The Vermont Natural Resources Council has announced the promotion of Kim Greenwood to the position of Water Program Co-Director.
Greenwood has served as VNRC’s staff scientist for four years. Before coming to VNRC she spent six years at the Agency of Natural Resources as a Water Quality Engineer.
Greenwood holds a bachelor's degree in aquatic resources from University of Vermont and an associate’s degree in mechanical engineering from Vermont Technical College. She is active in many community forums and boards including the Vermont River Conservancy.
“Kim’s broad experience has been a key asset to VNRC, and, by extension our membership and all Vermonters who care about the state’s water resources,” said Elizabeth Courtney, VNRC’s executive director. “In her new role VNRC will benefit even more from Kim’s skills and background.”
“I’m pleased to be bolstering the efforts of VNRC in protecting the waters that are so important to Vermonters,” Greenwood said. “Having been born and raised in Vermont, I understand how important it is for future generations to experience – and to be deeply influenced by – the state’s remarkable natural resources, as I have been.” Greenwood currently lives in North Duxbury.
In her new role, Greenwood will handle many of the water-related issues VNRC has focused on for years: protecting riparian corridors, managing the impacts of hydroelectric facilities, reducing the impacts of stormwater runoff and protecting wetlands, as well as all technical water issues, including those related to Vermont’s new groundwater withdrawal program.
Current Water Program Director and General Counsel Jon Groveman will manage other areas of the program, legal and policy issues related to proposed changes to the Vermont Water Quality Standards, implementation of the Lake Champlain and Vermont stormwater “total maximum daily load” pollution clean up plans, Vermont's adoption of an water Anti-Degradation rule as well as legal and policy issues related to Vermont's new groundwater law.
The Vermont Natural Resources Council is an independent, nonprofit research, education, and advocacy organization founded in 1963 to protect Vermont’s environment, economy, and quality of life. Nearly 6,000 households, businesses, and organizations have joined VNRC in support of its mission to establish an approach to development that strengthens communities, enhances economic opportunity, and protects Vermont’s irreplaceable natural resources.