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Coordinating, educating, and promoting stewardship for the benefit and enhancement of the Batten Kill watershed in New York and Vermont.

 

 
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2009 Annual Meeting Announcement
"Partnership recognized by U.S. Forest Service" by Keith Whitcomb, from 11/26/2008 Bennington Banner.
"Rock snot: Gross but possibly preventable" by Madeline Bodin, from 9/14/2008 Rutland Herald.
"Stretch of Batten Kill restored" by Patrick McArdle, from 9/13/2008 Rutland Herald.
"Reading the Batten Kill" by Shelly Stiles, from 9/5/2008 Bennington Banner.
"Batten Kill Alliance hears from river activist, legislator" by Keith Whitcomb, from 8/21/2008 Bennington Banner.
"Project Give Boost to Batten Kill Trout" by Judy Bernstein, from August 2008 Hill Country Observer.
"Trout Making a Comeback" by Don Lehman, from 8/2/2008 Glen Falls PostStar.
Electro-fishing survey of the Batten Kill performed July 17, 2008.
Summer 2008 River Steward Reports are posted weekly.
Phase 2 of the Twin Rivers Farm Habitat Restoration Project is complete. Read on for details and photos of some of the newly installed habitat structures.
Scientists confirm Didymo present in Batten Kill. Learn how you can be a better steward of the river by not spreading didymo.
The Agricultural Stewardship Association presents, "Learn to Fish on a Conserved Batten Kill Farm", Saturday, June 7, 9am-1pm, in Jackson, NY. In partnership with the Batten Kill Watershed Alliance and the Clearwater and Southwestern VT chapters of TU.
Didymo discovered in VT. The invasive aquatic algae known as Didymo has been found in the Connecticut and White Rivers in VT. This will be a hot-button issue, so stay tuned for further details.
Upcoming Watershed Planning Meetings. The second round of public watershed planning meetings is scheduled for August.
VT DEC Watershed Planning Meetings Follow Up The VT DEC held the first round of public meetings in June to solicit input into the development of a five-year Basin Plan for the Batten Kill, Walloomsac and Hoosic Rivers.
The final Batten Kill Trout Management Plan (2007-2012) was approved on January 16, 2007. The VFWD removed the stocking element and designated two critical spawning tributaries as 'no-harvest' during the month of October. The final management plan, in effect through 2012, focuses squarely on river and habitat restoration.