by Molly Varner | Aug 25, 2021 | Press Releases
Winooski Conservation District staff and volunteers planted 0.6 acres of riparian buffer along McCabe’s Brook in the LaPlatte River in Spring 2020. Beginning in 2020, Vermont’s Natural Resources Conservation Districts planted 34.25 acres of native trees and...
by Molly Varner | Jun 3, 2021 | Press Releases
There are 7,100 miles of rivers and streams in the State of Vermont. Of these total state waters 195 waters or segments of waters are impaired, 115 waters or segments of waters are stressed, and at least 56 waters in the State are altered due to aquatic nuisance...
by Molly Varner | May 18, 2021 | Press Releases
The Windham County Conservation District will host a series of webinars aimed at helping current and prospective landowners manage their properties to protect southern Vermont’s natural resources. These programs are the result of collaboration with the Lake Champlain...
by Molly Varner | Apr 28, 2021 | Press Releases
The State Natural Resources Conservation Council (NRCC) has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to support its Vermont Stream Restoration...
by Jeannie Bartlett | Sep 29, 2020 | Conservation Articles, Franklin Co, Press Releases
This week the Franklin County Conservation District released the second edition of a nature guide created with help from Richford NOTCH day campers. A first edition of “The Locals’ Nature Guide to the Richford Playground” was released in 2017 and featured over 30...
by Holden | Jul 10, 2019 | Conservation Articles, Features, Press Releases, Success Stories
July 10, 2019 The first neighborhood-scale Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) project used to mitigate combined sewer overflows in Vermont has been installed and recently won an ACEC-VT Engineering Excellence Award. Green Stormwater Infrastructure projects are used...
