Every other Wednesday from June through September, WRP volunteers test for E. coli bacteria at sites along the White River and its major tributaries. E. coli is a type of bacteria that lives in the intestines of all warm-blooded animals. E. coli is easy to test for, and is therefore used as an indicator for other disease-causing bacteria in the water. In other words, a high E. coli count reveals that a variety of disease-causing bacteria from numerous sources (leaking septic systems, animal waste, etc) are in the water and could make people sick.
The EPA “swimmable” standard is 235 colonies/100 mL sample. Sites exceeding the EPA standard are marked with an asterisk (*).
September 29 E. coli data
Weather past 24 hours: showers
Main stem sites
Watson Park – 178.5
West Hartford bridge – 238.2*
Mouth of Mill Brook – 25.6
White Brook – 172.3
VLS parking lot – 178.5
Bethel below tx – 142.1
Bethel above tx – 88.2
Mouth of Locust Creek – 9.8
Silver Lake – no data
Gaysville Bridge – 74.8
Tweed at South Hill Road – 14.5
Lion’s Club Park – 38.8
Hancock Branch – 83.6
August 20, 2010 On Saturday, August 14, the WRP hosted the USA’s first Landscape Auction at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. By all accounts, this first-in-the-US event was a resounding success!
Auction highlights
Rusty DeWees and Kira Delhagen worked together to “sell” a school trip to Heart of Vermont Alpaca farm in Braintree.
150 people attended – individuals came from Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and Massachusetts Over 30 items sold – the highest-price item sold was a public access area conservation project at Pinch Rock on the White River in Royalton; the item sold for $7,200 via donations from Vermont Law School staff & faculty, White River Partnership individual & business members, and individual event attendees $20,000 raised – donations ranged from $25 to $3,500 Event highlights – Rusty DeWees as celebrity auctioneer, meeting participating landowners, hayrides to VTC farm centers, live radio broadcast from Oldies 104.3FM, local food tasting including Cabot cheese, Hurricane Flats popcorn, Champlain Orchard apple cider and Green Mountain Coffee Event sponsors – Cabot, Davis Conservation Foundation, Green Mountain Coffee, Green Mountain National Forest, Oldies 104.3FM, ORVIS, Rusty DeWees, South Royalton Market, Vermont Technical College
Auction results
Check out which items sold – and which are still for sale – at the official Landscape Auction website.
For more information
Read what the media had to say about this landmark event: Burlington Free Press article, August 15, 2010 Herald of Randolph article, August 19, 2010 THANK YOU to everyone who attended, participated, and donated their time and money to make the USA’s first Landscape Auction a success!
Help the WRP work with schools to create outdoor classrooms on the White River = $3,000.
The WRP is organizing a WRP Community Bid for the upcoming Landscape Auction on Saturday, August 14. A community bid allows a group of individuals to pool their resources in order to “adopt” a landscape element collectively. Other local groups will be participating in the Landscape Auction via a community bid, including the local chapter of Trout Unlimited and Vermont Law School’s staff and faculty.
How to participate
We invite all WRP members to make a donation – of any size – by mailing a check to the WRP or by making an online donation via our new Google Checkout button. On August 14, a WRP representative will bid up to the amount donated by WRP members on an item that is within the price-range.
What we’ll get
We hope to bid on a nature conservation item in the $2,000 – $5,000 range. For more information about these items, visit the Landscape Auction project website.
For more information
Please contact us for more information about the Landscape Auction or the WRP Community Bid!
News
Posted: September 30, 2010 by wrp_admin
September 29 E.coli results
September 29 E.coli results
September 30, 2010
Every other Wednesday from June through September, WRP volunteers test for E. coli bacteria at sites along the White River and its major tributaries. E. coli is a type of bacteria that lives in the intestines of all warm-blooded animals. E. coli is easy to test for, and is therefore used as an indicator for other disease-causing bacteria in the water. In other words, a high E. coli count reveals that a variety of disease-causing bacteria from numerous sources (leaking septic systems, animal waste, etc) are in the water and could make people sick.
The EPA “swimmable” standard is 235 colonies/100 mL sample. Sites exceeding the EPA standard are marked with an asterisk (*).
September 29 E. coli data
Weather past 24 hours: showers
Main stem sites
Watson Park – 178.5
West Hartford bridge – 238.2*
Mouth of Mill Brook – 25.6
White Brook – 172.3
VLS parking lot – 178.5
Bethel below tx – 142.1
Bethel above tx – 88.2
Mouth of Locust Creek – 9.8
Silver Lake – no data
Gaysville Bridge – 74.8
Tweed at South Hill Road – 14.5
Lion’s Club Park – 38.8
Hancock Branch – 83.6
First Branch sites
Cilley Bridge – 108.6
Chelsea Rec Park – 59.1
Second Branch sites
Dugout Road – 218.7
East Hill Road – 59.1
Third Branch Sites
Stock Farm Road – 88.0
Golf Course Bridge – 93.3
Ayers Brook – 160.7
Adams Brook – 14.8
Thresher Road – 18.5
For more information about water quality monitoring, check out our Program page.
For all summer 2010 E. coli numbers, check out this data sheet:
White_River_E.coli_data_2010_
Posted: August 20, 2010 by wrp_admin
Landscape Auction a SUCCESS!
Landscape Auction a SUCCESS!
August 20, 2010 On Saturday, August 14, the WRP hosted the USA’s first Landscape Auction at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. By all accounts, this first-in-the-US event was a resounding success!
Auction highlights
150 people attended – individuals came from Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and Massachusetts Over 30 items sold – the highest-price item sold was a public access area conservation project at Pinch Rock on the White River in Royalton; the item sold for $7,200 via donations from Vermont Law School staff & faculty, White River Partnership individual & business members, and individual event attendees $20,000 raised – donations ranged from $25 to $3,500 Event highlights – Rusty DeWees as celebrity auctioneer, meeting participating landowners, hayrides to VTC farm centers, live radio broadcast from Oldies 104.3FM, local food tasting including Cabot cheese, Hurricane Flats popcorn, Champlain Orchard apple cider and Green Mountain Coffee Event sponsors – Cabot, Davis Conservation Foundation, Green Mountain Coffee, Green Mountain National Forest, Oldies 104.3FM, ORVIS, Rusty DeWees, South Royalton Market, Vermont Technical College
Auction results
Check out which items sold – and which are still for sale – at the official Landscape Auction website.
For more information
Read what the media had to say about this landmark event: Burlington Free Press article, August 15, 2010 Herald of Randolph article, August 19, 2010 THANK YOU to everyone who attended, participated, and donated their time and money to make the USA’s first Landscape Auction a success!
Posted: July 28, 2010 by wrp_admin
WRP Community Auction Bid
WRP Community Auction Bid
July 28, 2010
The WRP is organizing a WRP Community Bid for the upcoming Landscape Auction on Saturday, August 14. A community bid allows a group of individuals to pool their resources in order to “adopt” a landscape element collectively. Other local groups will be participating in the Landscape Auction via a community bid, including the local chapter of Trout Unlimited and Vermont Law School’s staff and faculty.
How to participate
We invite all WRP members to make a donation – of any size – by mailing a check to the WRP or by making an online donation via our new Google Checkout button. On August 14, a WRP representative will bid up to the amount donated by WRP members on an item that is within the price-range.
What we’ll get
We hope to bid on a nature conservation item in the $2,000 – $5,000 range. For more information about these items, visit the Landscape Auction project website.
For more information
Please contact us for more information about the Landscape Auction or the WRP Community Bid!