This just came to me:  Here is the agenda for the Cabot Select Board meeting tonight, May 17, at 7:00 P.M.
Grand List – Extension

·         Chatot Road w/ Carlton Domey

·         Fuel Service Responses

·         Transportation Enhancement Grant Agreement

·         June 9^th Flooding Grant

·         Ennis Road w/ Doug Newton & Larry Gochey

·         Dog Ordinance

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A request from the Cabot Recreation Department:

ATTENTION CABOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS!: Volunteers needed for this Saturday the 19th @ 10:00 am at the Larry Gochey Ball Field. We are rebuilding the ball field from the devastation of last year's flood. If you have any of the following items to bring with you, please do so:   rake, shovel or a wheel barrow. Thank you... Any Questions please contact Amber Bothfeld@aol.com or call 563-2147.

Jeanne Johnson

802-595-7710

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The Friends and our partners are organizing water quality monitoring programs in three parts of the watershed: the Headwaters (Plainfield, Marshfield and Cabot); the Four Rivers Partnership (North Branch, Stevens Branch, Dog River and the Winooski River) and in the Chittenden County Stream Team area (urbanized streams in the Lower Winooski watershed). In the Headwaters and Four Rivers areas, we will be using data from prior years to refine our testing locations and parameters. The CCST program is new this year but we used input from municipal leaders and others to select sites. In each of the programs, we will have scheduled test dates as well as rain-event sampling and stormwater outfall monitoring. In addition to support from the state laboratory, the Friends have a variety of water quality monitoring equipment and supplies that will improve the flexibility and scope of monitoring programs.  

What does it mean to be a volunteer? Each program will have a set sampling day (e.g. Tuesdays) every two-three weeks from late June to mid-September. Volunteers, usually in pairs, collect samples from a set of 2-5 sites and bring them to a central location. Depending on the number of sites, this generally takes between 1-2 hours. Samples for bacteria are generally collected between 6 and 9 a.m for processing on the same day. Samples for other parameters such as phosphorus, nitrogen and suspended sediments can be collected on a somewhat more flexible schedule. Volunteers do not need to be available for all of the sampling dates. A training session will be held in June for each of the programs. 

If you are potentially interested in volunteering, please email info@winooskiriver.org or call 882-8276. We will be in touch with more details.

Sincerely,

Ann Smith

Executive Director