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Main river: There were no signs of water quality impacts from the landfill.
• Backwater areas: This year, we were able to paddle quite far into the northeast backwater to our usual
turnaround point about 400 feet in from the river, and roughly about 400 feet north of the closest edge
of Unlined Area A. We saw no signs of landfill impacts in the northeast backwater.
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Laura Dlugolecki, of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, has called the new rule the “most protective wake sport regulation in the country to date.” by Juan Vega de Soto May 10, 2024, 6:20 pm Wake boats traversing Vermont waterways this summer will have to abide by strict new regulations. The state’s first-ever rule managing…
by Emma Cotton December 3, 2024, 6:10 pm In April, Vermont enacted long-debated, statewide restrictions on wake boats, designed to create large wakes for recreation with a goal of preventing environmental harms. The new rule only allows wake boats in 30 of the state’s inland lakes. Now, nine associations representing 10 of those lakes are…
On behalf of the Vermont DEC’s Lakes and Ponds Program MWA is informing you of an upcoming public meeting to receive public input on proposed changes to Vermont’s Use of Public Waters Rules. On April 15, 2024, a new rule under Vermont’s Use of Public Waters Rules went into effect regulating wakeboats and wakesports on…
Vermont Business Magazine – Nearly 50 acres along the Johns River in Derby—a tributary to Lake Memphremagog and nursery stream for wild trout—is now permanently protected and open to the public as part of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s Johns River Streambank Management Area (SMA).
“The Johns River is make-or-break spawning and nursery habitat for Lake Memphremagog’s wild trout,” said Pete Emerson, Fish Biologist with the department. “The lake’s different tributaries attract different spawning runs, landlocked Atlantic salmon in the Clyde for example. Although the Johns River doesn’t have the same name recognition as the Clyde or Willoughby, it’s just as important for wild trout.”
Memphremagog Watershed Association Wraps Up Another Successful Year of Funding Aquatic Nuisance Control Projects
For the past five years, the Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) has been the regional administrator for the Aquatic Nuisance Control Grant-in-Aid program from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Through this program, MWA distributes state grant monies directly to municipalities and their lake associations to control and manage aquatic invasive species.
The Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) is pleased to announce the completion of two lakeshore restoration projects on Shadow Lake during the summer of 2024. A partnership between MWA, the Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District, and NorthWoods Stewardship Center, these two projects represent important steps toward implementing water quality and habitat restoration projects that were identified during the development of the Shadow Lake Watershed Action Plan.
Submitted by katie on Thu, 09/26/2024 – 08:00 VermontBiz Vermont State University (VTSU) is proud to announce that it was recently awarded a $1.8 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, along with researchers from the University of Maine, to conduct groundbreaking research on ticks and invasive plant species. VTSU faculty members Drs. Kristen Ross and William…
