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Lewis Creek at Tyler Bridge Rd unsafe for swimming

Lewis Creek Association tests water quality at Lewis Creek swimming holes and other locations each year. Provisional 2014 data results suggest Lewis Creek sites at Rte 7 in Ferrisburgh and Tyler Bridge Road in Monkton are currently unsafe for swimming.

The Tyler Bridge site is now owned by Fish and Wlldlife for public access. Please use caution at this site in particular. The ecoli level on July 2 was 686.67 (very high), while the Rte 7 site was 272.3. Both unsafe at this time. The state standard is 77, and about to become 250.

Save Our Salamanders Monkton

SOS – We Need Your Help to Save our Salamanders and Wildlife Habitat

Charlotte, VT – The Town of Monkton, Lewis Creek Association and other partners are excited to announce the launch of this spring one-time  social media campaign on Indiegogo to raise $45,000  by the end of April for the installation of two Wildlife Crossing Structures in Monkton, Vermont.   Other team partners include the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, University of Vermont’s Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, Middlebury Area Land Trust, Trans Wild Alliance, Defenders of Wildlife, The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas and Peregrine Productions.

For more info, download the press release:

LCA Press Release 3-5-14 Monkton Wildlife Crossing version 1