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DEC offers training on best practices to restore lake shorelines
The Shoreland Erosion Control and Restoration Training is a great opportunity for engineers, landscapers, designers, contractors, consultants, project managers, and other site workers. The all-day training will cover lake ecology, permitting and regulations, landscape design, project funding, best practices for using heavy machinery near lakeshores, and other shoreland best management practices.
Gov. Scott announces $784,000 grant for Newport to combat sewer overflows
NEWPORT — Governor Phil Scott, alongside the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), announced a significant environmental initiative, allocating $29.25 million in grants to address combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in 11 Vermont municipalities. This funding, sourced from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), aims to improve municipal sewer infrastructure, enhance water quality in the state’s streams and lakes, and comply with Vermont’s strict CSO regulations.
Recruiting and Training for Cyanobacteria Monitors
From the Vermont DEC Website:
Help us monitor for cyanobacteria blooms this summer by becoming a trained monitor! The official cyanobacteria monitoring season will begin on June 26. Monitors will receive a training from DEC staff on how to recognize and report blooms, and commit to monitoring a location on a lake every week for 12 weeks or more on the same day of the week.
Farrant Street, City of Newport Stormwater Treatment Project
Starting in mid-July, the Memphremagog Watershed Association, in partnership with the City of Newport, will be breaking ground on a stormwater improvement project on Farrant Street near the Newport Marina and former Numia Medical Technology building. The stormwater improvements will prevent approximately 19.8 pounds of phosphorus and over 1,000 pounds of sediment from entering Lake Memphremagog each year.
2024 Vermont Materials Management Plan
The purpose of the 2024 Materials Management Plan (MMP or Plan) is to provide a framework for the State and its citizens to feasibly prevent waste from being generated, reduce the toxicity
and environmental impacts of our waste stream, and expand reuse, recycling, and composting efforts to attain Vermont’s statewide goals.
