Watershed Grants 1998-2006

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Arlington, Town of 2004 Stabilization of Paths to the $1,000

2005 Stabilization of Access Path to Batten $485 Kill

Association of Vermont Recyclers 2005 Northeast Kingdom Healthy Home, $4,537 Clean Waters Campaign

Audubon Vermont 2001 Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge $3,655 Internship Project

2003 Northern Important $4,250 Bird Area Project

Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society 2004 Birding in the Black River Watershed $900

2005 Weathersfield Great Blue Heron $800 Rookery Webcam

Barnet School 2004 Stevens River Project $1,000

Batten Kill Watershed Alliance 2004 Batten Kill River Steward $2,000

2006 Batten Kill Conservation Nursery & $2,520 Planting Program

Berlin Conservation Commission 2000 Berlin Pond Watershed Conservation $1,000 Plan

Bennington County Conservation 2000 Batten Kill River Steward Program $3,500 District

2001 Batten Kill Buffer Outreach Program $2,100

2003 Clean-up $2,247

2005 Batten Kill Watershed Japanese $3,800 Knotweed Control Initiative

Bolton Conservation Commission, Town 2000 Preston Pond - Upper Duck Brook $3,350 of Bolton, VT Watershed Management Plan

Bonnyvale Environmental Education 1999 Watershed Monitor Training $910 Center

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Bonnyvale Environmental Education 2001 Windham County Watershed $2,000 Center (con’t) Monitoring and Education Outreach Project

2003 Watershed Stewardship Program $1,060

Bristol Conservation Commission 2005 Sycamore Park Improvements $500

Cabot Conservation Committee 1999 Cabot Watershed Field Studies Project $1,000

Calais Conservation Commission 2005 Calais Lakes and Ponds Watershed $1,000 Studies and Newsletters

2006 Calais Lakes and Ponds Watershed $2,500 Studies and Newsletters

Caledonia County Natural Resources 2004 East Branch Passumpsic Restoration $2,800 Conservation District

Castleton State College 1998 Outdoor Environmental Classroom for $500 Vernal Pool Conservation

Celebrate the Winooski 2002 Clean-Up $1,000

Central Vermont Audubon Society 2000 Berlin Pond Herps Inventory $250

Charlotte Conservation Commission 2004 Natural Communities Mapping and $3,200 Assessment, Thorp and Kimball Brooks

Connecticut River Joint Commissions 2001 Boating on the River in $1,500 Vermont and

Connecticut River Watershed Council 2004 Engineering for Removal of Island $5,000 Corporation Dam on the

Dorset, Town of 1999 Delineation of the Dorset Marsh $2,440

Elizabeth Mine Study Group 1998 Elizabeth Mine Remediation Project $500

1999 Elizabeth Mine Remediation Project $3,000

2001 Elizabeth Mine Remediation Project $3,000

2002 Elizabeth Mine Bio-monitoring Project $3,000

Enosburg Falls Village Trustees 2003 Enosburg Falls River Restoration and $5,000 Recreation Park

Essex County Natural Resource 2001 Water Conservation Days $500 Conservation District

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Fairfield Pond Recreation Association 2003 Fairfield Pond Education and Aquatic $1,000 Nuisance Control Clean-Up

2005 Fairfield Pond Education and Aquatic $5,854 Nuisance Control

2006 Fairfield Pond Education and Aquatic $5,000 Nuisance Control

Fairlee, Town of, and the Lake Morey 2000 Lake Morey - Connecticut River $3,636 Protective Association and the Lake Watersheds (aquatic nuisance control) Morey Commission

2001 Lake Morey - Connecticut River $3,191 Watersheds (aquatic nuisance control)

2003 Lake Morey - Connecticut River $2,500 Watersheds (aquatic nuisance control)

2005 Lake Morey - Connecticut River $5,800 Watersheds (aquatic nuisance control)

Fairlee Schools 1999 Watershed Quest / Vital Communities $700 of the Upper Valley

