Lawmakers wrestle with how to regulate runoff from dairy farms

In late February, and again in late March, Gerard Vorsteveld sat in front of a room of state lawmakers. After remaining mostly quiet during years of legal battles and media scrutiny centered on pollution coming from his family’s Addison County farm, he had the floor.

Shoreham farmers work to prevent runoff

Like most Vermont dairy farmers, Joe and Kathleen Hescock, and daughter Tirzah, are committed to implementing good conservation and pasture management practices to prevent nutrient runoff and protect water quality. The family owns and operates Elysian Fie … (read more)

Grants offered to stop runoff into Lake Champlain

GRAND ISLE — The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks proposals for projects that will reduce pollution from stormwater runoff in the Lake Champlain watershed. The LCBP will fund projects that install large-scale best management practices (BMPs) or p … (read more)