Town of Brattleboro Conservation Commission

12/29/2021

01/25/2021

Volunteers wanted to help with Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) study in Windham County. If you live near Jamaica, Fort Dummer, or Townsend State Park and like to take regular walks outdoors, your help is needed! Volunteers are needed to help Forester Jim Esden with phenology studies of hemlock woolly adelgid. A critical factor for success with biocontrol of HWA is knowing when two important HWA life stages occur – the progrediens and sistens phase. Volunteers would go out approximately once a week, harvest a small piece of a hemlock twig infested with HWA, bring the twig home, examine it under a magnifier or hand lens, and keep a log of observations. If you are interested in participating, please email [email protected]. If you know of another confirmed HWA infestation that is not in one of these state parks, you are also welcome to participate in the study.

06/23/2020

The Conservation Commission's work session to cut Japanese knotweed at the West River Park this afternoon is postponed until Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. It's just too hot out there today!

04/22/2020

Happy 50 years of Earth Day!

Read about how charter Conservation Commission member and current chair, Drew Adam, was inspired by a trip to the 1st Earth Day rally in 1970.

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/vt/newsroom/features/?cid=nrcseprd1576638

10/17/2019

TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO
CONSERVATION COMMISSION AGENDA
October 22, 2019
5:15 – 7:00 PM
Hanna Cosman Room, Brattleboro Municipal Center

A. Call to Order

B. Announcements

C. Approve Minutes of April 30, 2019 and May 28, 2019

D. New Business
1. Whetstone Brook – Projects and Issues
Guest: Marie Caduto, Watershed Coordinator, VT Department of Environmental Conservation
2. Hinsdale Island Cleanup

E. Old Business
1. Japanese Knotweed– West River Park
2. Creamery Bridge
3. Source to Sea Cleanup

G. Adjourn

10/16/2019

Cast your vote! Brattleboro Community Television has announced the nominees for the People's Choice Award. Jennifer Latham, with the Brattleboro Conservation Commission, has been nominated for the production "How to Identify Japanese Knotweed." See the video and vote here:

The People's Choice winner will be announced at BCTV's Producer Awards PartyThursday, October 246:00 - 8:00 PMat 118 Elliot, Brattleboro, VTDinner

09/27/2019

The Conservation Commission got an early jump on the Source to Sea cleanup this past Tuesday (and managed the Japanese knotweed at the park too!). It's not too late for you to join a group. Check out CT River Conservancy's webpage to find cleanups happening in the area this weekend - https://www.ctriver.org/our-work/source-to-sea-cleanup/

09/03/2019

The community is invited to a pop-up event celebrating Alley Lane: the alley next to the Brattleboro Transportation Center at 77 Flat St. Come enjoy ice cream floats and witness Alley Lane transformed. Through art, activities, games and stories, this pop-up, funded by AARP, aims to enliven this connector space between Flat and Elliot Streets and to celebrate the significance of the Connecticut River watershed to our community.

08/30/2019

The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation is conducting an online survey to gather input from all Vermonters regarding outdoor recreation, and they want to hear from you!

Vermonters can take the survey at https://fpr.vermont.gov/SCORP. To have a paper copy of the survey mailed to you, call 802-598-4551 or email [email protected]. The survey will be available online from August 12th until September 9th.

TAKE THE SURVEY! Vermont's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) is being updated! What is the SCORP? The SCORP is a plan which assesses the provision and need for outdoor recreation in a state. States are required to update their SCORP every five years to remain eligible to receiv...

05/28/2019

Due to the weather forecast for this afternoon, the Japanese knotweed work session for this afternoon is cancelled. Stay tuned for a new date!