Guidance
The Bountiful Benefits of Wetland Buffers
December 7, 2017
Why wetlands need upland buffers to help them function and how you can create or improve wetland buffers. Formatted for paper size 8.5 x 11 inches
Vermont Standard River management Principles and Practices
June 12, 2015
This document defines practices and decision-making processes to assist state and federal agencies, municipalities, non profit organizations, and landowners with river management techniques that reduce future flood and erosion risks. This document is needed to break the cycle of flood recovery activities that leave post-flood river channels located near public infrastructure and private property more impacted and more vulnerable to damages from future flooding.
Guidance for Construction of Public Works Projects in Areas Where Contamination is Suspected or Known
March 22, 2002
Guidance for the completion of public works projects, particularly utility replacements, where subsurface contamination may be encountered. Includes information regarding construction procedures and site assessment completion.
Water Quality Monitoring Program Strategy 2011-2020
May 16, 2015
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation's Water Quality Monitoring Program Strategy: 2011 - 2020 (Updated May 2015). The Vermont Water Quality Monitoring Strategy (WQMS) has two primary purposes: (1) to describe the who, what, where, when and why of monitoring Vermont’s waters and (2) to work with our monitoring partners to provide additional information and communicate these results.