AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoLake & winter safety: Vermont DEC is urging shoreland owners to remove docks before winter or let them freeze in place, and to skip dockside aeration devices that can create unsafe open-water “pools” on lakes; installing bubblers/ice eaters/de-icers requires a Lake Encroachment Permit. Rail trail dumping: Vermont State Police and ANR are investigating trash and scrap metal dumped along the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail in Sheldon; police say the person identified was trying to clean up but created hazardous conditions and costly cleanup for VTrans. Salmon protection closure: Vermont Fish & Wildlife is closing a 20-by-100-foot corridor at Hatchery Cove on Lake Champlain (Oct. 1–Nov. 30) to protect landlocked Atlantic salmon passage to Hatchery Brook. Power resilience in homes: A Vermont “virtual power plant” program is helping households cut outages using leased home batteries through Green Mountain Power. Forestry training: VT-LEAP is offering fall workshops starting Oct. 6, including “Professionalism in Forestry,” with grant info for working lands. Offshore wind fight: Maine joined a coalition challenging federal offshore wind lease cancellations tied to public payouts.
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