Ecosystem Restoration Program Grants, Awarded for FY2015, by County The topic and category key is provided on page 5.

County Partner Summary Title Funding Topic Category Addison Addison County Regional Stormwater Master Planning for the Town of $22,750 S 1 Planning Middlebury Lake Champlain Committee Assessment and Project Design for Modifications to the $10,430 S 1 Crosby Farms Stormwater Treatment Pond in the City of Vergennes Partnership Upper White River Corridor Restoration Project $54,113 R 3

Bennington Watershed Consulting Bennington Infrastructure Stormwater Mapping Project $32,990 S 1

Bennington and Watershed Consulting Bennington and Pawlet Illicit Discharge Detection and $51,192 S 1 Rutland Elimination (IDDE)

Caledonia Caledonia County Natural Lower Passumpsic Watershed Restoration and Project $13,640 R 1 Resources Conservation Development District Caledonia County Natural Dishmill Brook Watershed Stormwater Master Planning $37,550 S 1 Resources Conservation and Stormwater Treatment Design in East Burke Village District

Caledonia County Natural Western Avenue, St. Johnsbury Stormwater Treatment $14,829 S 1 Resources Conservation Project Design to Improve Water Quality in the Sleepers District River NorthWoods Stewardship NorthWoods Conservation Corps – Watershed Crew $14,290 S 2 Center Caledonia and Watershed Upper Corridor Planning Project: Phase 2 $67,798 R 1 Orange Council Stream Geomorphic Assessment and Project Development Caledonia and NorthWoods Stewardship Phosphorous Reduction in the Lake Memphremagog $49,258 L 2 Orleans Center Basin through Riparian Buffer Installations

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County Partner Summary Title Funding Topic Category Chittenden Birds of Museum Birds of Vermont Stream Restoration to Improve Stream $15,000 R 2 Bank Stability of Sherman Hollow Brook

City of Burlington Installation of Pervious Sidewalk (Stormwater Sidewalk) $11,890 S 2 to Increase Infiltration and Reduce Stormwater Runoff

Fitzgerald Environmental Crooked Creek Gully Restoration $13,000 S 2 Associates Lake Champlain Land Trust The Upper LaPlatte River Natural Area Floodplain & $15,750 R 2 River Restoration Project Lake Iroquois Recreation Lake Iroquois Public Beach Area Ecological Landscape $49,661 L 2 District Design, Erosion Control, and Stormwater Management

Winooski Natural Resources Colchester High School Stormwater Runoff Mitigation $18,840 S 1 Conservation District Project Chittenden and Winooski Natural Resources Installation of Forested Riparian Buffers in the Winooski $23,625 R 2 Washington Conservation District River Basin – Trees for Streams, Spring 2015

Essex Essex County Natural Town of Brighton Stormwater Management Retrofit $17,350 S 1 Resources Conservation Planning and Design District Vermont River Conservancy Merck Parcel: River Corridor Easement along the $51,736 R 3 Franklin Franklin Watershed Committee Restore Lake Carmi Shorelands through Installation of $37,125 L 2 Best Management Practices Friends of Northern Lake Agricultural Best Management Practices Project $35,000 A 1 Champlain Identification in Critical Source Areas of Hungerford Brook Basin Installation of Road Erosion Best Management Practices $32,805 Rd 2 Association along Northrop Road at Talcott Road (WB-3) in the Town of Fairfield

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County Partner Summary Title Funding Topic Category Franklin continued Town of Fairfield Erosion Reduction along Shenang Road $30,000 Rd 2 Vermont River Conservancy Hurteau River Corridor Easement along the Lamoille $48,220 R 3 River Village of Swanton Marble Mill Park Underground Stormwater Treatment: $74,880 S 2 Final Design and Implementation Franklin and Missisquoi River Basin Missisquoi Watershed Riparian Buffer Restoration $45,000 R 2 Orleans Association Lamoille Lamoille County Natural Hyde Park Stormwater Improvement Project $75,000 S 2 Resources Conservation District Town of Cambridge Floodplain Restoration at the Cambridge Trail Bridge $61,605 R 2 along the Lamoille and Brewster Rivers Vermont River Conservancy Selawsky River Corridor Easement: Wild Branch $11,500 R 3 Vermont River Conservancy Selawsky River Corridor Easement: Wild Branch - Phase $26,540 R 3 2 Village of Jeffersonville Jeffersonville River Corridor Easement Acquisition $4,677 R 3 Orange Upper Valley Land Trust Corridor Conservation at $84,597 R 3 Dresser Farm and Odd Dog Farm Orange and White River Natural Resources Agriculture No-Till Drill Equipment Rental Program $34,550 A 2 Windsor Conservation District Orleans Memphremagog Watershed Project Identification and Design for Stormwater $20,000 S 1 Association Treatment in the Memphremagog Watershed

