wetlands


  • Matthew Dickerson: Wild birds part of wastewater solution

    Matthew Dickerson: Wild birds part of wastewater solution

    One of numerous sad stories of environmental devastation in Florida has been its many efforts spanning well over a century to drain its wonderful wetlands, including even the…

  • Public to help map wetlands

    MONTPELIER — The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invites people to take part in a new statewide community mapping project to improve state maps of where wetlands…

  • The outside story: Wetlands filter, enrich the landscape

    The outside story: Wetlands filter, enrich the landscape

    One spring, following heavy rain, I visited the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area hoping to capture exciting photographs of the rushing Winooski River. Rather than raging floodwaters, however,…

  • Vt. Fish & Wildlife develops wetlands restoration intiative

    MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has developed a new initiative to acquire and restore wetlands in response to funding from the United States Environmental Protection…

  • Wetlands hearing in Bridport set for Nov. 20

    BRIDPORT — The Legislative Study Committee on Wetlands will hold a public hearing on the regulation of wetlands in Vermont on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Bridport. The hearing…

  • State acquires Middlebury wetlands site

    MIDDLEBURY — The organization Ducks Unlimited is restoring the wetlands of an environmentally important, 136-acre piece of property on Three Mile Bridge Road in Middlebury, and that land…