2017 Pond Brook Ecological Report and Species Guide

Pond Brook Ecological Inventory

During the summer of 2016, UVM biology graduate student Lyra Brennan conducted a focused study of the Pond Brook Watershed.  An Ecological Inventory and Assessment of the Pond Brook Region in Monkton, Vermont is a rich source of information including detailed descriptions of plants, animals, geology, and hydrology of the watershed.

Pond Brook Key Species Guide

During the summer of 2016 UVM biology graduate student Lyra Brennan conducted a focused study of the natural history aspects of the Pond Brook Watershed. One result of her work was the production of a “Key Species Guide” complete with photographs and explanatory text that addresses key plant species that call the Pond Brook Watershed home. The Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee (ANAC) helped to sponsor Lyra’s work and the committee plans to make hard copies of the guide available in the Town Library

Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee (ANAC) Position posting

The Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee is looking to fill a vacancy in the committee.  The Monkton Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee (ANAC) is dedicated to protecting the farmland, woodland, natural and recreational areas, and other open spaces that help give Monkton its distinctive rural character and quality of life.  The Committee reviews applications and makes recommendations to Monkton’s Selectboard who administers the Agricultural and Natural Areas Fund that is dedicated to the perpetual protection of agriculture and natural resources important to Monkton and in support of the Town Plan.  Full posting below the fold.

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