Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2017 Investment Report

Appendix B. Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program Projects Appendix B fulfills the reporting requirement of Act 64 (2015)1, Section 36, codified at 10 V.S.A. § 1386(e) including: activities and progress of water quality Ecosystem Restoration Programs. Appendix B summarizes projects funded in SFY 2017 through the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program. Table 1 lists projects that were awarded capital dollars and Table 2 lists projects that were awarded Clean Water Fund dollars.

Sector is abbreviated in the project tables as follows:

Ag Agricultural pollution prevention NR Natural resources Roads Transportation/road-related stormwater SW Stormwater WW Wastewater treatment

TABLE 1. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION GRANTS AWARDED CAPITAL DOLLARS IN SFY 2017

County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Caledonia County Dishmill Brook/Burke Mountain Academy Caledonia Burke Natural Resources SW $7,276 Passumpsic Stormwater Treatment – Implementation Conservation District Passumpsic River Dam Removal at Burke Connecticut River Caledonia Burke Hollow Road in East Burke – NR $150,000 Passumpsic Conservancy Implementation Caledonia County Passumpsic River/Oak Street, St. St. Caledonia Natural Resources Johnsbury Stormwater Treatment – SW $91,500 Passumpsic Johnsbury Conservation District Implementation Beecher Hill Brook/Hinesburg Town Lewis Creek Chittenden Charlotte Garage Beecher Hill Rd. Stormwater SW $33,189 Northern Lake Champlain Association Treatment – Final Design

1 Act 64 or the “Vermont Clean Water Act;” 2015 Vt. Acts & Resolves 975, amended in 2017.

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Indian Brook/Fairview Drive and Main Chittenden Essex Essex Junction Street, Village of Essex Junction SW $147,854 Winooski Stormwater Treatment – Implementation Lake Iroquois/Pine Shore Road, Lake Iroquois Chittenden Hinesburg Hinesburg Stormwater Treatment – SW $34,000 Northern Lake Champlain Association Implementation LaPlatte River Corridor Easement (O'Neil Chittenden Hinesburg Vermont Land Trust NR $86,633 Northern Lake Champlain Farm) – Implementation Potash Brook/Commerce Square, South Chittenden South Burlington Williston Road, South Burlington SW $150,000 Northern Lake Champlain Burlington Stormwater Treatment – Implementation Winooski River/Fontaine Lane and North Chittenden Williston Williston Williston Road, Williston Roadside Erosion Roads $18,130 Winooski Control – Implementation Muddy Brook/Blackberry Ridge and Chittenden Williston Williston Walker Hill Road, Williston Streambank Roads $19,782 Winooski Erosion Control – Implementation Winooski Natural Chittenden, Watershed- Winooski River Riparian Buffer Resources NR $18,050 Winooski Washington wide Restoration/Planting – Implementation Conservation District Pike River/Franklin Town Highway Garage Franklin Watershed Franklin Franklin Stormwater Treatment – Preliminary SW $9,800 Missisquoi Committee Design Franklin, Highgate, University of Vermont Equipment to Enhance the Water Quality Missisquoi, Northern Lake Franklin Ag $99,554 St. Albans Extension Benefit of Cover Crops Champlain, Winooski Town Rock River Corridor Easement (Choiniere Franklin Highgate Vermont Land Trust NR $46,325 Missisquoi Property) – Implementation Northern Lake Champlain/Alburgh School Friends of Northern Grand Isle Alburgh Stormwater Treatment – Preliminary SW $6,500 Northern Lake Champlain Lake Champlain Design Gihon River Tributary/Johnson State Lamoille County Lamoille Johnson College Stormwater Treatment – SW $84,500 Lamoille Planning Commission Implementation

