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Support sustainable community development.

Protect, maintain, and restore Vermont's Lewis Creek Watershed.

 
Upcoming Events

News

Wednesday, April 2

"Global Warming and the Struggle for Justice"

Talk by Brian Tokar, sponsored by Burlington Sustainable Living Network

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 pm.

 

Thursday, April 3

"Sequestering Carbon in Vermont's Agricultural Ecosystems"

Talk by Vern Grubinger, sponsored by UVM Counting Carbon Series

Aiken Center, 12:30 pm 

 

Thursday, April 10

"Carbon and the New Economy"

Talk by Will Raap, sponsored by UVM Counting Carbon Series

Aiken Center, 12:30 pm 

 

Friday, April 11

Swing Noire - Hot Jazz

Benefit for The Willlowell Foundation

7 pm, Vergennes Opera House

Tix $15, 2 for $25

 

Sunday, April 13

Annual Meeting of The Watershed Center

Special presentation: “Exploring the potential for establishing a Natural Forest Burial Ground at the Waterworks Property.” 

3-5 pm, Walkover Gallery, 15 Main Street, Bristol

 

Tuesday, April 15

Amy Seidl, an ecologist who is associate director of the Teal Farm sustainability project in Huntington, will read from her new book Early Spring, which explores the local effects of global climate change, and talk about Teal Farm.

7:00, Charlotte Senior Center.

 

Thursday, April 17

Residential Green Building Workshop 9 am - 5 pm

Sponsored by Building for Social Responsibility

Register

 

Sunday, April 20

Charlotte Walks Nature Outings presents "Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt"

1-2:30 pm

Group size is limited. 

To register and get directions, call Matt at 425-2256 by April 19. 

Recommended donation: $3/individual or $5/family

 

Thursday, April 24

Richard Heinberg on "Preparing for Life after Peak Oil"
Montpelier High School Auditorium, 7 pm

 

Saturday, April 26

HELP Rivers: Rain Gardens & Backyard Habitats (Bellows Falls)
11 am Rockingham Free Public Library, Bellows Falls

 


 

The Lewis Creek Association supports

and draws inspiration from the principles of the

Earth Charter.

 

 


 

Calculate your ecological footprint!

 

 


 

January 2008

Monkton Road Enhancement Grant!

Chris Slesar is awarded $25,000 grant for scoping.  Congratulations Chris!

 

Read the January Newsletter from the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition.

 

Read the Winter 2008 Newsletter from the Vermont River Conservancy.

 

Chittenden County Solid Waste district now has all-in-one recycling, AND they can plastics #1-7.  Which means YOGURT CONTAINERS!  YAAAAY!

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Information

 

The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project is a great resource for those interested in wildlife habitat management and planning.   They also have great posters of the frogs and salamanders of Vermont!

 

Lewis Creek Water Quality Safety Information

 

Special Link to the Starksboro Watershed Plan

 

Check out the Clean Cities program

from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Click here to subscribe to the

Clean Cities Vermont Newsletter.

 


 

Click here to subscribe to the Land Trust Alliance Newsletter.

 


The Preservation Trust of Vermont

 

Recreation

Newsletter

Appalachian Mountain Club - Make sure to pick up an updated copy of AMC's River Guide.  It'll give you up-to-date descriptions of more than 2,000 miles of rivers, watershed maps, easy-to-skim tables with difficulty levels, recommended water levels, directions, put-ins, portages and more.

 

January, 2006

  • LaPlatte River Restoration

  • Water Supply

  • Water Quality

  • River Corridor News

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