Calendar
Annual Meeting
Date: April 29, 2016
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Lyndon Public Safety Building, Lyndonville
Contact: [email protected]
Who should attend? Regional & town planners, GIS planners and municipal officials
Why? Discuss drinking water topics that are relevant to your communities:
Lessons from a Vermont town that exceeded its available water and related planning issues (including a moratorium on development)
New mapping tools for future town supplies and projected water shortages including additional data on the ANR Atlas
Aquifer recharge and protection of public and private water supplies through municipal options in planning and zoning
Does your local hazard mitigation plan include water supply contamination?
Scheduled Speakers: Rodney Pingree, Water Resources Section Chief with the DEC Drinking Water Program; Marjorie Gale, State Geologist with the Vermont Geological Survey; Liz Royer, Source Protection Specialist with the VT Rural Water Association; and Kira Jacobs with the Drinking Water Program in EPA Region 1
Please RSVP to Liz by April 8th – [email protected] or 802-660-4988 x336
Department of Public Safety – Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium are offering a special training, Rail Car Incident Response.
The free course will be held at the Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River, VT on April 30, 2016 from 8:00AM – 5:00PM. Further information on the course can be found on the RDPC website https://www.ruraltraining.org/training/schedule/2016-04-30-awr147-wellsriver-vt-001/.
Target Audience:
Emergency responders, especially fire and law enforcement, as well as emergency managers and freight/rail industry representatives who want to gain a basic working knowledge are encouraged to attend. Hazardous materials technicians may attend but content is designed at the awareness level
Course Description:
Rail Car Incident Response is an eight-hour, awareness-level training program developed to educate rural emergency responders on freight rail car incidents involving hazardous materials.
https://www.ruraltraining.org/media/course-material/AWR_147_Insert_Card_1.pdf
To register please complete the attached registration form, email to [email protected] and cc [email protected].
9th Annual Energy Committee Roundtable May 3 Save the Date! Volunteers from our region’s 38 energy committees will gather again this year at the Montshire Museum on the evening of May 3 to swap stories and gear up for another year of local energy action. Interested in joining or forming an energy committee in your town? Learn more and register.
https://vitalcommunities.org/energy/9th-annual-roundtable-may-3/
Update 5/13/2016
Redefining “Vermont Strong”
Vermonters continue to face climate-related challenges like powerful storms and warming temperatures, all while navigating shifting economies and new policies. We must act now to protect our treasured people and places. Join us for the first Resilient Vermont Network conference and gear up for the challenge.
This interactive event will bring together community leaders, municipal officials, organizations and agencies working to strengthen Vermont’s resilience to climate change and other challenges. Gain the skills, ideas, inspiration, connections and resources for on-the-ground action to make us all stronger, more vibrant, and better prepared.
Let’s make Vermont stronger, together.
Join us in May.
We want to hear from you! Send us:
Conference sessions: We want to feature your work, stories, challenges and your solutions. This is an action-focused conference, so as much as possible we’re crowdsourcing breakout sessions, trainings, field trips and workshops that will help people take action and improve resilience.
Case studies: We’re seeking great ideas and innovations in resilience! We’re looking for a few stories of projects that make our communities and environment safer and better prepared for climate-related challenges. These replicable, innovative, and impactful projects will help shape the conference!
We’re eager to involve as many Network members as possible, and welcome your ideas and participation. Please get in touch if you’d like to help plan the conference, offer a session, sponsor the event, or get involved in other ways. Contact us at:[email protected]
Help us get the word out!
- Forward this page to Vermonters who are passionate about building our resilience.
- Post a link to this page on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin,
- Download this flyer to hand out or email to friends.
Vermont faces numerous water quality challenges attributable to human activity. Wastewater management, stormwater runoff from impervious surface associated with roads, homes and businesses, drainage from farm fields and logging roads, and historic hydrologic modification of our streams and rivers all impact current surface water conditions. Act 64, Vermont’s 2015 Clean Water Act, validated that healthy waters are essential to our economy, health, property values, recreation, fisheries and wildlife, and the Vermont brand. Vermont Environmental Consortium’s 5th annual Water Quality Conference will highlight the tremendous opportunity for innovation in water quality management by showcasing a wide-range of efforts currently underway in Vermont to protect, restore and enhance clean water.
DRAFT AGENDA*
Panel A: Wastewater-
* Peecycling – Fertilizer from Urine, Rich Earth Institute
* Development of Community Wastewater Loan Program to Fund multiple, Decentralized Wastewater Systems in Waitsfield
* Large-scale Water Recycling at Cabot Creamery’s Vermont Facilities
Panel B: Storm water-Roads & Developed Land-
* VTrans Better Roads Program and Municipal Roads Permitting
* VAPDA Green Infrastructure Tool Kit, RPC Initiatives for Water Quality
* Burlington’s Integrated Water Quality Management Planning Effort
Panel C: Agriculture-
* Treating Subsurface Tile Drainage to Address Phosphorus Pollution
* St. Albans Community Biodigester Project
* Connecticut River Farmers Watershed Alliance
Panel D: Resiliency-
* Transportation Resilience Planning in Vermont
* Community Resiliency Organizations, Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaption
* Quintown Collaborative to Improve Flood Resiliency in the Upper White River Watershed
* Subject to change
Registrations for attendees and exhibitors will be open shortly. Please mark your calendars to attend this conference and discuss this important issue. Questions regarding events can be sent to [email protected] or call 802-747-7900.
Register for the course here: https://teex.org/Pages/Class.aspx?course=MGT452&courseTitle=Physical%20and%20Cybersecurity%20for%20Critical%20Infrastructure
***Participants must attend all sessions of the course****
When: July 21 & 22, 2016
Where: Department of Public Safety – VT State Police Royalton Barracks, Bethel, VT.
Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm.
Instructor: Tim Stetson
To register for a specific ICS 200 course:
- DEMHS General Registration form attached.
- Attach a copy of your ICS 100 Certificate of Completion to meet the prerequisite.
- Scan both documents to Homeland Security Training Coordinator at [email protected].
***Participants must attend all sessions of the course****
When: July 21 & 22, 2016
Where: Department of Public Safety – VT State Police Royalton Barracks, Bethel, VT.
Time: 8:00am – 4:00pm.
Instructor: Tim Stetson
To register for a specific ICS 200 course:
- DEMHS General Registration form attached.
- Attach a copy of your ICS 100 Certificate of Completion to meet the prerequisite.
- Scan both documents to Homeland Security Training Coordinator at [email protected].
Save the Date
A day of workshops and technical assistance for Vermont’s local officials
Friday, September 9, 2016
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development will be hosting Municipal Day on September 9, 2016 at the National Life Building in montpelier, VT. Registration will begin in June 2016.
What is it?
The all-day event will offer poster presentations, workshops, technical assistance, and the opportunity to engage with Agency staff members and municipal colleagues from across the state. More information about presentation and workshop content will be coming soon.
Who Should Attend?
Members of:
Selectboards
Town Managers
Municipal Legal Staff
Planners/Planning Commissions
DRB ad Zoning Officials
Conservation Commissions
Superintendents of Public Works
Development Review Boards
Regional Planning and Development Agencies
Solid Waste District Staff
Town Clerks
Economic Development Staff
Our goal is to enhance the Agency;s service to our municipal partners by increasing our education and outreach efforts.
Find more information on ANR’s Municipal Day here.
We encourage you to send us your workshop or presentation wish list to [email protected]