Success Stories
Windham County Conservation District Tackles Vermont’s Second Greatest Threat
Windham County Forester Sam Schneski and Jack Minich, Americorp Intern with Vermont Land Trust demonstrate the use of buckthorn baggies at a demonstration site. In 1950, ecologist Charles Elton first used the militaristic term “invasion” to label the attack by...
Bioengineering at Maidstone Lake Reduces Phosphorus
Before & After: The shoreland with a 4-foot-high retaining wall made of deteriorating railroad ties and after coconut fiber rolls and native plants for stabilization were installed. Maidstone Lake, a treasured waterbody formed 12,000 years ago in the Northeast...
Green Stormwater Project in St. Johnsbury Wins Award
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...
The Rural Fire Protection Program Celebrates 20 Years
Troy Dare Celebrates 20 Years of Installing Dry Hydrants through the Rural Fire Protection Program By: Luke Rackers, August 25th, 2018. I recently visited with Troy Dare, Program Manager for the Rural Fire Protection...