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MONTPELIER â The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently released the Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2020 Performance Report. The Report summarizes how the stateâs $194 million investment in water quality over the past five years is paying off by improving water quality in Vermontâs rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
While we can swim and fish in most of Vermontâs waters, some are impacted by water pollution. For example, excess phosphorus in Lake Champlain fuels potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms in some parts of the lake. The State of Vermont funds clean water projects to prevent and reduce nutrient and sediment pollution and restore and protect water quality statewide.
Before (above) and after photos of the Cold Spring Brook Park dam removal in the Town of Weston, which restored over 350 feet of stream to a more natural condition. Project funded by a Department of Environmental Conservation Clean Water Initiative Program grant. (Source: Weston Community Association)
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently released the
. The Report summarizes how the state’s $194 million investment in water quality over the past five years is paying off by improving water quality in Vermont’s rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
While we can swim and fish in most of Vermont’s waters, some are impacted by water pollution. For example, excess phosphorus in Lake Champlain fuels potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms in some parts of the lake. The State of Vermont funds clean water projects to prevent and reduce nutrient and sediment pollution and restore and protect water quality statewide.
SCOTT SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO MODERNIZE AND UNIFY SELECT STATE OPERATIONS
Begins Phased Transition to an Agency of Public Safety, Modernizes and Professionalizes the Natural Resources Board
Vermont Business Magazine Governor Phil Scott today announced organizational changes to modernize the state’s public safety and select permitting and regulatory functions to better serve Vermonters, increase efficiency and improve these systems.
Through Executive Order 01-21 Governor Scott has created the Agency of Public Safety, effective April 15, 2021, though the Order is structured as a framework for the Agency with a gradual implementation.
This approach allows for discussion and input from the Vermont Legislature, which has contemplated this move in previous years, as this important reorganization progresses.