Flushable materials and septic systems byKris Stepenuck to member organizations of Watersheds United Vermont

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Flushable materials and septic systems byKris Stepenuck to member organizations of Watersheds United Vermont
As we work to #flattenthecurve of the COVID-19 spread, many people have turned to using disposable disinfectant wipes. Whether your home is connected to a community wastewater system or to a septic system, these wipes are NOT made to be flushed (nor are baby wipes or toilet paper alternatives). When these items are flushed, they cause clogged sewer pipes. This can result in sewage system back ups, sewage in your home, and damage to community wastewater or home septic systems that can be costly to repair. This is true even for products that claim to be “flushable.” 
 
To protect your home septic system or community wastewater system, dispose of ALL disinfectant wipes in your trash or rubbish. 
 
Please spread the word to help keep wipes out of pipes.
 
#keepwipesfrompipes #nowipesinpipes #sewer #septic #dontflushthemdown #sewage 

Supreme Court overturns decision on hydro dams on Lamoille and Green rivers

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The Dam at the Green River Reservoir produces power for Morrisville Water and Light. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger

Verrmont’s top court has ruled that three dams on the Lamoille and Green rivers must follow flow rates imposed by environmental regulators, overturning a lower court’s decision.

In a decision issued Friday, the Supreme Court said the environmental court had “erred in failing to give deference” to the state Agency of Natural Resources’ water quality standards.

Morrisville Water and Light applied in 2010 for water quality certifications from the state as part of the relicensing process for three hydroelectric dams: at Cadys Falls and Morrisville on the Lamoille, and the Green River Reservoir dam.

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Chalk: The Bedrock of Fly Fishing

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Join TUSWVT at the Paramount Theater for¼

Chalk: The Bedrock of Fly Fishing

Where was modern fly fishing born? In the Catskills? On Vermont’s Batten Kill? No, the birthplace of modern fly fishing are the spring-fed, gin clear chalkstreams of England. To celebrate and learn more about this wonderful angling heritage, Trout Unlimited’s Southwestern Vermont Chapter (TUSWVT) invites you to Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing.

Showing at the Paramount Theater in Rutland at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 13th, this film is a must-watch experience for the passionate fly fisher. It’s also a great way to support an important trout habitat restoration project planned for Rutland’s Moon Brook.

Chalk is not so much about method but about the culture and ecology of fly fishing. It’s a story that begins 90,000 years ago with the first stages in the development of chalkstream habitat and continues to the present as anglers work to protect these special streams.

Among many things, Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing makes the point that quality trout waters can exist even in urban areas as long as steps are taken to restore and conserve them. This is a lesson not lost on TUSWVT. The City of Rutland is committed to bringing brook trout back to Moon Brook and Mussey Brook, tributaries of Otter Creek that flow through the municipality. The Chalk fundraiser is just the first step. The second will be to provide people-power for planting streamside vegetation. That, along with the lowering of two impoundments on Moon Brook, will result in the cooler water temperatures needed by brook trout.

TUSWVT’s co-sponsors – All Saints Anglican Church of Rutland (ASAC), WhistlePig Whiskey, and Orvis – are each adding something to the event to make it a fundraiser to remember. ASAC has the connections to bring groups with shared interests together to achieve success. Thus, it’s assisting with logistics and advertising. WhistlePig supports field sports. So when doors open at 6:00 pm before the start of the film, it’s holding a silent auction of a bottle each of its six core expressions, from the Boss Hog V to its new 6-Year Piggyback Rye. Come early and place a bid for trout! Each bidder gets a complimentary WhistlePig Piggyback Rye t-shirt. You can’t lose. Orvis’s business is sporting traditions. So it’s donating a magnificent Helios 3 rod for the fundraiser’s on-line sweepstakes. Visit https://tusouthwesternvermont.rallyup.com/h3rod to enter. All proceeds from both the silent auction and sweepstakes go to support the Moon Brook trout habitat restoration project.

TUSWVT is bringing to Rutland every fly fisher’s must-watch film. Peer into the spiritual headwaters of fly fishing. Come to Chalk: Bedrock of Fly Fishing. You’ll appreciate your home river even more afterward.