Otter Creek
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Cornwall Strawberry Festival returns with a bluegrass twist
Strawberries and bluegrass? Sign me up! The Meeting House at Corwnall is reviving a strawberry festival on June 28 — this time paired with some delicious tunes.
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Sewage and climate: Middlebury has a choice
Using gas to dry sludge would bust our greenhouse gas goals.
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River Watch seeks volunteers to plant trees in Weybridge
ACRWC is getting ready to plant trees and shrubs at a riparian site along Otter Creek in Weybridge and is eager to share the experience with volunteers.
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Steamboats chug into Otter Creek
For more than 25 years, the North American Steamboat Association (NASBA) has been gathering in Otter Creek for their annual steamboat meet-up in Vergennes, with River’s Edge in…
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Power generation could return to the Middlebury falls
Middlebury officials have given a Beverly, Mass., company permission to explore the feasibility of re-establishing “a low-impact hydroelectric power facility” at the Otter Creek Falls.
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Otter Creek wetlands seen as shielding Middlebury
Since last week’s heavy rainfall and disastrous flooding across the state, the bridges above the Otter Creek Falls have been occupied by walkers pausing to peer over the…
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VTrans: Vergennes on the hook to fix Otter Creek bridge
The Agency of Transportation informed Vergennes that the city-owned bridge over Otter Creek needs work, and it’s the city’s responsibility to arrange and pay for it.
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Where has the water gone at Middlebury falls?
“It is the lowest water flow that I have seen in all my time here,” said Fred Dunnington, who was Middlebury town planner from 1981 to 2013.
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USDA to award Vergennes $17.5M for sewer project
The feds will cover more of the $25.5 million city sewer upgrade than perviously expected.
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Creek unsettles the dead in Weybridge
The old Stow Cemetery has been giving up its dead to the at-times ferocious and unforgiving Otter Creek.
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Public feedback sought on Otter Creek plan
BRANDON — The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is taking public comment on its 2019 Draft Otter Creek Tactical Basin Plan. The agency seeks public feedback on the…
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Editorial: Finding balance between farm practices and water quality
In the third of a three-part series examining the historic and current role of the Otter Creek in Addison County, and its current status as the heaviest conveyor…
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What do Act 64 regulations mean for Addison County farmers?
This is Part III in a three-part series. Alongside pressures like falling milk prices and increasing production costs, farmers are charged with the financial, physical and emotional task of remediating…
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The Giving Stream: A Three-Part Series by Emma Cotton
About this series: Week 1 (Sept. 5) — The Otter Creek, Vermont’s longest river, runs through the state’s most heavily cultivated land, and thereby contributes more non-point source…
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The Clean Water Act sets goals for Otter Creek, but is it enough?
This is Part II in a three-part series. Vermont’s Clean Water Act (2015) has established regulatory and incentive-driven programs to address the web of nuanced water quality issues…
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When does a river qualify as impaired?
ADDISON COUNTY — At 7:15 a.m. on May 1, a member of the Addison County River Watch Collaborative stretched a long pole with a plastic cylinder into the…