Scientists and technicians from the VT Fish & Wildlife Dept and the US Forest Service Fisheries and Wildlife Program conducted an electro-fishing survey on the
Batten Kill on July 17, 2008.
The Pebble Partnership wants to
create one of North America's largest open-pit gold-copper
mega mines within a much larger potential mining district in
the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
Work on Phase 2 was completed on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Read on for project details and to see some photos of
the newly installed habitat structures.
A VT ANR press release from August 6, 2007 confirmed fears that didymo is present in the Batten Kill. To read the
VT ANR press release, and for more information, read on...
A potentially disasterous development for the trout fisheries of VT and all of the Northeast, the aquatice nuisance algae Didymo, an invasive species, has been confirmed present
in the White and Connecticut Rivers in VT/NH. Read more here about what you can do to help prevent the spread of this aquatic nuisance algae.
