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...
This year, Conservation Districts across Vermont hosted their annual spring Tree Sales, and they were a great success. With pickups scheduled in May, the eight participating Conservation Districts saw more than 20,000 stems go home with customers. This was the...
In 2020, Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District worked to implement a 7.4-acre exclusion fencing, berm removal, and riparian buffer planting project on a farm in Pawlet, VT. The Opportunity In 2019, Seth and Diane Butler attended an agricultural...
In 2016, the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District (RNRCD) treated 1.25 acres of impervious surface at Rutland Town School through implementation of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), defined as practices that restore and maintain natural...
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...
