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Lewis Creek doesn’t
follow arbitrary town and county lines; gravity, geography, and
geology have
a greater say in its course. The creek and its tributaries run
freely through the watershed towns of
Ferrisburgh,
Charlotte,
Monkton, Hinesburg,
Starksboro, and
Bristol, and cross the boundary from Chittenden to Addison
County.
Since 1990, the Lewis Creek Association (LCA) has been working with
these towns and their citizens to protect the Lewis Creek, its
tributaries, and the watershed as a whole.
The mission of Lewis
Creek Association is to protect, maintain and restore ecological
health while promoting social values that support sustainable
community development in the Lewis Creek watershed region and
Vermont. Through education and action, LCA will:
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High School Earth Science students in the field with LCA. |
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Restore water quality,
stream stability, and native wildlife habitat
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Protect and
restore important and diverse natural areas
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Conserve
productive and scenic lands that contribute to rural character
and economy
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Support growth
compatible with important natural systems and working landscapes
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Strengthen and
support local conservation initiatives and opportunities
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Model active
participation and respect for differences |
With a hard-working
volunteer board and a part-time paid consultant, the LCA offers
educational and monitoring programs involving hundreds of
volunteers, facilitates the conservation of riparian habitat, and
re-vegetates the Lewis Creek stream bank.
We offer adult,
youth, and family educational programs, technical training, and
informational workshops to area residents. Subjects include water
quality, sustainable forestry, wetlands, wildlife habitat &
tracking, stream bank stabilization, and land conservation &
planning.
To leverage our activities, we cooperate with local landowners;
businesses; local, regional, state and federal agencies and
organizations.
LCA helps to conserve significant tracts
of riparian and upland habitat; and involves hundreds of adults and
students with re-vegetating Lewis Creek stream banks, testing water
quality, evaluating stream channel stability, restoring natural
communities and wildlife habitat, and citizen-based watershed
planning.
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