What's New?
2024 Public Meetings and Comment Period for Draft Deerfield Tactical Basin Plan
The five-year update of the Deerfield River watershed and the Connecticut River tributaries in southeastern Vermont is ready for review. Public input is being gathered to ensure the DRAFT Plan reflects the needs of the Basin communities, addresses local concerns and presents projects and strategies that will improve water quality and habitat conditions.
Public meetings hosted by State and regional planners, will be held October 15 & 17 with both in-person and virtual options for attending.
October 15, 2024 Brattleboro, VT
October 17, 2024 Wilmington, VT
This revised basin plan provides an overall assessment of the current conditions of the watershed, identifies high priority waters for restoration and protection, and directs funding to implement projects that protect, enhance, and restore aquatic habitat that supports the uses and values such as swimming, fishing, and boating.
Basin 12 includes 18 towns including Brattleboro, Dover, Stratton, and Wilmington. It encompasses the Deerfield and Green Rivers and the East Branch of the North River which all flow into central Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The tributary streams that flow directly into the Connecticut River include Whetstone, Broad and Newton Brooks.
Over 160 projects are already identified and listed in the Clean Water Project Explorer, an on-line interactive map showing the projects and locations.
Learn more about the Basin in the Deerfield River StoryMap.
Review the DRAFT Deerfield River Plan.
The DRAFT plan is available for review and public comment from October 1 to October 31, 2024. Comments on the plan can be submitted via email to: Marie.Caduto@vermont.gov or by mail to: Marie Levesque Caduto, DEC Watershed Planner, 100 Mineral St., Ste 303, Springfield, Vermont 05156
Comments will be addressed in the Responsiveness Summary included in the final plan.
2020 Tactical Basin Plan
2014 Tactical Basin Plan and Appendices
Basin Assessment Report Basin 12 - Deerfield River and Connecticut River Direct (June 2023)
Additional Resources
- Existing Uses - Basin 12
- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination in Brattleboro, FINAL REPORT (January, 2012)
- Basin 12 Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat Updated Assessment Report
- Basin 13 - Lower Connecticut River Direct Drainage Assessment Report (April 2002)
- Crosby Brook Stream Corridor Restoration Plan
- The Biotic Condition of Crosby Brook and Exploration of the Environmental Stressors on the Aquatic Communities
- Whetstone Brook Watershed Corridor Plan
- Deerfield River Enhancement Fund
- Map of Vermont's 15 Major Drainage Basins
- Vermont Surface Water Management Strategy
- Watershed Planning
Partners
- Windham Regional Commission
- Bennington County Regional Commission
- Windham Natural Resources Conservation District
- Bennington County Conservation District
- Deerfield River Watershed Association
- Lake Raponda Association
- Connecticut River Conservancy
- Connecticut River Joint Commissions
- ConnecticutRiver.us
Marie Levesque Caduto, Watershed Planner
Vermont ANR / Department of Environmental Conservation
100 Mineral Street, Suite 303
Springfield, VT 05156-3168
Phone: 802-490-6142
Email: Marie.Caduto@vermont.gov