Join the three towns of Tinmouth, Danby, and Pawlet for a Flower Brook Community Watershed Event on Sunday, August 28 from 11 am – 2 pm at Edie’s Green in Pawlet. This event is free and open to the public – rain or shine.
There will be pizza, BBQ, pies and ice cream for sale and rousing bluegrass music by Spruce Knob Uprising. There will be great fun for the kids as well: Wonderfeet Museum and the Rutland Area Food and Farm Link (RAFFL) will have hands-on activities, and there will be a Watershed Model and Flume Table: an interactive display with sand and running water that helps users visualize how streams interact with the landscape.
For those who would like to explore the stream and to better understand its dynamic potential, there will be a hike along the Flower Brook following the community event from 2-4 pm starting from Edie’s Green.
Edie’s Green is in Pawlet Village off Route 30 at 60 Cemetery Hill Road - which is between the Post Office and the bridge.
Come hear what Pawlet, Danby, and Tinmouth are doing to protect their towns from future flood events. There will also be Tropical Storm Irene Photo and Story Displays for sharing your own stories and your opinions about future flood preparedness projects. Presenters include Ned Swanberg, VT DEC Rivers Program; Ethan Swift, VT DEC Watershed Coordinator; and Hilary Solomon, PMNRCD Director.
As part of the South Lake Champlain Partnership, the Poultney Mettowee Conservation District and the Rutland Regional Planning Commission have teamed up to facilitate flood resiliency education, planning and project implementation in the Flower Brook Watershed shared by the three towns.
A watershed approach is an important component of flood protection in vulnerable villages and towns, because the effects felt in one town are often the result of upstream impacts.
This project is funded by a grant from the High Meadows Funds as part of a series of watershed alliance projects throughout the state.
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