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed West Branch Little River/Stowe Bike Path Lamoille Stowe Stowe NR $276,547 Winooski Floodplain Restoration – Implementation Wild Branch Lamoille River Corridor Vermont River Lamoille Wolcott Easement (McCrumb Property) – NR $37,961 Lamoille Conservancy Implementation Lamoille River/Wolcott Town Garage and Lamoille Wolcott Wolcott Fire Station Stormwater Treatment – SW $15,888 Lamoille Implementation Missisquoi River Jay State Forest Restoration and Erosion Orleans Westfield NR $37,360 Missisquoi Basin Association Control – Implementation Rutland County Cold River Floodplain Restoration and Otter Creek-Litter Otter Creek- Rutland Clarendon Natural Resources Corridor Easement (Ruane Property) – NR $75,100 Lewis Creek Conservation District Implementation Rutland County Rutland Moon Brook/Easterly Avenue, Rutland Otter Creek-Litter Otter Creek- Rutland Natural Resources SW $20,000 City City Stormwater Treatment – Final Design Lewis Creek Conservation District Pekin Brook River Corridor Easement Washington Calais Vermont Land Trust NR $23,800 Winooski (Armstrong Farm) – Implementation Lozelle Brook/Harwood Union Middle and Friends of The Mad Washington Duxbury High School, Duxbury Stormwater SW $29,040 Winooski River Treatment – Implementation Stevens Branch Winooski River/Route Washington Montpelier Montpelier 302 and Berlin Street, Montpelier SW $42,000 Winooski Stormwater Treatment – Final Design Central Vermont Dog River/Union and Water Street, Washington Northfield Regional Planning Northfield Stormwater Treatment – SW $173,785 Winooski Commission Implementation Friends of The Dog River Floodplain Restoration – Washington Northfield NR $242,039 Winooski Winooski River Implementation Mad River/Fuller Hill Road, Warren Washington Warren Warren Stormwater Treatment – Preliminary SW $9,600 Winooski Design Vermont River Thatcher Brook River Corridor Easement Washington Waterbury NR $45,800 Winooski Conservancy (Roscioli Property) – Implementation Vermont River Saxtons River Corridor Easement (Kissel Windham Grafton NR $21,000 West-Williams-Saxtons Conservancy Property) – Implementation

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Green River Corridor Connecticut River Windham Guilford Easement/Floodplain Restoration – Final NR $8,140 Deerfield-Connecticut Direct Conservancy Design Green River Corridor Easement, Windham Regional Windham Guilford Floodplain Berm Removal, and Buffer NR $32,000 Deerfield-Connecticut Direct Commission Restoration – Implementation Connecticut River Winhall River Riparian Buffer Windham Jamaica NR $3,000 West-Williams-Saxtons Conservancy Restoration/Planting – Implementation Southern Windsor Trout Brook/Andover Branch River Windsor Andover County Regional Corridor and Floodplain Restoration – NR $26,520 West-Williams-Saxtons Planning Commission Implementation Ottauquechee Black River/Springfield Transfer Station Windsor Springfield Natural Resources SW $30,230 Ottauquechee-Black Stormwater Treatment – Final Design Conservation District White River Middle White River Corridor Easement Windsor Stockbridge NR $35,671 White Partnership (Hull Property) – Implementation Vermont Department Vermont State Parks Lake Shoreland Statewide Statewide of Forests, Parks and NR $71,472 Statewide Erosion Control – Implementation Recreation

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Upper White River Corridor Easement and White River Addison Hancock Buffer Restoration/Planting (Millard NR $56,704 White Partnership Property) – Implementation Bennington County Bennington Bennington Bennington Bedding Mulcher Equipment SW $5,107 Batten Kill-Walloomsac-Hoosic Conservation District Mettowee Watershed Forest Roads Dorset, Bennington County Bennington Erosion Assessment – Project NR $11,000 South Lake Champlain Rupert Conservation District Identification Bennington County Mill Brook Gully Stabilization – Bennington Rupert NR $18,600 Batten Kill-Walloomsac-Hoosic Conservation District Implementation Bennington County Sandgate Stormwater Master Plan – Bennington Sandgate SW $24,000 Batten Kill-Walloomsac-Hoosic Regional Commission Project Identification Batten Kill-Walloomsac-Hoosic, Bennington County Sunderland Stormwater Master Plan – Bennington Sunderland SW $24,000 Deerfield-Connecticut Direct, West- Regional Commission Project Identification Williams-Saxtons, Caledonia County Dishmill Brook/Burke Stormwater Caledonia Burke Natural Resources SW $40,970 Passumpsic Treatment – Implementation Conservation District Lake Memphremagog, Lamoille, Caledonia, Multiple Lamoille County Regional Hydroseeder Equipment-Share Passumpsic, Stevens-Wells-Waits- Essex, Roads $115,100 Towns Conservation District Program Ompompanoosuc, Upper Lamoille Connecticut River Winooski Natural Lake Iroquois Shoreland Erosion Control – Chittenden Hinesburg Resources NR $20,299 Northern Lake Champlain Final Design Conservation District Chittenden County Richmond Stormwater Master Plan – Chittenden Richmond Regional Planning SW $39,086 Winooski Project Identification Commission Munroe Brook/Brook Lane, Shelburne Chittenden Shelburne Shelburne SW $12,395 Northern Lake Champlain Stormwater Treatment – Implementation Shelburne, Shelburne Bay/Nesti Lane, Shelburne and Chittenden South Shelburne South Burlington Stormwater Treatment – SW $219,200 Northern Lake Champlain Burlington Implementation

