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Release Day #3. More ideas for groups that can help with Release Days

4/4/2017

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In my March 20 blog I offered a few ideas about who might be available to help you and your students on Release Day. Those suggestions included your local Trout Unlimited liaison as well as staff associated with one of the regional "natural resources conservation district" groups. Now I want to offer two more options.

​But first, a photo of the Castleton River at 1:00 pm today when the water temperature was 35 degrees!
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What would you call that color? It's kind of a cross between pea soup and coffee with lots of cream. Brrr!

Watershed groups
All across the state of Vermont you will find a variety of watershed groups. Here's a map of their distribution. I bet there's one near your school.
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Many of those red dots represent groups that have a special interest in a local river. Some focus not so much on a specific river but rather on a watershed. Here are some of the rivers covered by these organizations:
  • Batten Kill
  • Black River
  • Connecticut River
  • Deerfield River
  • Mad River
  • Hoosic River
  • Huntington River
  • Lewis Creek
  • Missisquoi River
  • New Haven River
  • Ottauquechee River
  • Rock River
  • White River
  • Winooski River

Below I've provided a link to a Web page listing all these organizations as well as others.
River and watershed groups
Here's an example of the Web site of just one of these groups.
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Audubon Society
Members of the various Audubon Society chapters around the state have also in the past assisted schools with their Release Days. Here is some contact information on each of Vermont's eight Audubon Society chapters. I'll bet there's one in your neighborhood!
  • Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society, ellenallman@gmail.com
  • Green Mountain Audubon Society, bmacphe@aol.com
  • Green Mountain Audubon Center, 255 Sherman Hollow, Huntington, VT 05462
  • Northeast Kingdom Audubon Society, blackpoll@myfairpoint.com, 802-626-9071
  • Otter Creek Audubon Society, ocasvt@gmail.com
  • Rutland County Audubon Society, ovenbird14@yahoo.com
  • Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society, 802-254-7409
  • Taconic Tri-state Audubon Society, loandwill@gmail.com, 802-447-1907
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Craig Zondag, of Otter Creek Audubon Society, introducing Lincoln Community School to the bird habitat near their school
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      • Breeder basket improvement and management
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  • Release Day videos
  • TIC in the media
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