2015 Vermont Watershed Grants

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Fifteen watershed improvement projects were chosen to receive funding from Vermont’s 2015 Watershed Grant Program, according to a recent announcement from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

Forty-four applications were received, requesting a total of $387,744. The 2015 available funding totaled $100,000 and the size of the individual grants to be awarded ranged from $3,500 to $14,000.

2015 Watershed Grant projects include:

Implementation

– Restoration and clean-up efforts in the White River drainage basin (White River Partnership),

– Helping to remove a dam on the upper Wells River (CT River Watershed Council), and

– Replacement of culverts in Northfield and Duxbury to enable fish to pass and reduce flood failure risk (Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District and Friends of the Winooski)

Education

– Expanding the effectiveness of lake protection strategies (Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds).

– Explain river dynamics using a flume (Windham Natural Resources Conservation District).

– Milfoil spread prevention (Town of Charleston and Westmore Association).

Planning

– Re-examining years of previously collected water quality data to guide water quality protection actions for the future (Friends of the Mad River).

– Walloomsac Headwaters Park Management Plan (Bennington Natural Resources Conservation District).

Vermont’s Watershed Grants program is co-administed by the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Fish and Wildlife.

source: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department