This meeting is open to the public. Please RSVP by emailing Emily Bird. Visit the Clean Water Fund Budget Process webpage for more information.
This meeting is open to the public. Please RSVP by emailing Emily Bird. Visit the Clean Water Fund Budget Process webpage for more information.
The Clean Water Board will meet on September 25, 2018 to provide orientation for newly appointed Board members and to begin discussions to draft the State Fiscal Year 2020 Clean Water Fund budget. This meeting is open to the public. Please RSVP by emailing Emily Bird. Visit the Clean Water Fund Budget Process webpage for more information.
Directions: The Dewey Building is located at the National Life Complex in the far corner of the parking lot opposite the Main and Davis buildings. The Dewey Conference Room is the located behind the restrooms to the left when you enter the building.
The Vermont Citizens Adivsory Committee on Lake Champlain's Future Annual Retreat is Tuesday, July 24th, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm in the Montpelier Room (D026), Davis Building, National Life Complex, Montpelier. A draft agenda is below. RSVP by emailing Bethany.Sargent@vermont.gov.
10:00 – 11:00 am
Welcome and introductions (10 minutes) – Lori Fisher
Public comments (5 – 10 minutes)
Updates (10 minutes)
Review and vote on April 9th Meeting Summary – Lori Fisher
Distribute SFY18 Annual Accounting Summary – Bethany Sargent
Review VTCAC charge (10 min) – Lori Fisher
Discuss VTCAC public and legislative appointments and identify actions (15 min) – Lori Fisher
Chair and vice chair elections (5 minutes)
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Identify potential meeting topics, guest presenters, and locations for September 2018 – May 2019, and develop a plan for increasing public engagement (75 min) – Lori Fisher
12:15 – 1:15 pm – Lunch (Provided for VTCAC members)
1:15 – 3:30 pm
Presentation and discussion: Lake Champlain policy objectives and strategies (75 min) – David Deen
Outline 2019 Lake Champlain Action Plan priorities, identify work group members and production timeline (60 minutes) – Mark Naud and Lori Fisher
3:30 pm – Adjourn
Parking: There is a limited number of public parking spaces at the National Life Complex. Carpooling is encouraged. Additional parking is available just down the hill from National Life at the Department of Labor on Green Mountain Drive, where the Capital Shuttle stops prior to National Life.
Learn about the Clean Water Fund budget process and opportunities to provide input on next year’s allocations through a Clean Water Conversation. Attend in person (RSVP by email) or online (via Skype for Business). Clean Water Initiative Program staff are also available, by request, to attend partner meetings regionally to discuss this topic (contact Kari Dolan).
The DEC’s Lakes and Ponds Program is recruiting volunteers to monitor cyanobacteria across the state. No boat or special equipment required, just attend a training to learn how to identify cyanobacteria and submit findings to the CyanoTracker. This particular training session will be taught simultaneously via an online webinar in case you cannot make it to Montpelier. More information and registration can be found online here:
Vermont Cyanobacteria Monitors
Location: National Life Building (1 National Life Drive, Montpelier)
The Clean Water Board will meet on June 25, 2018 to prepare for the first phase public comment period of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget process. Public comment will be collected via online questionnaire and will focus on priorities for the SFY 2020 Clean Water Fund budget. This meeting is open to the public. Please RSVP by emailing Emily Bird. Visit the Clean Water Fund Budget Process webpage for more information.
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 3:30 - 4:30 pm in the Catamount Room (N215), National Life Building, Montpelier
The Clean Water Fund Board is meeting to recommend adjustments to Clean Water Fund allocations based on actual revenues. This meeting is open to the public. Please RSVP by emailing Emily Bird. Visit the Clean Water Fund Budget Process webpage for more information.
Join Kari Dolan, Clean Water Initiative Program Manager, to learn about the State of Vermont's progress completing milestones necessary to clean up Lake Champlain. These milestones are spelled out in the Lake Champlain restoration plan, known as the Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Vermont Segments of Lake Champlain accountability framework. Recently, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the completion of these “Phase 1” milestones. These milestones put the necessary programs in place to reduce phosphorus inputs to Lake Champlain that lead to harmful cyanobacteria blooms. Milestones include updating Vermont’s Required Agricultural Practices, establishing Vermont’s Municipal Roads General Permit, and maintaining funds to support clean water improvement projects.
The Catamount Room (N215), National Life Building, Montpelier
Online via Skype for Business
Reports for the pilot year of the LPP Organizational Support Grant are due.
LPP partner participation has been responsible for translating water testing results into direct, on-the-ground actions. The LPP data have been used in the development of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollution control plans, the identification and remediation of phosphorus pollution hotspots, and the documentation of priority subwatersheds for pollution control actions within VTDEC’s Tactical Basin Plans(TBP). The WMD recognizes the challenges the Partners face in securing funding to support the logistical aspects of water quality monitoring work. The funds awarded under this offering are intended to help fill this gap, for those groups whom are also working with the WMD and other partners in the implementation of “on-the-ground” water quality improvement projects. In 2016, the WMD released its first RFP to provide currently enrolled LPP Partners support in monitoring the effectiveness of water quality improvement practices. With the initial year of monitoring under this grant complete, these reports, which will serve to demonstrate the impact water quality improvement initiatives have on Vermon't waterways, are eagerly awaited.
Reports should be completed using the templates developed by Kristen Underwood under contract for the DEC. Partners will use whichever of the five available templates relate to the projects they are monitoring and need submit only one final report.
Reports should be directed to Jim Kellogg
Jim Kellogg - LPP Coordinator
Environmental Scientist
Department of Environmental Conservation
Watershed Management Division-Biomonitoring and Aquatic Studies Section
1 National Life Drive, Main 2
Montpelier, VT 05602-35221
jim.kellogg@vermont.gov
(802) 490-6146
