Lewis Creek Association

RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION * Coordinated boat launch steward programs at Bristol Pond and Monkton Pond. * Thorp / Kimball invasive European Frogbit and other invasive plant control - Year 14 (Charlotte). * LaPlatte Natural Area invasive European Frogbit and other invasive plant control - Year 11 (Shelburne). * Helped receive funding for bridge abutment removal, Hollow Brook (Starksboro). * AOTS: Received funding, and contracted with construction firm, for the restoration of a wetland behind the United Church of Hinesburg in 2023. * AOTS: Completed final documentation of new AOTS sites at Charlotte Library and Last Resort Farm (Monkton). * AOTS: Received funding for designing stormwater improvements in residential area (Hinesburg). * Planted trees and shrubs on 3.4 acres along Lewis Creek (Ferrisburgh). * Received grant and completed engineering design work related to stormwater at Cota Ballfields (Starksboro). * Began participation in a joint grant to create a watershed action plan for the Lake Iroquois-Patrick Brook watershed (Hinesburg).

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH * Presented three webinars on water quality (Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg). * AOTS: Began creation of a manual that will help landowners determine how to improve stormwater management on their property, and will hold workshops to explain why it is important. * Received training to educate students about watersheds, visited schools (Hinesburg). * Participated in water quality planning meetings including State Tactical Basin Plan update meetings, CCRPC Clean Water Advisory Committee meetings, Basin Water Quality Council meetings, and Watersheds United Vermont meetings.

PLANNING AND DATA COLLECTION * Developed water quality sampling plan in cooperation with VT DEC and ACRWC, and monitored 16 sites nine times thoughout the spring and summer with the help of 26 volunteers (Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Starksboro). * Continued work on a grant to prioritize, and create three concept designs for, McCabe's Brook water quality improvement projects (Shelburne, Charlotte). * Created a storymap showing water quality sampling results (available at bit.ly/LCA-WQ-2021).