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June 8, 2024 @ 8:00 – 11:00 Join the Friends of the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge and co-host MWA for the annual morning of birding and exploration at Eagle Point; 420 acres of managed property donated by the Michael Dunn Trust is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and managed by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.
You are invited to join –
The Memphremagog Watershed Association
as they feature the film –
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail
A film made possible by WeLeaf. Filmed in August/September/October 2019
Bluffside Farm Ski/Snowshoe Tour
Sunday, February 25th, 2024
10am – 12pm
171 Scott Farm Road, Newport
The Department of Environmental Conservation hosts a monthly public Clean Water Conversation presentation series (formerly named the “Clean Water Lecture Series”) on a variety of clean water-related topics. Presentations are free and open to the public online via webinar (Microsoft Teams). This year, in response to the extreme floodings that Vermont experienced in July 2023,…
An Art Exhibition ~ October 18-20 ~ Le Belvedere ~ Newport, Vermont
MWA Presents – a Documentary by Louise Abbott entitled The Islands of Lake Memphremagog: A Natural and Human History
Saturday, October 7, 2023 – 4:30 – 7 PM
Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) will be holding its Annual Meeting on August 10, 2023, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Belvedere Restaurant on the Newport Waterfront. The agenda for the evening will be a brief business meeting beginning at 5:30 which will include Board elections and a Project Manager’s update of some of MWA’s activities over the past year followed by a guest speaker. The public is welcome to attend. There will also be a remote link for those who cannot attend in person.
JOIN US – Again
September 7, 2023 10 A.M. – 1 P.M.
When: June 17 with a rain date of June 18, 9:30am with a 10am launch
Where: Eagle Point, Halls Creek bridge, Derby
Eagle Point Wildlife Management Area with nearly a mile of lakeshore habitat, provides excellent opportunities to see a variety of wetland and marsh species. Herons, bitterns, snipe, pied-billed grebes, rails, common moorhens, and marsh wrens make up a large portion of the species you will most likely encounter in the marshes of the WMA and many other wetland and terrestrial species.
The paddle will be led by Paul Hamelin, from the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Public comment meetings on the Draft Basin 17 Tactical Basin Plan have been scheduled for May 18th and 23rd. Everyone is Welcome
May 18th at 12:30 PM – Prouty Beach Pavilion, 386 Prouty Beach Rd, Newport City, Vermont – hosted by the Orleans Natural Resources Conservation District
May 23rd at 6:30 PM – Gateway Center, 84 Fife Drive, Newport City, Vermont – hosted by the Memphremagog Watershed Association
Basin 17 includes the Vermont portions of the St. Francis River Watershed encompassing a total of 589 square miles between the Lake Memphremagog drainage and the Tomifobia and Coaticook River watersheds. The plan includes 61 priority strategies focused on protecting and restoring water quality and aquatic habitat.