Franklin Watershed Committee 2002 Lake Carmi Restoration $2,000

2003 Lake Carmi Restoration $2,500

2004 Lake Carmi Restoration $3,600

2006 Lake Carmi Restoration $5,000

Friends of the 2000 Warren Mad River Park $2,500

2002 Phase I Assessment of the Mad River $4,900 Watershed

Friends of the Winooski River 2003 Community River Stewards $1,000

2005 Upper Winooski River Clean Up $5,000 Expansion and River Dumping Site Mapping

Friends of the Winooski River & Save 2005 North Branch River Phosphorus $4,000 the Old Tavern Farm Committee Reduction Project

Georgia Conservation Commission 1999 Town of Georgia Beach Erosion $1,000 Control

Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste 2000 Ottauquechee Falls-Rocky Beach $950 District Improvement Project

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Green Mountain Audubon Society, 1999 Wetland Observation Blind $2,200 Huntington Reconstruction

2000 Green Mountain Audubon Society’s $3,275 Common Tern Recovery Project

Green River Watershed Preservation 1998 Green River Dam Fishway $3,850 Alliance

Hartford, Town of 1998 Hazen Trail Project $4,000

Hartford, Town of 1998 Connecticut Riverfest Big Splash $1,000 Event

Harwood Union High School 2003 Common Ground $250

Hazen’s Notch Association for the 1998 Hazen’s Notch Watershed Inventory $2,700 Environment Project

Hinesburg Conservation Commission 2005 LaPlatte River Tree Planting $1,000

Hoosic River Watershed Association 2006 River Access and Riparian $2,500 Restoration at Former Tannery Site in Pownal

Intervale Foundation 2002 VT Riparian Propagation and $5,000 Education Project

2003 VT Riparian Propagation and $5,000 Education Project

2004 Vermont Riparian Project $4,800

2005 Intervale Conservation Nursery $3,950

2006 Intervale Conservation Nursery $5,000

Lake Carmi Watershed Committee 1998 Lake Carmi Integrated Crop $1,000 (see also Franklin Watershed Management Committee)

1999 Integrated Crop Management $900

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 2001 Paddling Ecology $3,000

2003 Paddling Ecology $2,500

2005 Paddling and Rowing Ecology $2,780

Lake Elmore Association 2003 Eurasian Watermilfoil Control $4,500

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Lake Groton Association 1999 Aquatic Plant Monitoring at Lake $982 Groton

2003 Aquatic Nuisance Early Detection $816 Program

Lake Memphremagog Watershed Assoc. 1998 Lord’s Creek Model Restoration $500 Project

Lake Parker Association, Glover 1998 Lake Parker Watershed Survey $500

2000 Lake Parker Walking-Hiking Trail $332

2001 Monitoring for Eurasian Watermilfoil $642 at the Lake Parker Boat Access

Lake Rescue Association, Ludlow 2004 Lake Rescue Restoration: Phase 1 $2,500

2005 Lake Rescue Restoration: Phase 1 $1,875 (Year 2)

2006 Lake Rescue and Pauline Restoration $2,150 (Phase 1, Year 3)

Lamoille County Natural Resources 1999 Lamoille County Westover Riparian $2,300 Conservation District and Nature Ctr. Project & Watershed Coordinator

2000 Lamoille County Watershed $3,400 Association Staff and Projects

2001 Lamoille County Watershed $5,000 Association Staff and Projects

2002 Trees for Streams $5,000

2003 Trees for Streams $2,000

2004 Trees for Streams $4,800

2005 Trees for Streams $2,500

2006 Trees for Streams $3,175

LaPlatte River Partnership 2004 Phase II Geomorphic Assessment on $5,000 the LaPlatte River

Lewis Creek Watershed Association dba 2000 Lewis Creek Student Monitoring and $2,200 Lewis Creek Association Citizenship Project-Curriculum

2002 Lewis Creek Stream Monitoring $850

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Lincoln Conservation Commission 2004 Lincoln Knotweed Control $850 Demonstration Project

