Below you’ll find a resource directory that we hope you will find useful for your work. You can search watershed information, funding opportunities and organizational development resources and narrow each down by topic filters. Or, you can do a search by keywords.
WUV Resource Library
- Watershed Information
- Agriculture
- Buffers
- Policy
- Regulation
- Water Quality
Lake Champlain Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
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Links to document with phosphorus allocation by lake segment and appendices.
- Funding
- Private Grants
Lake Champlain and Tributaries Restoration Fund
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Projects must be located in Vermont on a tributary of Lake Champlain. Preference will be given to projects located on a major tributary (i.e. the Lamoille, Missisquoi, or Winooski Rivers) or a lesser tributary going into one of these, though high-impact projects on smaller waters may be considered. Projects must either protect, restore, and enhance the ecosystem integrity and ecological connectivity of the community of aquatic life or protect, restore, and enhance lake sturgeon and their habitats or restore a self-sustaining land-locked Atlantic Salmon population in Lake Champlain. Grants $5,000 - $25,000, but will accept applications up to $50,000. Deadline December 15, 2017.
- Watershed Information
- Invasive Species
Lake Wise Vermont: Managing Invasive Plants: Controlling Invasive Plants Safely
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Four page fact sheet on managing invasive plants along shoreline properties.
- Funding
- State Grants
Land and Water Conservation Fund
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The Land and Water Conservation Fund Program (LWCF) became effective in January 1965 to create parks and open spaces, protect wilderness and forests, and provide outdoor recreation opportunities. In Vermont, LWCF is administered by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation. LWCF grants provide up to 50% matching assistance to the state and local governments.
- Funding
- State Grants
LaRosa Analytical Services Partnerships
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The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC), through the Vermont Agency of Agriculture /Environmental Laboratory (VAEL) - aka LaRosa Laboratory, provides grants to interested lake, river, and watershed associations to form sample analysis partnerships. The purpose of this program is to help volunteer watershed associations and monitoring groups implement new and/or ongoing surface water monitoring projects for waters in need of water quality assessment. Groups are encouraged to present an action plan that will highlight anticipated outcomes of their monitoring results.
- Funding
- Private Grants
Lintilhac Foundation
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The Lintilhac Foundation’s central purpose is to support organizations that are making sustainable, positive change for Vermont’s environment and its people and providing Vermonters the information and resources they need to control their environmental destinies and strong traditions of democratic engagement. One of their core giving areas is water quality, with a special focus on advocacy and science research. Grants between $5000 and $30,000. Application deadlines March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1, 2017.
- Watershed Information
- Invasive Species
List of Licensed Herbicide Applicators in the Vermont
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This list indicates contractors that are certified or have been certified in the past 5 years to apply herbicides to control invasive plants on forest land and idle lands.
- Watershed Information
- Buffers
- Flood Resilience
- Planning
- Policy
- River Science
- Water Quality
Living in Harmony with Streams: A citizens handbook to the way streams work
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2016 reprint. This handbook is designed to encourage people and agencies to change their relationship with streams so that responses to conflicts are most conducive to river health, human enjoyment and property protection; provide community members with information on how streams work; and highlight incentive programs available to landowners.
- Watershed Information
- River Science
Macroinvertebrates and the Assessment of Water Quality
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Detailed presentation on macroinvertebrates and the role they play in identifying clean water areas.
- Organizational Development
- Board Development
- Financial Management
- Leadership
- Nonprofit Management
Marlboro College Center for New Leadership
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Offers consulting, workshops, a six-month certificate in nonprofit management, board leadership institute, results-based accountability training.