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• 5/25/2022
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  Floodplain Restoration to Help Property Damage and Social Inequality in the Lake Champlain Basin
  

  Researchers find that restoring forests could save Vermont $1 billion in flood damages and enhance climate resilience for low-income households.

• 4/08/2021
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  Comparing Soil and Stream Phosphorus Among Farms, Wetlands and Forests in Vermont
  

  In the Missisquoi River basin, soils in agricultural lands and adjacent streambanks have more phosphorus than soils in forests and their streambanks.

• 3/17/2020
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  Changes in Land Use and Water Cycle Influence Nutrient Export in Northeastern Streams
  

  Export of nutrients in streams and across watersheds depends on land use and hydrologic drivers (e.g. rainfall), likely influenced by climate change.

• 10/15/2018
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  Modeling Climate Change Impacts on a Vermont Watershed
  

  A recent study used models on a Vermont watershed to assess the impacts of local temperature and precipitation trends on discharge and sediment loads.

• 6/18/2018
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  How Interventions to Vermont's Floodplains Can Reduce Flooding and Improve Water Quality
  

  Vermont's stream-floodplains offer many natural ecosystem services.

• 5/18/2015
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  Understanding How Climate Change Will Impact Streamflow in the Lake Champlain Basin
  

  Climate models were analyzed to predict future streamflow scenarios in the Mad River.

• 6/26/2014
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  Better Back Roads Management Evaluation
  

  The Better Back Roads program has been in use since 1997 on rural roads in Vermont. This study evaluated several different Best Management Practices.

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