Author: winooskinrcd

  • Become a WNRCD Stewardship Member Today !!

    Join WNRCD Become a Member Today!! Endless Stewardship opportunities…….. Workshops/ Educational programs…..First chance to order from the WNRCD Tree Sale….Quarterly e-news…. and Personalized resources in areas that interest you !!! For more information, please click here:

  • What are YOUR natural resource concerns???

    The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District is interested in your thoughts and concerns on natural resource concerns of the District.  Let us know what projects are priority to you!! What issues are you seeing? Please feel free to call or email us. info@winooskinrcd.org         

  • Local Work Group Meeting 9-16-16

    The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (WNRCD) will host a Local Work Group meeting on Friday September 16, 2016 at The Waterbury Congregational Church, 8N Main Street, Waterbury VT. The meeting will run from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., for the purpose of discussing natural resource concerns and issues of District residents. All are encouraged to…

  • Lawn Care Survey; Your participation is needed !!

    The Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District on behalf of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant and partner organizations, are interested in your lawn care practices. We are reaching out to adults (18+) in the Lake Champlain Basin to help us understand how people manage their lawns. We are interested in learning about your lawn care practices…

  • WNRCD Seeking Bids

    The WNRCD is seeking bids from qualified professionals.   For more information and to view the RFP’s please click here.

  • Visit our NEW Services Provided Page

    Visit the new Services Provided page to see how the WNRCD can assist you.  Contract with the WNRCD. From grant management,  project development, outreach and education to algal analysis, we are here to assist you.  Services can be contracted at the bargain price of $40 an hour.  For more information please visit: Services Provided  or…

  • Updates on the RAP’s

    Required Agricultural Practices The RAP Webpage Our RAP webpage is the clearinghouse for information regarding the proposed rules and all the supporting documents:http://agriculture.vermont.gov/water-quality/regulations/rap   RAP Outreach Flyer The 1-page flyer which will run in this month’s Agriview announcing the RAP webinar and Public Hearing schedule.  Please feel free to distribute widely. Click here to view:…

  • Backyard Woods Program

    Do you own less than 25 acres in Washington County? Are you interested in learning more about your woods? Do you want to become a more active steward of your woods? Then you may be interested in a NEW Backyard Woods Program being piloted this June by the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program.  The…

  • Seasonal Internship with WNRCD

    The WNRCD currently has an opening for a seasonal intern as our Outreach Specialist.  For more information and to review the complete internship description, please click here.

  • New Blog post: The Dirt about Earthworms

    Read the WNRCD new Blog (Watershed Notes) post on Earthworms It is spring! We dig in our gardens and find wriggly earthworm in the soil. But depending on whether you are in a field or forest earthworms can be a benefit or hurt.   When the glaciers of the last ice age moved over North America,…