Vermont Conservation - Windham County

Our Watersheds

What is a Watershed?

A watershed is any area of land that drains water to common point. The physical, chemical and biological makeup of a waterbody is created by its surrrounding physical features and geologic origins. Analysis of these features aids understanding of stream-watershed relationships.
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Where is Basin 11?

Basin 11 is located in the southeastern corner of Vermont and drains the eastern slopes of the Green Mountains . It encompasses the three watersheds of the West, Williams and Saxtons Rivers.

The Basin covers approximately 395,520 acres. There are 49 lakes and ponds in the three watersheds, comprising 1,030 known acres. The rivers and their tributaries flow down from the mountains through the foothills and across the Vermont Piedmont to the Connecticut River Valley where they join the Connecticut River.

The West River joins the Connecticut River in Brattleboro, the Williams River joins the Connecticut River in Rockingham, and the Saxtons River joins the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls .

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 April 2008 )

Better approaches to river management and flood damage prevention

This article was written for the WRC NEWSBRIEFS which is a monthly publication of the Windham Regional Commission. The WRC is a partner with the Windham District in all of our Fluvial Studies and Projects.

Fluvial Geomorphology is quite a mouthful, and we’ll be hearing and talking about it a lot. We’ve discussed this relatively new science before, and it’s worth reviewing because a lot is happening at the state level and across the country. Fluvial means related to a river or stream, from the Latin word for river “flumen.” And from the Greek words for earth (gi, or ge) and form (morfe) we get geomorphology meaning the study of land forms.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 April 2008 )

What is the Planning Process?

A Basin Plan will be developed for each river in the basin every five years. The Plan summarizes current past and past (within five years) assessment, planning and implementation activities at the state and local level in the basin. It identifies topics or areas of special importance in the basin, identifies available management tools to address those topics, and makes specific recommendations on how to address key topics, including recommendations for continuing community-based planning or implementation action.

The Basin 11 Management Plan can be found at:
http://www.vtwaterquality.org/planning/htm/pl_west.htm

Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 August 2008 )