Stone Environmental Memphremagog IDDE Completion $9,040 S 1 Rutland Fitzgerald Environmental Project Prioritization and Design for Implementation of $10,000 R 1 Associates the Cold River Corridor Plan

Middletown Springs Fire Middletown Springs Stormwater Runoff Mitigation $10,580 S 1 Association through Green Stormwater Infrastructure

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County Partner Summary Title Funding Topic Category Rutland continued Poultney-Mettowee Natural Agricultural Runoff Mitigation Project on a Tributary to $75,000 A 2 Resources Conservation Beaver Brook District Poultney-Mettowee Natural Flower Brook Watershed Stormwater Master Planning in $38,610 S 1 Resources Conservation the Town of Pawlet District Poultney-Mettowee Natural Agricultural Water Quality Best Management Practices $74,010 A 2 Resources Conservation Implementation Project District Rutland Natural Resources East Creek Watershed Stormwater Runoff Reduction $75,000 S 2 Conservation District Project in Rutland City Washington Central Vermont Regional Northfield Stormwater Mitigation Site Construction $59,842 S 2 Planning Commission City of Montpelier Stormwater Master Planning for the City of Montpelier $40,000 S 1

Friends of the Slow, Spread, and Sink it – Stormwater Mitigation $29,810 S 1 Project Identification and Design at Harwood Union Middle School and High School

Friends of the Barre Neighborhood Stormwater Management Plan $15,970 S 1

Friends of the Winooski River Cabot School Stormwater Mitigation Designs $8,881 S 1

Friends of the Winooski River Stormwater Mitigation Project Design to Address Gully $17,147 S 1 Erosion and Sedimentation along Pouliot Avenue in Barre Town Friends of the Winooski River Flood Mitigation Project Identification and Design along $37,570 R 1 the Dog River in the Town of Northfield Winooski Natural Resources Rumney Memorial School Stormwater Mitigation $8,130 S 1 Conservation District Project

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County Partner Summary Title Funding Topic Category Windsor Lake Rescue Association Implementation of Projects to Address Sediment $44,688 R 2 Sources in the Upper Black River Watershed Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Pinney Hollow Brook Floodplain and Streambed $21,200 R 1 Regional Commission Restoration Design Vermont River Conservancy Pingree Flats Floodplain Restoration in Plymouth $15,000 R 2

Regional - Stone Environmental Upper and Middle Connecticut River and Passumpsic $58,100 S 1 Connecticut River River IDDE

Regional - Lake Stone Environmental Advanced Follow-up Investigation on IDDE in the Otter $30,400 S 1 Champlain Basin Creek, , and

University of Vermont Implementing Precision Agriculture Technology to $75,057 A 2 Improve Application and Minimize Nutrient Loss of Manure Winooski Natural Resources Equine Manure Runoff Management Program $13,000 A 2 Conservation District Statewide VTrans Better Back Roads Projects $30,000 Rd 2 VACD Trees for Streams - Installation of Forested Buffers $67,500 R 2 VACD Expansion of Portable Skidder Bridge Program to Reduce $75,000 F 2 Erosion from Logging Operations Vermont Youth Conservation Implement Road Erosion Best Management Practices $75,000 Rd 2 Corps along Class IV Roads

Topic Key A: Agricultural Runoff R: River Corridor/Floodplain Restoration/Protection F: Forestry Rd: Road Construction/Maintenance L: Lake Shoreline Restoration/Protection S: Stormwater Runoff

Category Key 1: Project Development/Scoping 2: Project Implementation 3: Resource Protection

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