Middlebury, Town of 2000 Town of Middlebury Wetlands $3,500 Mapping Project

Middlebury Area Land Trust 2005 Access Project Stormwater $5,000 Mitigation

Middlebury Union High School 2001 Addison County Watershed Project $3,600

Missisquoi River Basin Association 1999 Stream Stability $5,000

2003 Missisquoi Watershed Bank $1,000 Stabilization

2004 Missisquoi Watershed Bank $1,000 Stabilization

2005 Missisquoi Watershed Bank $5,000 Stabilization

Montpelier Conservation Commission 1998 North Branch River Park Bridge $500 Enhancement

Moosalamoo Association 2001 South Branch Middlebury River $4,500 Streambank Restoration and Interpretive Trail

Morristown, Town of 2001 Oxbow Shoreline $634 Preservation

Morristown Conservation Commission 2002 Kenfield Brook Swimming Hole $1,218 Project

National Audubon Society, Vermont 1999 Important Bird Areas & Marsh $2,300 Office Monitoring in the Champlain Basin

Nature Museum at Grafton, The 2002 Connecticut River Watershed: $3,500 Stewardship and Children

Newport, City of, and 1999 Whipple Point Boat Washing Station, $3,000 Town of Newport, Town of Derby Lake Memphremagog

2001 Whipple Point Boat Washing Station, $2,500 Lake Memphremagog

2002 Whipple Point Boat Washing Station, $3,000 Lake Memphremagog

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Newport, City of 2003 Zebra Mussel and Eurasian $3,400 Watermilfoil Washing Station

Ninevah Foundation 2002 Aquatic Nuisance Education and $3,000 Monitoring at Lake Ninevah

2003 Aquatic Nuisance Education and $3,000 Monitoring at Lake Ninevah

2004 Aquatic Nuisance Education and $3,000 Monitoring at Lake Ninevah

2005 Aquatic Nuisance Education and $5,000 Monitoring at Lake Ninevah

2006 Aquatic Nuisance Education and $5,000 Monitoring at Lake Ninevah

North Hero, Town of & Pelots Bay 2003 Pelots Bay Restoration $5,000 Restoration Association, Inc.

2004 Pelots Bay Restoration $3,840

2005 Pelots Bay Restoration $3,150

2006 Pelots Bay Restoration $2,670

Northeast Kingdom Conservation 2001 Streambank $5,000 Service Corps (NorthWoods Stewardship Stabilization and Riparian Buffer Ctr) Restoration Project, Vermont Leadership Center

2005 Black River Stream Bank Stabilization $4,000 Project

2006 Black River Stream Bank Stabilization $4,685 Project – Phase II

Northeast Vermont Development 2004 Basin 14: Phases 1 &2 Bridge and $2,752 Association Culvert Assessments

Ottauquechee NRCD 1999 Connecticut Riverfest $3,310 VT Assoc. of Cons. Districts

Otter Creek Audubon Society 1998 Addison County Riverwatch $1,000

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Otter Creek Audubon Society and 2004 Citizen Water Quality Monitoring $1,000 Addison County River Watch Program, Final Report Printing Collaborative

Otter Creek NRCD Middlebury River Watershed Partnership $4,680

Passumpsic Valley Land Trust 1999 Passumpsic Valley Riverway Outreach $3,500 Coordinator

Plainfield Conservation Commission 2000 Great Brook Project $995

Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources 1998 Streambank Project $550 Conservation District

2002 Poultney River Restoration $3,300

2003 Mettowee River Buffer Outreach $2,900 Program

2004 Water Quality Monitoring in the $4,000 Poultney River Watershed 2006 Water Quality Testing and Education $5,000 in the Poultney Mettowee Watershed

Randolph Parks and Recreation 2001 Hello River (festival and education) $1,000

Rutland County Audubon Society 2001 Our Reclusive Amphibian Neighbors $225

Rutland Natural Resources Conservation 1999 Streambank & Water Quality $2,000 District Protection 2006 Upper Otter Creek Watershed Council,