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Potash Brook/Kennedy Drive, South South Chittenden South Burlington Burlington Stormwater Pond SW $20,000 Northern Lake Champlain Burlington Expansion/Retrofit – Preliminary Design Chittenden County Underhill Stormwater Master Plan – Chittenden Underhill Regional Planning SW $16,105 Lamoille Project Identification Commission Seymour River Stream Geomorphic Chittenden, Cambridge, Lamoille County Assessment/River Corridor Plan – Project NR $34,713 Lamoille Lamoille Underhill Planning Commission Identification Essex County Natural Maidstone Lake Shoreland Erosion Upper Essex Maidstone Resources NR $21,000 Assessment – Project Identification Connecticut Conservation District Lake Carmi Private Camp Roads and Franklin Watershed Franklin Franklin Culverts Erosion Assessment – Project Roads $4,000 Missisquoi Committee Identification Franklin Watershed Lake Carmi/Franklin Roadside Erosion Franklin Franklin Roads $8,500 Missisquoi Committee Control – Implementation Deer Brook/Route 7 and Route 104A, Friends of Northern Franklin Georgia Georgia Gully Remediation – Preliminary SW $86,700 Lamoille Lake Champlain Design St. Albans Franklin St. Albans City St. Albans City Street Sweeper Equipment Roads $128,074 Northern Lake Champlain City Town of Cambridge/Brewster River Lamoille County Lamoille Cambridge Floodplain Restoration – Preliminary NR $21,250 Lamoille Conservation District Design North Branch Lamoille River Corridor Lamoille Cambridge Vermont Land Trust NR $46,494 Lamoille Easement (Barup Farm) – Implementation Hyde Park, Lamoille County Hyde Park and Morristown Stormwater Lamoille SW $30,000 Lamoille Morristown Conservation District Master Plan – Project Identification North Branch Winooski River/Route 12, Lamoille, Elmore, Vermont River Elmore and Worcester Stormwater SW $3,000 Winooski Washington Worcester Conservancy Treatment – Final Design Braintree, Two Rivers- Ayers Brook River Corridor Design and Orange Brookfield, Ottauquechee NR $11,259 White Landowner Outreach Randolph Regional Commission

