LCA and the United Church of Hinesburg are excited to announce that the area behind the church will be restored to a natural wetland this year, thanks to funding from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Clean Water Fund.
Volunteer to remove aquatic invasive species and improve wetland health
Watershed partners unite to develop Watershed Action Plan for Lake Iroquois and Patrick Brook
Lewis Creek Association Focuses Water Quality Improvements on McCabe’s Brook
Aquatic Invasive Species Presentation
LCA Wraps up 2022 Boat Launch Steward Program at Bristol and Monkton Ponds
Working in the Watershed: Wrapping up the water quality stewardship field season
We're Hiring! Bristol Pond & Monkton Pond Boat Launch Stewards
LCA's Water Quality Data - 2021
Charlotte Library Works to Improve Water Quality
Story Map of 2022 Projects
We're Hiring! Bristol Pond & Monkton Pond Boat Launch Stewards
Hinesburg’s United Church Moves Closer to Restoring Wetlands
Flowering rush, a non-native invasive species, is spreading in Town Farm Bay
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Lewis Creek Association Works to Reduce Flooding Risk & Improve Water Quality in Starksboro
LCA Wraps Up 2021 Boat Launch Steward Program at Bristol and Monkton Ponds
Lewis Creek Association (LCA) recently wrapped up its boat launch steward program at Bristol Pond and Monkton Pond. . If the boat launch stewards hadn’t intercepted the vegetation on the watercrafts launching into and retrieving from the ponds, 237 watercraft (of the total 579 inspected) could have potentially spread AIS to other bodies of water.
Working in the Watershed: Wrapping up the water quality stewardship field season
Among the Great Egrets and Northern Map Turtles in Charlotte’s Town Farm Bay and Shelburne’s LaPlatte River wetlands, volunteers removed non-native aquatic invasive European frogbit for the fifteenth consecutive year this summer. Lewis Creek Association’s (LCA) “Water Quality Stewardship Program” is an invasive plant and water quality project coordinated annually since 2007.
Watershed partners unite to develop Watershed Action Plan for Lake Iroquois & Patrick Brook
The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (WNRCD) is pleased to announce the awarding of Lake Champlain Basin Program funds to develop a Watershed Action Plan for Lake Iroquois and the Patrick Brook watershed. WNRCD has partnered with Lake Iroquois Association (LIA) and Lewis Creek Association (LCA) to identify and address priority opportunities that remediate stormwater runoff and phosphorus pollution to improve water quality, wildlife habitat, and climate change resilience.
Lewis Creek Association Wraps Up Study of Yellow Iris Control
Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus), with its striking yellow flowers, is a beautiful plant, but also a threat to our priority natural communities and native plants. In recent years, it has gained a foothold in many Lake Champlain wetlands and floodplain forests (priority natural communities, as documented by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Natural Heritage Program).