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

The Tactical Basin Plan identifies actions that will protect or improve rivers, lakes and wetlands through cost-effective projects, including floodplain restoration, lakeshore restoration, agricultural best management practices and stormwater projects. The plan includes 61 priority strategies focused on protecting and restoring water quality and aquatic habitat.

The Tactical Basin Plan will serve as the guidebook for water quality protection and restoration efforts in this basin for the next five years. The plan provides updates on water quality challenges in the Lake Memphremagog watershed, progress that has been made over the last five years improving waters for fishing, swimming, and boating, and includes targeted strategies on how we can improve these efforts over the next five years.

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.

Further details and Virtual teams link information is available at DEC. Learn about projects in your area, and view more than 350 specific actions for the Lake Memphremagog, Tomifobia and Coaticook Basin.

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