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Two Rivers- Randolph Stormwater Master Plan – Orange Randolph Ottauquechee SW $19,130 White Project Identification Regional Commission Second Branch White River Corridor Orange Randolph Vermont Land Trust Easement (Wortman Farm) – NR $38,463 White Implementation Chapman Farm River Corridor Easement Orange Tunbridge Vermont Land Trust NR $39,186 White – Implementation White River Natural Agricultural Pollution Prevention Project Watershed- Stevens-Wells-Waits- Orange Resources Planning and Design in the Stevens-Wells- Ag $10,000 wide Ompompanoosuc Conservation District Waits-Ompompanoosuc Basin Clean Water Projects Planning and Northwoods Orleans Charleston Implementation Work Crew (Northwoods SW $125,240 Passumpsic Stewardship Center Stewardship Center) Echo and Seymour Lake Shoreland Charleston, Northwoods Orleans Erosion Assessment – Project Roads $14,960 Lake Memphremagog Morgan Stewardship Center Identification Sleeper Pond/Mud Creek Dam Removal Newport Missisquoi River Orleans Alternatives Analysis in Newport Center – NR $32,450 Missisquoi City Basin Association Preliminary Design Brandon Stormwater Master Plan – Otter Creek-Litter Otter Creek- Rutland Brandon Brandon SW $30,000 Project Identification Lewis Creek Poultney River/York Street, Poultney Rutland Poultney Poultney Village SW $420,000 South Lake Champlain Stormwater Treatment – Implementation Ottauquechee-Black Rivers Rutland, Watershed- Stone Environmental Illicit/Unauthorized Discharge Detection SW $69,940 Ottauquechee-Black Windsor wide and Elimination Gunners Brook Floodplain Restoration – Washington Barre City Barre City NR $100,000 Winooski Implementation Washington Barre City Barre City City of Barre Vacuum Sweeper Equipment Roads $260,750 Winooski Washington Barre City Barre City City of Barre Vactor Equipment Roads $340,620 Winooski Edgewood Brook/Park-Winter Meadow Washington Barre City Barre City Neighborhood, Barre City Stormwater SW $36,978 Winooski Treatment – Implementation

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County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Fayston, Mad River/Fayston and Warren Friends of The Mad Washington Waitsfield, Elementary Schools Stormwater SW $18,685 Winooski River Warren Treatment – Preliminary Design Central Vermont Mad River Corridor Plan – Project Washington Moretown Regional Planning NR $27,878 Winooski Identification Commission Washington Northfield Northfield Northfield Hydroseeder Equipment Roads $6,628 Winooski Vermont River Thatcher Brook River Corridor Easement Washington Waterbury NR $5,750 Winooski Conservancy Design Central Vermont Mad River and Kingsbury Branch Watershed- Washington Regional Planning Stormwater Master Plan – Project SW $140,530 Winooski wide Commission Identification Whetstone Brook Floodplain Restoration Vermont River Windham Brattleboro and River Corridor Easement – NR $84,400 Deerfield-Connecticut Direct Conservancy Implementation Vermont River Saxtons River Tributary Corridor Easement Windham Grafton NR $2,000 West-Williams-Saxtons Conservancy Design (Howe, Willie, and Stiles Brooks) Vermont River Windham Guilford Green River Corridor Easement Design NR $2,000 Deerfield-Connecticut Direct Conservancy Vermont River Windsor Chester Williams River Corridor Easement Design NR $6,300 West-Williams-Saxtons Conservancy Windsor Springfield Springfield Springfield Vactor Truck Equipment Roads $375,000 Ottauquechee-Black White River Middle White River Corridor Easement Windsor Stockbridge NR $70,391 White Partnership (Freund/Finn Property) – Implementation Southern Windsor West Mill Brook Dam Removal at West Windsor Windsor County Regional NR $19,040 Ottauquechee-Black Windsor Firehouse – Implementation Planning Commission Vermont Department Curtis Hollow Brook/Coolidge State Forest Windsor Woodstock of Forests, Parks and Road Stream Culvert Removal – Roads $4,060 Ottauquechee-Black Recreation Implementation Lake Lake Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility Vermont Rural Water Champlain Champlain Technical Assistance to Optimize for WW $103,000 Lake Champlain Basin Regional Association Basin Basin Nutrient Treatment Development of Methodologies for Statewide Statewide Stone Environmental Identifying Subsurface Tile Drains on Ag $9,926 Statewide Agricultural Lands Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2017 Investment Report available at: http://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/cwi/cwf#report 8 Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2017 Investment Report Appendix B

County Town Partner Summary Title Sector Amount Watershed Vermont Department Acceptable Management Practices for Statewide Statewide of Forests, Parks and Water Quality on Logging Jobs Manual NR $20,000 Statewide Recreation Design and Editing Clean Water Projects Planning and Vermont Youth Statewide Statewide Implementation Work Crew (Vermont Roads $189,399 Statewide Conservation Corps Youth Conservation Corps) Watershed Statewide Illicit/Unauthorized Discharge Statewide Statewide Consulting SW $69,835 Statewide Detection and Elimination Associates, LLC

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