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring $2,550

Outreach

St. Albans Area Watershed Association 2003 Community Education and Outreach $400

2004 Stream Flow Measurements of Stevens $1,000 and Rugg Brooks

2006 Don’t Fertilize in Spring Campaign $680

Salem Lakes Association 2000 Lake Salem Watershed Survey $600

Seymour Lake Association 2000 Aquatic Nuisance Prevention, $5,200 Identification and Control in Seymour Lake

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Seymour Lake Association (con’t) 2001 Aquatic Nuisance Prevention, $2,700 Identification and Control in Seymour Lake

2003 Aquatic Nuisance Prevention, $3,500 Identification and Control in Seymour Lake

South Burlington, City of, Natural 2002 Pesticides in Our Water $635 Resource Committee

Southern Windsor County Regional 2001 Mill Brook Banks and Buffers $1,500 Planning Commission / Mill Brook Watershed Association

South Royalton Public Schools 2004 Complimentary Trail and River $1,000 Projects

Sterling College 2003 Spawning Area $500 Water Quality Assessment

Sunset Lake Preservation Association 2000 Sunset Lake Water Quality Testing $1,000 and Pollution Location Identification

Tinmouth Pond Milfoil Project 2002 The Frog Pond Newsletter $762

Vermont Institute of Natural Science 2000 Conserving Endangered Loons in $3,650 Watersheds of the Northeastern Kingdom

2001 Determining the Status and Increasing $1,000 Public Awareness of Endangered Loons in the Lake Champlain Watershed

2002 Atlantic Salmon: Education and $5,200 Citizenship

Vermont Institute of Natural Science 2004 Conservation and Management of the $4,325 Common Loon in Vermont

2005 Volunteer Support for the Vermont $1,000 Loon Recovery Project

2006 Conservation and Management of the $4,895 Common Loon in Vermont

Vermont Land Trust 2003 Preston Pond Parcel Acquisition $2,000

Vermont Leadership Center 2003 Sleepers River Restoration Project $4,960

Vermont River Conservancy 2000 Irish Hill Ridgeline-Berlin Pond $7,250 Watershed Project

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps 1998 Youth Corps Watershed Restoration $5,000 Program

1999 Youth Corps Watershed Restoration $4,000 Program

2000 VYCC Roving Watershed Restoration $3,000 Crews

2001 VYCC Roving Watershed Crew $3,000

2002 VYCC Roving Watershed Crew $3,000

2003 VYCC Watershed Restoration Crews $3,000

2004 VYCC Roving Watershed Crews $3,800

2006 VYCC Water Quality and Watershed $4,000 Restoration Projects

Waterbury, Town of 1999 Thatcher Brook Canoe Landing $1,000

West River Watershed Alliance 2003 Volunteer Training Workshop and $4,000 Water Quality Monitoring Program

2005 Water Quality Monitoring Program $3,600

2006 Water Quality Monitoring Project $5,000

West Rutland, town of 1999 West Rutland Marsh Education $500 Awareness

Westmore Association 1998 Watershed Survey $500 and Restoration

2003 Milfoil Information Exchange $700 Network

White River Natural Resources Conservation District and the Al-Lens 2004 Boltonville Land Use Exploration $4,880 Farm

2006 Sucker Brook Avulsion Stabilization Williston, Town of Project $5,000

2006 Water Quality Monitoring White River Partnership $5,000 Project

Winooski Parks and Recreation 2004 Gilbrook Nature Area Educational $2,200 Department Initiative

Organization Year/Project Grant Amount

Winooski Valley Park District 2003 Invasive Species Removal and $1,000 Education in the Winooski River Watershed

Vermont Watershed Grants are funded through the sale of the Conservation License Plate.

Vermont Watershed Grants is a joint project of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Environmental Conservation. For more information: Vermont Watershed Grants Office VT Dept of Environmental Conservation WQ Div Bldg 10 North 103 South Main Street Waterbury VT 05671-0408 [email protected] or 802-241-3770 http://vtwaterquality.org/lakesgrants.htm