pollution
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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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Pay farmers not to pollute the waterways
Vermont farmers who are working to reduce phosphorus pollution from their fields into local water bodies will soon be eligible for a new kind of compensation.
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Letter to the editor: Application of salt contributes to pollution
This letter has a lot to say about the Monger letter of Feb. 20. First about the pollution of our lake: What about the tons and tons of…
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International panel recommends crop shift to limit lake pollution
VERMONT — An international water panel has released initial recommendations for reducing phosphorus pollution in northern Lake Champlain, ranging from switching crops to setting up a phosphorus import-export budget. …
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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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The Otter Creek’s legacy is commerce — and pollution
This is Part I in a three-part series. 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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Editorial: The legacy of Otter Creek
Thirty years ago, the Addison Independent reported and published a multi-part series on Lake Champlain water quality and how it was being negatively impacted by phosphorous run-off from…