Vermont Business Magazine The 2018 DRAFT White River Tactical Basin Plan (TBP) is now available for public comment. The Plan provides an overall assessment of the health of the White River basin and defines on-going and future actions and strategies to address high-priority stressors such as encroachment, stream channel erosion, land erosion, and pathogens. The Plan presents the recommendations of State and Federal resource agencies, watershed partner organizations, planning commissions, municipalities, and individual citizens.
A series of public comment meetings will be held in October to gather feedback on the TBP presented by the VT Agency of Natural Resources in partnership with Two-Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Commission, White River Natural Resource Conservation District, White River Partnership, Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC) and the Rutland Regional Planning Commission.
Pam DeAndrea, Senior Planner at CVRPC says, “The White River Tactical Basin Plan is a very important tool for organizations like ours involved in water quality protection and restoration projects to plan for future project funding and implementation. It also provides a great avenue for outreach to communities in our region for dialogue on project priorities.”
The public is encouraged to attend the meetings, hear a presentation and offer their comments and suggestions. Meetings will take place in the evening in the following locations:
- • October 3rd Randolph, Randolph Town Hall, 7 Summer Street, 6:30-8PM
- • October 9th Berlin, Chamber of Commerce Building, 33 Stewart Lane, 7-9PM
- • October 11th Royalton, Royalton Academy Building, 4266 Route 14, 6:30-8PM
If you are unable to attend a meeting, an interactive Story Map providing a summary of the plan can be found at: https://arcg.is/1XDPvK.
Copies of the draft plan may be obtained on October 1st, 2018, on-line at http://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/map/basin-planning/basin9 or by requesting a copy from Danielle Owczarski by email at [email protected] or (802) 490-6176.
Comments should be directed by email to [email protected] or by mail to Danielle Owczarski, Basin 9 Comments, 1 National Life Drive, Main 2, Montpelier VT 05620-3522. Comments should be postmarked or sent through email by the end of the business day (4:30 pm) on October.
Source: DEC 10.1.2018