Chris Steel

2 weeks ago | hardwickgazette.org | Chris Steel

EAST HARDWICK – The Upper Lamoille Streamwise team led by Jed Feffer has planted over 500 trees along the Lamoille River in East Hardwick for the last two weeks at the properties of David and Gail O’Brian, Lanny and Mary Jane Hill and Zack and Bridget Hoppe. The Greensboro Association funded the purchase of the trees, which are an assortment of Silky Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood, Cottonwood, Elderberry, Winterberry, Chokecherry, Speckled Alder and Willow.

1 month ago | hardwickgazette.org | Chris Steel

GREENSBORO BEND – The Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) has been working with the Bend Revitalization Initiative and the Pollinator Friendly Greensboro group to establish pollinator beds at the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail’s Greensboro Bend trailhead. Last weekend, Liza Kiesler of the GCC led a volunteer work party spreading mulch, compost and sowing seed. More plugs will be planted this coming weekend.

Nov 19, 2024 | hardwickgazette.org | Chris Steel

To the editor:Property owners may have interpreted last week’s StreamWise article as indicating a 15-foot riparian buffer is sufficient. However our guidance is that property owner’s should endeavor to maintain a minimum 50-foot buffer on properties over an acre in size and 30-feet for those less than an acre. In general, the wider and more heavily vegetated the buffer the better water quality is maintained and the impact of flooding is mitigated. Chris SteelGreensboro

Nov 11, 2024 | hardwickgazette.org | Chris Steel

EAST HARDWICK, GREENSBORO BEND – Volunteers from the Greensboro Association and the Greensboro Conservation Commission planted 75 willow trees on Saturday, Nov. 9, in East Hardwick and Greensboro Bend as part of the Stream Wise program. Stream Wise engages property owners to help them enhance and protect vegetated stream buffers, increasing flood resiliency and benefiting water quality and natural habitat.

Jul 30, 2024 | hardwickgazette.org | Chris Steel

GREENSBORO – The Watershed Stewards of Greensboro and the Upper Lamoille have presented the first Streamwise Award to Karl Stein and Judy Carpenter of Greensboro Bend for the quality of the vegetative buffer that has been allowed to develop on their land along the Lamoille. Stein and Carpenter said they were surprised because, “we have done very little.” The couple heard about the award on the anniversary of their wedding which took place 44 years ago on the same property where they live.