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Location |
Project Goals & Highlights |
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7:45 am |
Arrive at VT NRCS State Office |
Employee meeting and presentations Steve Gourley, State Soil Scientist Jim Wood, State Resource Conservationist Rob Allen, State Engineer Katura Wright, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs |
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9:00 |
Depart VT NRCS State Office |
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9:30 |
Arrive at Shelburne Farms |
Meet with Vermont Grass Farmers Association Grassland Bird Management and Agriculture: VT NRCS Innovative Management with University of Vermont |
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10:15 |
Depart Shelburne Farms |
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11:00 |
Arrive at NRCS Middlebury Field Office |
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11:30 |
Arrive at Sessions WRP Site |
Blue Ledge Farm is a small family goat dairy and cheese making operation that milks 75 goats 10 months of the year. They enrolled 57 acres of floodplain wetland in WRP in 2009. This is one of 5 WRP projects along the confluence of the Leicester River and Otter Creek Restoration planned for 2011 Partners invited include US Fish & Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation |
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12:00 Noon |
Depart Sessions WRP Site |
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In Transit (Drive By) |
Route 73 WRP Cluster (Lunch on the road) |
17 parcels enrolled in WRP easements, equaling approximately 775 acres Land borders over 3.5 miles of the Otter Creek |
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12:40 |
Stop in Brandon for Restroom Break |
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1:00 |
Arrive at Pomainville’s WRP |
356 Acre Wildlife Management Area owned by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Prior to VFWD ownership the parcel was enrolled in WRP with a permanent easement Habitat improvements involved Riparian Buffer Planting and Water Control Structures Partners invited include US Fish & Wildlife Service, VT Fish & Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, Audubon and Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation |
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1:30 |
Depart Pomainville |
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1:45 |
Arrive at Jon Satz Property |
Past EQIP, WHIP and AMA contracts for Cover Crop, Mulching, Soil Health Assessment, Pest Management, Timber Stand Improvement, Forest Trails and Landings and Irrigation (micro) Recipient of VT Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) Owner is on the Board of Directors of the VT Vegetable & Berry Growers Association |
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2:15 |
Depart Jon Satz Property |
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4:00 |
Arrive at Burlington International Airport |
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