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Designing Whole Systems . In an era of rapid climate change, never before has permaculture design been more important in thinking about our public lands, backyards, and working 
andscapes… Come hear from Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design, an expert in permaculture and regenerative land design. This talk will include design possibilities for an orchard and nuttery to be located at a 22-acre permaculture site near the Exit 4 Interchange. It will also include a discussion on climate resiliency for the site and for Vermont at large. • Ben Falk, Whole Systems Design
Program sponsor:

Cost: Suggested donation $5. Program will have light food fare provided by Black Krim Tavern. No one will be turned away due to cost. Supported by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the Sustainable Future Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
For more information contact 802-498-8438 or [email protected].

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 5-23-18

A copy of the agenda can be found here: Executive Committee Agenda 6-13-18

1. Call to order – Mark Warner, Chair
2. Introductions
3. Election of Officers
   1. Chair
   2. Vice Chair
   3. Treasurer
   4. Secretary
4. Approval of minutes for 4/19/2018 (attached)
5. Action on TRORC contract.
6. Treasurer’s report – John Durkee, Treasurer
7. The Role of the Public Information Officer (PIO) Requirements – Mark Bosma, VEM PIO
8. Other Business/Upcoming Trainings – members
   1. SERC Update – Todd Cosgrove, VT Hazmat Chief
   2. HMEP Update – Tory
   3. Emergency Preparedness Conference 2018 – Sept. 7-8

LEPC12 Next meeting – August 16, 2018 at Bethel Town Hall

Thank you for attending last year’s ANR listening session. I really appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from you about the challenges surrounding the management of our natural resources and possible solutions. This year, I’m taking these conversations a step further by hosting a series of open forums focusing on specific topics that are top-of-mind for many of us right now, including clean water, the long-range management of state lands, and the health of Vermont’s moose herd.

I’d like to invite you to attend one, two or all three of these upcoming community meetings to discuss current challenges and talk about crafting a better Vermont together. And although each session will center around a specific issue, we’ll open the floor at the end of the hour for questions or comments on any topic that you wish to bring forward. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.

The first meeting will be held February 27^th from 4:00-5:00pm in Montpelier and we will be discussing a very hot topic right now, clean water. The full spring schedule is listed below. I look forward to seeing and hearing from you!

All meetings at Dewey Building, 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier. Seating is limited to ~35 people so please come early if you’d like a seat.

• # 1 – Discussing Vermont’s Clean Water

Feb 27, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM

• # 2 – Talking about Long-Range Management of Agency Lands

April 24, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM

• # 3 – Update on the Health of Vermont’s Moose Herd

June 26, 2018 4:00 – 5:00 PM

If you’d like more information on any of these meetings, please reach out to Elle O’Casey at [email protected].

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: Annual Meeting agenda June 27, 2018

Reservations are required, no walk-ins or late registrations. To register, please email Dee Gish at [email protected].

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: Executive Committee Agenda 8-8-18

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: Executive Committee Agenda 9-12-18

For a copy of the agenda, please click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 9-26-18

PRESS RELEASE: Public Forums on a Cost and Benefit Analysis of Policies to

Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Vermont.

The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) has finalized a contract for independent professional assistance to

complete a study of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont, per Act 11 of 2018.

That contract is with Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent, nonprofit research institution

whose mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decision making through

impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF has decades of experience delivering

solutions to cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance a reliable and clean

energy system.

Two public forums are scheduled to gain an understanding of Vermonters’ interests and concerns

regarding policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Vermont. RFF will use the information

from these public forums to help inform their study. The general public is invited to participate in

these two public forums. The Forums are scheduled from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. and details are as

follows:

Wednesday September 26, Room 11,Vermont State House, 115 State Street, Montpelier, VT.

Thursday, September 27, Theater room, Billings Farm, 69 Old River Road, Woodstock, VT.