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Plus, a superfast carnivorous flower, the lowdown on sewage spills due to flooding and an opportunity to get involved with efforts to help save ash trees from an invasive pest.
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The New Farms for New Americans program provides farmland and resources for immigrants and refugees at the Intervale Center in Burlington. The program works to address food insecurity and provide traditional or culturally significant agricultural experiences. Farmers in the program are once again dealing with flood impacts in the area, but the Center made changes last summer to lessen the burden.
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Scientists say that recent flooding will worsen water quality for Lake Champlain and other Vermont waterways, but it's not expected to be as bad as 2023.
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Hardy ornamental grasses that grow in Midwestern prairies and meadows can also do well in Vermont.
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Vermont is experiencing a stretch of unusually hot and humid weather that forecasters said could be interspersed with the occasional “normal summer thunderstorm," which shouldn’t cause alarm.
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A watershed expert discusses floodplain restoration and policy solutions.
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Vermont State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux about the role of climate change — and geography — in the flooding Vermont saw last week.
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Home gardeners in our region have plenty of questions when it comes to plants, trees and soil. Charlie Nardozzi answers some of them.
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Vermont's top journalists join host Mitch Wertlieb to delve into the most important news stories each week.
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"We thought we were good," Amy Channell says. "We were all communicating with each other about what we're seeing on the news, and 'OK good. We can sleep tight tonight!' And it's like, we can't let our guard down."