May
5
2:00 PM14:00

Japanese Knotweed and iNaturalist Project

On May 5, LCA will hold an event at Cota Field (Starksboro), in collaboration with the Starksboro Conservation Commission, to educate the community about how to identify Japanese knotweed, how to use iNaturalist to map its location in the Lewis Creek watershed, and to give a summary of our upcoming manual removal demonstration project (in Ferrisburgh). Mike Bald (our consultant from Got Weeds?) will be there, as well as herbalist Sophie Cassel, who will speak about how she uses knotweed to make medicine. Light refreshments will be provided. If you're interested in learning more about how to use iNaturalist for this or other projects, please try to download the app to your mobile device before you come to the event, and set up an account online (at inaturalist.org or through the app) beforehand. Please fill out this form to be added to our knotweed mailing list (https://forms.gle/NyGbPDcLFqQ4yFn99), or feel free to just show up on May 5. Read more about the project here, and watch our interview with WCAX here.

Japanese knotweed grows over the bank of Lewis Creek in Starksboro, VT

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May
11
9:00 AM09:00

Tree Planting & Maintenance

On May 11, we will be organizing volunteers, in collaboration with Vermont River Conservancy and Central Vermont Trout Unlimited, to do additional tree planting, and maintenance on trees previously planted, along Lewis Creek in Ferrisburgh. Please reach out to Kate Kelly if you'd like to volunteer your time to participate.

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May
2
7:00 PM19:00

Water Quality in Monkton and New LCA Landowner Resource

Do you like swimming or boating in Lake Champlain, Monkton or Bristol Ponds? Join Lewis Creek Association and the Monkton Conservation Commission for a presentation and discussion (May 2nd at 7 PM) about water quality in Monkton and how it affects Lake Champlain’s health. What are some of the causes of poor water quality, and what can you do to help? Learn about a new resource available from LCA to help you assess your property for stormwater problems, and direct you to the appropriate resources to design and implement improvements. Brought to you with Tactical Basin Planning funding from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. This will be a hybrid meeting, either at Monkton Town Hall or on Zoom. Please reach out to Kate Kelly at lewiscreekorg@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link to the presentation.

May 2, 2024
7:00-8:00 PM
Monkton Town Hall
92 Monkton Ridge

Bristol Pond, by Craig Dicken

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Mar
15
7:00 PM19:00

Charlotte Water Quality & McCabe's Brook Projects

Join Lewis Creek Association and the Charlotte Conservation Commission for a presentation and discussion about water quality in Charlotte and how it affects Lake Champlain’s health. What causes our streams and lake’s poor water quality? What can you do as a landowner to help improve water quality? Learn about some potential projects along McCabe's Brook in Charlotte that could help improve water quality in Charlotte and downstream in Shelburne and Lake Champlain. Brought to you by Tactical Basin Planning funding from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.

Attend in person by RSVPing at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/charlotte-water-quality-mccabes-brook-tickets-566765830857 (or just show up!). You may also attend via Zoom by clicking on this link

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Oct
17
7:00 PM19:00

Bristol and Monkton Pond - aquatic invasive plants

Are you curious about the aquatic plants found at Bristol and Monkton Ponds? Want to learn more about what Lewis Creek Association's boat launch stewards did at the ponds this summer, and how many boats they checked had aquatic plants hitchhiking on them? Or what in the world brittle naiad is? Come to a brief 15-20 minute presentation to learn more on October 17 at 7 PM via Zoom -
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87229206600?pwd=YmdEYS80bzhpSCt2ZlNzQWFtNGFUQT09
Meeting ID: 872 2920 6600
Passcode: 699028

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Annual Party
Oct
15
1:00 PM13:00

Annual Party

Save the Date for our annual meeting/party, the afternoon/evening of October 15. We are excited to see you and your families at our event at the Charlotte Senior Center!

Events include:

  • A bike tour of three Charlotte Ahead of the Storm sites. Meet at the Charlotte Town Hall/Library at 1 PM, with bikes and helmets, and be prepared for ~9 miles of biking.

  • Activities starting at 3 PM include:

    • Visit with volunteers to see the Charlotte Library rain garden; learn how big a rain barrel needs to be to capture runoff from the roof!

    • Stories, music, activities for children

    • Maps and exhibits of LCA’s programs

    • Live animal presentation from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum

Potluck snacks welcome!

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Jun
24
7:00 PM19:00

Online water quality scorecard map training

LCA is excited to announce that we’ve moved our scorecard map that shows water quality conditions in the watershed to an online interactive format, with the help of Pam Brangan from CCRPC. This map includes additional layers that will be useful to planners and Conservation Commissions as they work to understand water quality conditions in the watershed.  The three products associated with this are as follows:

·   Story map (a good place to start, with links to the other products) - https://ccrpc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=91bf486743b2485bbc03c43712592e89

·   Interactive map - https://map.ccrpcvt.org/LCA-SouthChittendenRiverWatch/

·   Dashboard - https://ccrpc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/1b44205266d44408a9c1d079b4fc5059

We will provide an online training on June 24 at 7 PM. Please email Kate Kelly at lewiscreekorg@gmail.com to receive the Zoom invitation.

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Field Trip to visit Lewis Creek climate change refugia location
Nov
16
1:30 PM13:30

Field Trip to visit Lewis Creek climate change refugia location

This field trip will visit one of the sites chosen as a climate change refugia location, and discuss what landowners can do to improve habitats for fish (brook trout and other cold water species) and wildlife (including Wood Turtles). Join LCA’s Kate Kelly and Matt Gorton, as well as Chris Powers, Fish and Wildlife Specialist with Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Meet at the Park ‘N’ Ride behind Hinesburg Town Hall at 1:30 PM to carpool to the site. Landowners, anglers, and interested citizens are welcome!

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Presentation by Mike Kline, Fluvial Matters LLC
Nov
14
6:00 PM18:00

Presentation by Mike Kline, Fluvial Matters LLC

Mike will discuss the basics of fluvial geomorphology, and why floodplains and natural sinuosity are important, then will get into details about how climate change may affect our streams (in particular, Lewis Creek), and what we can do to protect brook trout and other cold water species habitats.

This presentation will be followed by a field trip on Sat. Nov. 16 to visit one of the sites chosen by engineers, to discuss potential habitat improvements that could be done to benefit wildlife.

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