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Stormwater Management at Home
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Public meetings slated after petition to stop wake sports at 10 Vermont lakes
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…
MWA Celebrates Board Members and Staff Award Winners for Exemplary Service
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VT Department of Environmental Conservation presents –
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,…
