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Windham County Conservation District

The Windham Natural Resources Conservation District helps individuals, groups and communities conserve their land and water by providing education, information, demonstrations and technical assistance.

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Rain, Rain Quench My Yard

After watching the welcome rain last weekend, I dreamed of skipping my yard-watering duties. But when the skies cleared and I went out to plant my bareroot berries, those hopes turned to dust. The first few millimeters of soil were wet all right, but underneath, my shovel bit into dry ground. And that isn’t abnormal. The average neatly trimmed lawn can only absorb water for the first 10 minutes of a rain event… the rest of that lovely wetness flows on across your lawn, over the driveway and right into the gutter.

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Portable Skidder Bridge Rental Program

 The Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District in cooperation with the Watershed Forestry Program of the Agency of Natural Resources have constructed two portable skidder bridges to rent to loggers and consulting foresters in Windham County. If you are interested in further information regarding the Rental Program please contact Jolene Hamilton at (802) 254-5323, Ext. 104skidderbridge.gif 

Portable skidder bridges are designed and intended for use as temporary structures for crossing streams during logging. They are also economical since they are reusable, and easy to install and transport from job to job. They are a reliable solution to help reduce logging costs associated with temporary stream crossings. Portable skidder bridges ensure that equipment and logs crossing over water bodies are not  causing stream bed or streambank disturbance and thus minimizing the potential for soil erosion. Portable skidder bridges allow loggers to harvest timber in compliance with Vermont’s AMP’s.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 August 2009 )
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Vermont’s own Rain Garden Manual

vtraingardenmanual.jpgVermont’s own Rain Garden Manual:

Gardening to Absorb the Storm and the accompanying plant list are available for free to anyone who is interested in protecting our local rivers and lakes through gardening.

This twenty page, full color Manual includes step-by-step instructions on rain garden design and installation; five creative planting plans; information about curb-cut rain gardens (perfect for urban streetscapes); a rain garden plant list (including 150 plants suitable for Vermont rain gardens), and an explanation of how rain gardens are compatible with the Vermont Stormwater Management Manual.

pdf VT Rain Garden Manual 1.74 Mb

pdf Rain Garden Manual Plant List 201.37 Kb

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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 August 2009 )
 
Vern-Mont Farm works with local students and federal/state

dunklee_vern-mont_planting_trees.jpg A partnership between state and federal agencies and Windham Regional Career Center has allowed the Vern-Mont Farm LLC in Vernon to become the first farm in Windham County to benefit from a productive program
sweeping across the state.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 June 2008 )
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