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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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Your Own Private Drinking Water

Rain and snowmelt are swelling the rivers and reservoirs that many Vermonters depend on for water. But about 30 percent of the state’s residents use private wells. Whether the old-fashioned shallow dug well or converted spring, or the modern deep drilled well, such facilities can provide safe drinking water, if properly designed and maintained.  If not taken care of, however, they can lead to groundwater contaminated with bacteria or chemicals, and these contaminants can cause a variety of health problems.  As we humans are about 70% water, it’s important to have a constant supply of safe water to drink. 

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23rd Annual District Plant Sale!
 

This year the Windham County NRCD again has a diversity of flowers, shrubs, trees and perennial fruits & veggies available for sale. We also have a large array of plants that are used to control erosion along streambanks to assist landowners in revegetation efforts.

Orders will be taken until April 12th and pick-ups will be from 9am - 12pm on April 27th in the Natural Resources Dept. at the TIC center at Brattleboro Union High School.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 April 2013 )
 
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 )
 
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