Posted in fish on Feb 5th, 2013
A new research study featured in the latest issue of the American Fisheries Society’s Fisheries Magazine explores how a warming climate is affecting trout streams throughout the Rocky Mountains, and urges quick action if native trout populations are to persist in diminishing cold-water habitats. One important point of the article is that even with better [...]
Posted in policy on Jan 10th, 2013
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) ran a great article by Joshua Saks identifying “Five Actions to Protect People, Property and Wildlife from Storm and Flood Damages” http://blog.nwf.org/2012/11/post-sandy-working-with-nature-to-keep-us-safe/ and “Five Actions that Put People, Property and Wildlife at Risk from Storm and Flood Damages.” http://blog.nwf.org/2012/11/post-sandy-working-with-nature-to-keep-us-safe/ In the top five of [...]
Posted in planning on Sep 21st, 2012
The Connecticut River Watershed Council and the Conservation Law Foundation have joined together to look at why Otter Creek in Rutland leapt up as Irene Struck, increasing in flow by nearly 20 times in the space of a little more than a day, while downstream in Middlebury the river rose much more gradually, and more [...]
Posted in water on Feb 22nd, 2012
The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has jumped into a U.S. Supreme Court Case regarding stream bed and riparian land ownership in Montana. In PPL Montana v. Montana, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that all definitions of stream bed and riparian land ownership are subject to future “judicial takings” without compensation. Critics say that the ruling [...]
Posted in stewardship on Sep 13th, 2011
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Posted in sustainability on Jul 27th, 2011
With heavier than normal snow and rain events this year it’s not surprising that the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay would be the end recipents of extra runoff. Ironically, a couple of centuries ago the extra influx of natural nutrients would have been a boon for these productive estuaries. But today that extra runoff [...]
Posted in restoration on Mar 12th, 2011
Habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest threats to species biodiversity. In our nation’s more arid environments, the vast bulk of all biodiversity is found in the increasingly fragile riparian buffers of our watersheds. Healthy floodplains and other ecosystem functions rely directly on vital intact buffers. For these important reasons, conservation and restoration activities must increasingly focus [...]
Posted in pollution on Oct 15th, 2010
In Appalachia – More than 500 mountains blown apart by massive explosions; One million-plus acres of forest and riparian habitat destroyed; More than 2000 miles of headwater streams buried in rubble; Water quality degraded by salinity, selenium, sulfuric acid… >READ Summary Mountaintop Mining Consequences Tweet
Posted in ecology on Sep 6th, 2010
Yankee Engineer reports that for the past eight years, Gary Pelton, Biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Upper Connecticut River Basin Office, has been recruiting elementary schools to help plant trees along the Black River near North Springfield Lake (Perkinsville, Vermont). In May 2010, 265 4th and 5th grade students planted [...]
Posted in freshwater on Aug 13th, 2010
According to a recent “River Crossings” report, a Canadian investigation has found road salt is polluting groundwater during thaw, elevating salinity to the point that some freshwater streams have levels just under those found in the ocean. Researchers from the University of Toronto have found elevated readings…>READ MORE Tweet
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