2018-2014 Watershed Grants Project List

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2018-2014 Watershed Grants Project List Organization Year Project Grant Amount Addison County River Watch Collaborative 2016 Workshops and Analysis to Enhance Flood Resiliency of Headwater Forests $4,998 Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society 2018 Herrick's Cove Wildlife Festival $4,100 Bennington County Conservation District 2014 Morgan Street Wetlands Interim Management Plan $2,500 Bennington County Conservation District and Friends of WHPNA 2015 Walloomsac Headwaters Park and Natural Area Final Management Plan $4,000 Bennington Nautral Resources Conservation District 2017 Green River Knotweed mgmt consortium $4,700 Bennington Regional Planning Comission 2017 Tubbs Brook ‐ Skiparee Road $10,000 Black River Action Team 2018 River Dipper Water Quality Monitoring Program $1,650 Caledonia County Natural Resources Conservation District 2014 Rivers and Roads Program $6,800 2015 Rivers and Roads Program $6,450 Connecticut River Conservancy 2018 Planning for Stormwater Reduction in Deerfield Watershed $3,500 Connecticut River Watershed Council 2014 Upper Wells River Dam Removal $15,000 2015 Abbott Brook Culvert Replacement, South Strafford $12,500 2015 Groton #9 Dam Removal, Wells River $7,500 2016 Bagatelle Dam Removal, West River watershed $9,500 Evaluating fish thermal refugia in the Wells River basin Dartmouth College 2016 $3,030 with Vermont Geomorphic Assessment data Essex Natural Resources Conservation District 2017 Wetland restoration ‐ Johnson Farm $10,000 Widening Circles: Expanding the Effectiveness of Lake Protection Strategies: Phase Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds 2014 $9,720 IV Widening Circles: Expanding the Effectiveness of Lake Protection Strategies: Phase 2015 $6,000 V Effective communication materials for Pike River watershed water quality Franklin Watershed Committee 2018 documents $5,000 Water Quality Monitoring in the Mad River Watershed: Learning from Past Data Friends of the Mad River 2015 $4,975 Collection and Planning for Future Implementation 2017 Ridge to River Storm Smart program $4,945 Friends of Northern Lake Champlain 2018 Two‐Tiered Ditch P‐Loss Monitoring at Bouchard Farm $3,500 Friends of the Winooski River 2014 Riparian Restoration and Stewardship $7,200 2015 Hayes Road Culvert Replacement $14,000 Friends of Winooski 2017 Riparian Restroration and stewardship $10,000 Green Mountain Club 2018 Southern Backcountry Caretaker Program $5,000 Intervale Center 2015 Intervale Conservation Nursery $4,000 Lake Champlain Committee 2015 April Stools' Day $3,500 2016 Lessons from the Floods $5,000 Lewis Creek Watershed from Headwaters to Lake Champlain: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 2016 $4,950 A Pilot Education Program for Tributaries 2018 Watershed Science Apprenticeship Skill‐Build Program $5,000 Lamoille County Planning Commission 2014 Lamoille Watershed Road Erosion Project $4,261 2014 River Corridor Planning in the Lamoille Watershed: A Story Map $3,000 Stormwater Mitigation and Flood Resilience for Thorp Brook and the Big Oak Lane Lewis Creek Association 2018 Neighborhood $10,000 Missisquoi River Basin Association 2016 Missisquoi 206 Water Sampling Program $3,500 2018 Cultivating Watershed Stewards in the Missisquoi Basin $2,440 Montpelier Conservation Commission & Parks Department 2017 Montpelier and Emily vs the Buffer Slayers $8,700 Northern Forest Canoe Trail 2016 East Highgate Dam Remains Removal $10,000 Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District 2014 River Roadshow $7,500 2016 Watershed Water Testing $3,500 2018 Mill Brook Water Quality Analysis $965 Southern Windsor RPC 2017 W. Windsor Dam Removal $10,000 The Orianne Society 2018 Halting and reversing Wood Turtle population decline in Vermont $3,500 The Westmore Association, Inc. 2015 Lake Willoughby Greeter Program $6,000 Town of Charleston 2014 Milfoil Prevention Project $5,000 2015 Milfoil Prevention Project $5,000 2016 Milfoil Prevention Project $5,000 2018 Echo Lake Ecosystem School Education and Milfoil Prevention Project $5,000 Town of Charlotte 2017 Ahead of the Storm Site 2 Treatment $2,750 2018 Ahead of the Storm $2,500 Town of Derby 2017 Eagle Point Hall's Creek crossing $10,000 Town of Lyndon 2018 Conversion of former Lyndon Town Garage site to public greenspace $3,500 Town of Northfield 2014 Water Street River Park Phase 3: Planning $4,500 Town of Williston 2017 Allen Brook Wayside Interpretive Exhibit $4,800 Trout Unlimited 2018 Little Averill Pond Culvert Replacement $10,000 Trout Unlimited Inc. 2016 Mettowee River Connectivity Project and Culvert Restoration $10,000 Two Rivers‐Ottaquechee Regional Planning Commission 2014 Pinney Hollow Brook Floodplain/Habitat Restoration $4,971 Improving and managing ditch spoil under the municipal roads general permit 2017 $5,000 outreach events Valley Quest 2016 Valley Quest Watershed Institute and Curriculum $5,000 Vermont Center for Ecostudies 2014 Common Loon Nest‐Warning Sign Project $4,500 2016 The Vermont Freshwater Mussel Atlas Cooperative $3,500 2018 Vermont Vernal Pool Monitoring Program $3,500 Vermont Granite Museum 2014 Vermont Granite Museum Ecological Restoration Plan $5,000 Vermont Natural Resources Council 2018 Outreach Efforts for Dam Removal in the Lake Champlain Basin $3,000 Vermont River Conservancy 2014 Rochester / Pittsfield River Access Project $7,000 2016 Community Based Riparian Restoration and Recreation Enhancement Project $8,750 Vital Communities 2017 Watershed quest challenge project $5,000 VT PBS 2017 Keeping Lake Champlain Great $5,000 VT River Conservancy 2017 North Branch cascades stormwater mitigation and pedestrian trail $9,625 Westminster Conservation Commission 2018 Identifying Vulnerable Wetlands and Upland Forests $3,500 White River Natural Resources Conservation District 2018 E.coli Education and Outreach $1,526 White River Partnership 2014 White River Watershed Restoration Project $13,840 2015 White River Watershed Restoration Project $7,300 2016 White River In‐stream and Riparian Restoration Project $10,000 Windham County Natural Resouces Conservation District 2015 Windham County River Outreach Project $6,000 2018 Deerfield and Saxtons: Cross‐Watershed Stream Table Outreach Program $5,000 Windham Regional Commission 2015 Adams Brook Restoration $5,000 Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District 2015 Dole Hill Road Culvert Replacement and River Enhancement Project $7,805 2016 Improving Fish Passage on Chase and Slide Brooks $6,305 Boosting the technical capacity of Conservation Commissions to engage in water 2018 $2,000 quality protection and river corridor planning.
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