installation to streambank stabilization. Tiffany graduated from the University of Vermont's Environmental Program in the spring of 2005. While at UVM, she worked for the UVM Environmental Council and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission. Tiffany currently lives in Burlington with her husband Josh.
Andrea Boggs Tursini, Land Treatment Planner
Andrea Tursini joined the Winooski NRCD Staff in January 2005. She split her time between assisting farmers in writing their Land Treatment Plans and in helping them adhere to the State of Vermont’s Accepted Agricultural Practices. In January 2006, she began to focus exclusively on writing Land Treatment Plans for the Lower Lamoille and Lower Winooski watersheds. Previously, she managed a 6-acre organic vegetable farm in Cambridge, VT. Andrea graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Environmental Studies. She lives in Underhill Center with her husband Ralph.
Cherie Staples, Bookkeeper
Cherie spent eleven years with the Vermont Land Trust, after six years at Vermont Natural Resources Council, and then moved to Colorado for six years, where she helped care for her first granddaughter and then managed the Denver office of The Wilderness Society. Along the way, a camera has been a steady companion and she has quite a raft of photos. Returning to Vermont in 2003, she's become a part-time bookkeeper for several businesses in the central Vermont area. She is a member of the Onion River Chorus and sings in the Old Meeting House Choir, and participates on three East Montpelier community committees. Cherie has two children and three grandchildren.
Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District
Mission Statement
*
To ensure the wise use, protection and enhancement
of Vermont's natural resources through the use of local initiatives, education
and partnerships
* To foster public awareness and appreciation
for the value and need for natural resource conservation
* To advance the understanding that we are all
stewards of the living earth
Serving landowners in Washington and Chittenden Counties since 1940