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Passumpsic River Watershed RESOLUTION of CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE for VERMONT COMPREHENSIVE RIVER PLANNING ,_ I I ' I � ', BRIGHTON PASSUMPSIC RIVER '\� ' ,. ....., ' \ ' ' ,, ... WATERSHED WESTMORE I' "', I "- f ( I "' I ....,_,,� ' , ' I EAST HAVEN I ' I I , I [ .,,,.,.,(-..... ', ,,.,,"',.,,.-,� ,J I "-- \ .......... ...... ' .....' , ' , I GRANBY ' I l ,.,, \ I' ,,,, I' ,,.I I I , ....._ - CABOT\ PRELIMINARY COMPREHENSIVE \ I RIVER PLAN \.- ... prepared by: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Water Quality Division 103 South Main Street Waterbury, Vermont 05671-0408 August 1991 The Preliminary Comprehensive the Passumpsic River Vermont This Preliminary Comprehensive River Plan Was Prepared By The Vermont Agency Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water Quality Building 10 North 103 South Main Street Waterbury, VT 05671-0408 Telephone: (802) 244-6951 With Assistance From Residents and Visitors Of The Passumpsic River Watershed RESOLUTION OF CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR VERMONT COMPREHENSIVE RIVER PLANNING WHEREAS: The citizens of Vermont whose interests include agriculture, silvi­ culture, fisheries, boating, hydropower, alpine skiing, real estate development, water qua 1 i ty, environmental conservation, and municipal, regional, state and federal natural resource and recreation planning and management are represented on the Citizens Advisory Committee through appointment by the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources; WHEREAS: A comprehensive river planning process for involving the citizenry, whose interests we represent in the Passumpsic River Watershed, in an inventory of river uses, values, management goals and actions was adopted by the Citizens Advisory Committee on June 15, 1989; WHEREAS: This process was carried out in the Passumpsic River Watershed. Those citizens whose interests we represent were invited to participate in the planning process, and comments made by those citizens were accurately incorporated into this preliminary plan for the Passumpsic River Watershed; NOW THEREFORE: We respectfully submit this preliminary comprehensive river p 1 an for the Passumps ic River Watershed to the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. The above resolution, having been read and discussed in an open meeting by the Citizens Advisory Committee for Vermont Comprehensive Rivers Planning on 17 July 1991 at Waterbury State Office Complex, Waterbury, VT was adopted. �vZfl�� Chairman OF CONTENTS I: 1 Section Introduction Section II: Water Quality Inventory 5 Public Comments and Involvement 9 Upper Passumpsic River Watershed 28 Middle Passumpsic River Watershed 51 Upper Passumpsic River Watershed 73 Summary 84 Section III: Recreational and Cultural Resources Inventory 93 Public Comments 93 Scenic Areas and Cultural Resources 96 Public Access 100 Boating . 111107 Sport Fisheries 119 Natural Areas Section IV: Project Conclusions: Opportunities, Goals, and Recommended Actions 123 References 133 Appendix A: Mailing List and Contacts for Public Participation in the Passumpsic 134 River Project Appendix B: Public Comments Summary from the March, 1990 Public Workshop for 135 the Passumpsic River Project Appendix C: Connecticut River Watershed Council Trout Unlimited, and Wheelock- Titcomb letter 140 Appendix D: Excerpts from the Essex County Natural Areas Inventory - areas within the Moose River drainage 143 Appendix E: Public Comments Summary from the June, 1991 Public Workshop for the Passumpsic River Project 160 Appendix F: Public Responsiveness Summary from the August 8, 1991 hearing 162 i . FI Figure 1. Bacteria s ing locations in the Passumpsic River Watershed ilized by Passumpsic River Watch Network during August/ September l Figure 2. Passumpsic and Moose River hydrographs, 8/15/90 - 9/30/90. Figure 3. Passumpsic River Watch Network - 1990; E. coli results on the Passumpsic ver mainstem. Figure 4. Passumpsic River Watch Network - 1990; Total coliform results on the Passumpsic ver mainstem. Figure 5. Passumpsic River Watch Network - 1990; E.coli results on tributary sites in the Passumpsic River watershed. Figure 6. Passumpsic ver Watch Network - 1990; Total coliform results on tributary sites in the Passumpsic River watershed. Figure 7. Passumpsic ver Watershed - E. coli/100 ml - 8/23/90. Figure 8. Passumpsic ver Watershed - Total coliform/100 ml - 8/23/90. Figure 9. Passumpsic ver - E. coli/100 ml - 8/29/90. Figure 10. Passumpsic ver Watershed - Total coliform/100 ml - 8/29/90. Figure 11. Passumpsic River Watershed - E. coli/100 ml - 9/8/90. Figure 12. Passumpsic ver Watershed - Total coliform/100 ml - 9/8/90. Figure 13. Passumpsic River Watershed - E. coli/100 ml - 9/18/90. Figure 14. Passumpsic River Watershed - Total coliform/100 ml - 9/18/90. Figure 15. Upper Passumpsic River Sub-basin: West