While we love working in the valley bottom rivers and lakes, there is a need for conservation and restoration work in the upper parts of our headwaters too. As a result of centuries of logging roads, sugaring trails, and development, steep forested headwaters can be a significant source of sediment and erosion. Forest roads and trails can collect and concentrate runoff at high rates and volumes. This runoff can carry large quantities of sediment and deliver highly erosive stream flows due to steep slopes, poorly maintained or installed culverts, and ditching. To address this issue, MWA is working with several large forest landowners in the upper Clyde River and Brownington Branch headwaters to identify opportunities to improve forest roads and trails and reduce erosion and sediment by installing Best Management Practices. This work is funded by Watershed United Vermont’s (WUV) Project Development Block Grant.