Markowitz: The work we do in our rivers today will leave a lasting legacy
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Deb Markowitz, secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources. Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and...
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Two wild brook trout, taken last spring. Photo by Dennis Jensen My favorite trout stream winds its way along a busy Vermont highway. There are a number of places where anglers can pull off, walk easily...
View ArticleNew permit program targets mid-sized farms with pollution issues
A Mexican farmhand does chores in Vermont dairy barn. Photo by Terry J. AllenThe Agency of Natural Resources will soon be requiring certain farms that release nutrients into the state’s waters to have...
View ArticleMissisquoi Bay Basin Water Quality Management Plan Approved
NEWS RELEASE — Department of Environmental Conservation March 29, 2013 Contact: Karen Bates, DEC Watershed Coordinator karen.bates@state.vt.us 802-879-2339 ESSEX JUNCTION, VT – On March 28, 2013 the...
View ArticleGovernor, emergency management warn of river, Lake Champlain flooding
For Immediate Release June 27, 2013 Contact: Susan Allen 802-279-8493 For more information: www.vem.vermont.gov Gov. Shumlin, emergency officials urge Vermonters to watch weather reports Use caution as...
View ArticleHealth Department urges swim hole safety
News Release — Vermont Department of Health July 5, 2013 Contact: Communication Office 802-863-7281 BURLINGTON – The Vermont Department of Health is urging everyone who plans to swim in a river or...
View ArticleRiver scientists Mike Kline and Amy Sheldon at the Vermont Folklife Center
NEWS RELEASE — Vermont Folklife Center August 27, 2013 CONTACT Bob Hooker (802) 388-4964 or bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter.org Join river scientists Mike Kline and Amy Sheldon for a brown bag “seminar”...
View ArticleHelp your rivers celebrate their independence — from trash
News Release — Connecticut River Watershed Council July 3, 2014 Contact: Jacqueline Talbot, CRWC Cleanup Coordinator & Lower River Steward, jtalbot@ctriver.org, 860-704-0057 Angela Mrozinski, CRWC...
View ArticleMarkowitz: The work we do in our rivers today will leave a lasting legacy
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Deb Markowitz, secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources. Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and...
View ArticleAnglers anticipate Irene-wrought changes in rivers
Two wild brook trout, taken last spring. Photo by Dennis Jensen My favorite trout stream winds its way along a busy Vermont highway. There are a number of places where anglers can pull off, walk easily...
View ArticleNew permit program targets mid-sized farms with pollution issues
A Mexican farmhand does chores in Vermont dairy barn. Photo by Terry J. AllenThe Agency of Natural Resources will soon be requiring certain farms that release nutrients into the state’s waters to have...
View ArticleMissisquoi Bay Basin Water Quality Management Plan Approved
NEWS RELEASE — Department of Environmental Conservation March 29, 2013 Contact: Karen Bates, DEC Watershed Coordinator karen.bates@state.vt.us 802-879-2339 ESSEX JUNCTION, VT – On March 28, 2013 the...
View ArticleGovernor, emergency management warn of river, Lake Champlain flooding
For Immediate Release June 27, 2013 Contact: Susan Allen 802-279-8493 For more information: www.vem.vermont.gov Gov. Shumlin, emergency officials urge Vermonters to watch weather reports Use caution as...
View ArticleHealth Department urges swim hole safety
News Release — Vermont Department of Health July 5, 2013 Contact: Communication Office 802-863-7281 BURLINGTON – The Vermont Department of Health is urging everyone who plans to swim in a river or...
View ArticleRiver scientists Mike Kline and Amy Sheldon at the Vermont Folklife Center
NEWS RELEASE — Vermont Folklife Center August 27, 2013 CONTACT Bob Hooker (802) 388-4964 or bhooker@vermontfolklifecenter.org Join river scientists Mike Kline and Amy Sheldon for a brown bag “seminar”...
View ArticleHelp your rivers celebrate their independence — from trash
News Release — Connecticut River Watershed Council July 3, 2014 Contact: Jacqueline Talbot, CRWC Cleanup Coordinator & Lower River Steward, jtalbot@ctriver.org, 860-704-0057 Angela Mrozinski, CRWC...
View ArticleCRWC: Local restoration projects improve rivers for wildlife and local economies
News Release — Connecticut River Watershed Council Nov. 5, 2015 Contact: Angela Mrozinski, CRWC Outreach & Events Director amrozinski@ctriver.org, 413-772-2020 ext.204 Ron Rhodes, CRWC North...
View ArticleThen Again: History informs views on rivers’ future courses
Mike Kline, state rivers program coordinator for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, examines a section of the Winooski River in Middlesex. Kline uses historical documents and other...
View ArticleMarkowitz: The work we do in our rivers today will leave a lasting legacy
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Deb Markowitz, secretary of Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources. Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and...
View ArticleAnglers anticipate Irene-wrought changes in rivers
Two wild brook trout, taken last spring. Photo by Dennis Jensen My favorite trout stream winds its way along a busy Vermont highway. There are a number of places where anglers can pull off, walk easily...
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