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We want to engage people who live, work, and play in our watershed to learn about the challenges to the river, and help us work to solve some of those challenges, and celebrate the progress that we make.
The Friends of the Winooski River needs your help to build our capacity to restore and protect the waters of the Winooski Watershed.
I love the Winooski River! Every season of the year, I can find beautiful places along the river that take my breath away. It's the water of life for those of us lucky enough to live in her watershed.
Jeanne, Burlington
50
Tons of trash removed from the Winooski River
40
Habitats improved
8,000
Water quality samples analyzed
35,000
Trees and shrubs planted
Homes, businesses, and a few entire towns were upended by the historic flooding in the Winooski River watershed this summer. Read full blog post at this link.
We gave FWR volunteer science writer Jenny Blair some of the questions we receive about PFAS, and she has dug into the subject to provide a lot of pertinent facts for you.
Celebrate 25 years of working together to restore the health of our watershed! We’ll enjoy live music by Colin McCaffrey, recognition of some of our outstanding volunteers, and a presentation about beavers in the landscape by Tyler Brown, ...