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New 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...
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Then 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 Kline uses historical documents and other...
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For the first time in decades, the state gives the Lamoille River’s walleye a...
Dan DeLucia of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department nets a walleye after stunning it with electricity on the Lamoille River in Milton on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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Logs in the river? Keep them there, Vermont officials advise.
This log jam, created by the massive flooding in Vermont in July, is expected to provide habitat benefits for fish as they recover, according to officials with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife...
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Tom Rogers: Nature is the solution to our flooding crisis
This commentary is by Tom Rogers, a resident of Stowe who works for The Nature Conservancy in Vermont. Vermont’s increasingly destructive flooding disasters are happening because our rivers are doing...
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River conservation forum highlights resident questions about flood preparedness
An antique truck parked in a field is nearly covered by water from the Williams River in Ludlow along Route 103 on Monday, July 10, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger LUDLOW — At a meeting Thursday...
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Officials warn against excess dredging during flood recovery
High waters from the Lamoille River eroded significant portions of the remaining riverbank along route 15 in Hardwick, as seen on July 12th, 2024. Photo by Josh Kuckens/VTDigger State officials are...
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