Branch Watershed. Figure 16. Upper Passumpsic River Sub-basin: East Branch Watershed. Figure 17. Upper Passumpsic River Sub-basin: Miller Run Watershed. Figure 18. Upper Passumpsic River Sub-basin: Mainstem Watershed. Figure 19. Middle Passumpsic River Sub-basin: Moose River Watershed. Figure 20. Middle Pas ic ver Sub-basin: Sleepers River Watershed. Figure 21. Middle Passumpsic ver sub-basin: Mainstem Watershed. ii. LIST OF FIGURES, continued Figure 22. Lower Passumpsic River Sub-basin: Joes Brook Watershed. Figure 23. Lower Passumpsic River Sub-basin: Mainstem Watershed. Figure 24. Impaired, partially impaired, or threatened status of aquatic habitat in the Passumpsic River Watershed. Figure 25. Formal and informal public access areas of the Passumpsic River Watershed. Figure 26. Natural/cultural watershed settings of the Passumpsic River Watershed. i i i ST Table 1. Water quality effects of point sources of pollution. Table 2. Water quality effects of nonpoint sources of pollution. Table 3. Passumpsic Watershed sampling site locations: 1990 Bacteria testing pilot project. Table 4. Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPA) in the West Branch Watershed. Table 5. Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPA) in the East Branch Watershed. Table 6. Slumping streambank segments in the Upper Passumpsic River mainstem. Table 7. Slumping streambank segments in the Lower Passumpsic River mainstem. Table 8. Water quali summary of the Passumpsic River Basin. Table 9. Archeological Resources of the Passumpsic River Watershed. Table 10. Historic Resources: Covered Bridges of the Passumpsic River Watershed. Table 11. Historic Resources: Historic Districts of the Passumpsic River Watershed. Table 12. Public access areas of the West Branch Watershed. Table 13. Public access areas of the East Branch Watershed. Table . Public access areas of the Upper Passumpsic River Mainstem Watershed. Table 15. Public access areas of the Moose River Watershed. Table 16. Public access areas of the Joes Brook Watershed. Table 17. Boat portages along the Passumpsic River Mainstem. Table 18. East Branch Canoe Race: Paddler questionnaire responses. Table 19. Sport Fisheries of the Passumpsic River Watershed. iv. INTRODUCTION The Vermont Comprehensive Rivers Program The Vermont Comprehensive Rivers Program is an effort by the Department of Environmental Conservation to provide leadership and assist the public in the development of river use plans. Most importantly, the Comprehensive Rivers Program hopes to build and strengthen the local interest necessary to establish an ongoing river planning and management process. With this in mind, the present report and the work leading up to it represent a new opportunity to create a partnership among those who use and value the rivers and streams of the Passumpsic River Basin. Balanced river conservation policies can only be created by addressing the full complexity of issues related to river uses and values. The Passumpsic River watershed with its diversity of natural and cultural settings, requires a river planning process including those interested in: 1) water quality, 2} hydropower, 3) flatwater and whitewater boating, 4) fish and wildlife communities, 5} gorges, rapids, waterfalls, and other scenic features, 6} domestic and industrial water supply, 7) agriculture, 8) silviculture, 9) natural river corridors, 10) housing and commercial development, 11) wastewater assimilation, 12) public areas accessible for fishing, boating, swimming, and passive enjoyment, 13) rare and irreplaceable areas including habitat for threatened and endangered species, 14) free-flowing river segments, 15) wild, remote, and undeveloped river segments, 16) archeological and historical sites, and 17) floodplains and floodwater discharge. (Appendix A lists those individuals and organizations contacted for involvement in the Passumpsic River Project} Recognizing rivers as a finite resource, the Passumpsic River Project has taken a basin-wide approach in exploring existing or potential opportunities to fulfill the needs of the broadest range of river interests. River use confli , however, and the goal of this planning process is to establish agreements between the various interests that will guide local, state, and federal decisions concerning the management of Passumpsic River resources. that maintaining ions where one use is the beginni op a comprehensive its butaries. ve certain confli and may uncover new issues attent ion on the an will establish a public Passumpsic. People isions that affect icensing in 1993 c facilities nstem of the swill years. The tizens Advisory vi ly important to vement in a sought input from ic workshops, mailed surveys, ews and telephoni .. , "dislikes", and "visions tributaries. In so i 1 Passumpsic, their consider a desi values. review Passumpsic River use ver use goals and issues
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