Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:00 - 12:45 PM 

An update on DEC-led efforts to improve water quality at Lake Carmi, including a summary of the impact of three years of aeration, efforts to reduce external loading of phosphorus from watershed sources, and consideration of phosphorus inactivation treatments to reduce internal loading in the future. 

Oliver Pierson is the Lakes and Ponds Program Manager for the Vermont DEC. He has 20+ years' experience in water and watershed management work in the US and Africa, holds scientific degrees from Cornell University and Yale University, and has published research on use of payments to protect ecosystem services, best practices for forest sector reform, and use of spatial analysis to assess land use change. 

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Sponsored by VT Rivers Program, VT Fish & Wildlife Program and VT Transportation Agency

Please note that Tier 3 trainings are in Jan.-March 2024 and Teir 2 will be May & October 2024

Tier 1 Online River and Roads Slide Show:

• This slide show presentation discusses river terms and concepts to provide a background for the Tier 2 class. The slide show may take 30 minutes to an hour to review and includes some quick quizzes that are not recorded but provide immediate feedback for the user. Important Note: the slide show works best using Internet Explorer, and we do not recommend the use of Chrome, Firefox of Edge platforms.
• Click on either link below to view the Tier 1 slideshow
  • https://anrweb.vt.gov/PubDocs/DEC/WSMD/Rivers/RiversAndRoadsTier1Training/story_html5.html

Tier 2 River and Roads workshops:

Watch this brief and fun video link from VPR Outdoors Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOBMq2gYP_k

• Tier 2 is a two-day training and is both indoors and outdoor. Bring, or wear, appropriate field clothes and waterproof boots or old sneakers you can get wet! Each day will be indoors for slide shows and class exercises and river flume table demonstrations and outdoors on rivers and streams to observe in the field what we’ve seen and discussed indoors.
• Participants receive 14 hours of continuing education credits
• Open to all municipal staff, state staff, construction contractors, engineers, consultants, regional planning commission staff, conservation districts, and others working with communities on river and road related issues.
  • May 15th & 16th (Wed. & Thur.) at VTrans Dill Building at 2178 Airport Rd, Berlin, Vermont.
  • October 2nd & 3rd (Wed. & Thur.) at VTrans Dill Building at 2178 Airport Rd, Berlin, Vermont.
  • October 16th & 17th (Wed. & Thur.) at VTrans Chester District Garage at 165 Elm Street, Chester, VT

Tier 3 River & Roads – Advanced Flood Recovery & River Management Training Modules:

• Tier 1 and Tier 2 River and Roads trainings are a prerequisite to register for Tier 3.
• Each training module is a one-day class. No requirement to take all and/or one topic prior to the other.
• Participants are encouraged to review the “Vermont Standard River Management Principals and Practices version 1.3” prior to the trainings.
  Participants receive 6 hours of continuing education credits per class.
• Trainings will be held as a hybrid with in-person & Teams option.
  • Teams meeting information will be sent to registered participants shortly before the training.
  • In-person will be held at: VTrans Dill Building at 2178 Airport Rd, Berlin, Vermont.
• Dates
  • January 18th – Bridge & Culvert Replacement
  • February 1st – Sediment & Wood Removal
  • February 22nd -- Floodplain Restoration
  • March 14th -- Channel stabilization

Sign-up for VTTC events go through:

• Non-state staff: Sign up through our online registration form.
• State staff: SOV LINC (see events calendar for the “Rivers and Roads Tier II and Tier III”)
• Questions or need more info: contact Staci Pomeroy at staci.pomeory@vermont.gov or 802-490-6191

For SOV first time user Login info for state employees
URL: https://vermont.csod.com
User ID: Your @vermont.gov email address. Password: P4ssw0rd
Note: you will be required to change your password upon your first log in, additionally; your password must meet the following criteria:

• A minimum of 8 characters and must contain both upper and lower case letters
• Must contain alpha and numeric characters
• Must contain at least one special character

The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Clean Water Initiative Program (CWIP) is partnering with the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation to provide an in-depth training on the new State Historic Preservation Review section of the CWIP State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023 Funding Policy. 

Training topics are expected to include statutory context, historic and archaeological resource definitions, distinction between state and federal designations, project review case studies and possible effect findings, examples of treatment plans or mitigation strategies, applicable and exempt project types, conditional exemption processes, workflow planning, budgeting, and a question and answer session. 

Event Details 
Date: March 8th, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
How to attend: The training will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Join Microsoft Teams Meeting for full meeting audio and visual. If you require a call-in option to participate (e.g., computer does not have a microphone), dial 1-802-828-7667 and enter phone conference ID: 480 272 396#

If you are unable to join the live training event, a recording of the training will be available on the Applicant and Recipient Resources webpage following the event.