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MWA 2025 Scholarship Awards
The Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) is pleased to announce the recipients of scholarship awards to 2025 graduates of area high schools.
This year, the scholarship fund is shared by four highly qualified recipients:
Let’s talk about Blue/Green Algae!
On Wednesday, July 24th, at the Gateway Center, in Newport, Vermont, MWA hosted a symposium on Cyanobacteria/blue-green algae. A panel of experts discussed the “good, the bad, and the ugly” of cyanobacteria and what it means to each of us.
Logs in the river? Keep them there, Vermont officials advise
By Emma Cotton July 29, 2023 vtdigger
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 Department. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger
Over time, experts have learned that rivers best recover from flooding when they’re largely left alone — and in fact, the legacy of “cleaning” rivers has made water more fast and powerful during subsequent floods.MWA Stormwater Improvement Project
The Memphremagog Watershed Association recently completed a stormwater improvement project on Farrant and Lake Streets in Newport City. The improvements now collect and treat stormwater runoff from nearly 125 acres uphill of Prouty Bay and the Newport Marina. The project will prevent 1,000 pounds of sediment and 19.8 pounds of phosphorus from entering Lake Memphremagog…
Valley Brook Restoration Project
In November 2025, the Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) wrapped up two more stages of a large-scale stream and floodplain restoration project in Morgan, VT. This project is a continuation of work initiated in 2023 on the newly acquired Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD) Streambank Management Area (SMA). Phase 1 work included farm reclamation and multiple floodplain and stream restoration activities along Valley Brook and its tributaries. Phase 2 shifts project focus toward restoration opportunities upstream and downstream of the SMA. Ultimately, this includes the replacement of four crossing structures on Valley Brook and planting a woody riparian buffer along several stretches of the stream.
Vermont DEC offers guidance to help property owners protect shorelands
A shoreland property owner used a best management practice for encapsulated soil lifts to reduce erosion and stabilize the shoreline along Lake Bomoseen; the lifts or terraces also help to protect water quality and recreate wildlife habitat. DEC photo.
