Vermont State Colleges. Futures Task Force II Report.

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Vermont State Commission on Higher Education.

This report presents recommendations to strengthen quality and improve programs and services in the Vermont State College (VSC) for Vermont and Vermonters for the next 10-15 years. The report notes three major changes in the VSC and in the role which education beyond high school plays: that VSC enrollments have increased by 37 percent in the past…

Agreement between Vermont State Colleges and Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation AFT, VFT, Local 3180, AFL-CIO.

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Vermont State Commission on Higher Education.

The collective bargaining agreement between the Vermont State Colleges and the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) Faculty Federation, American Federation of Teachers covering the period September 1, 1988 to August 31, 1990 is presented. The contract's 48 articles cover the following: definitions, recognition, management rights, federation rights,…

Lyndon, Johnson "Will" Seek and Accept a New Term as Northern Vermont University

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Spaulding, Jeb

2017-01-01

The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees has decided to combine two small state colleges--Lyndon State College and Johnson State College--that have been the access institutions for the northern and often most economically challenged region of Vermont. Northern Vermont University will result from the unification. The unification will multiply…

Peach Bottom and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plants

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NONE

1992-12-31

A dramatic and extraordinary instance of state and local government control of nuclear power, the purchase by New York of the Shoreham plant is nonetheless indicative of the political demands that some states confront for additional involvement in the regulation of the radiological hazards associated with commercial nuclear power plants. Although the Supreme Court has appeared to expand, in the eight years since PG&E and Silkwood, the acceptable extent of state regulation, some states, in addition to New York, have acquired, with the acquiescence of the NRC, a degree of involvement that exceeds the role for state and local governmentsmore » provided by the Court. For example, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concluded with the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) in June 1989 an agreement that commits PECO to various initiatives, not otherwise required under NRC regulations, for the safe operation of the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. In July 1991 the State of Vermont and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation (Vermont Yankee) concluded an agreement similar to that concluded between Pennsylvania and PECO. The agreement also commits Vermont Yankee to certain initiatives, not otherwise required under NRC regulations, related to its operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vermont. The agreement was precipitated by a challenge to an application, submitted to the NRC by Vermont Yankee in April 1989, to amend the Vermont Yankee plant license to extend its expiration date from December 11, 2007 to March 21, 2012. The amendment would allow the Vermont Yankee plant to operate for forty full years.« less

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MERCURY IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES: AN ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY IN WATER, SEDIMENT, AND BIOTA OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES - COMPREHENSIVE FINAL PROJECT REPORT

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This report summarizes findings of a three-year field study of mercury in freshwater lakes of Vermont and New Hampshire. The study was undertaken jointly by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, and Syracuse Univ...

The 1992 Vermont recreation survey and environmental index: Vermonters' perceptions of recreational and environmental issues in Vermont

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Kevin R. Wiberg; Frederick E. Schmidt; Robert E. Manning; Susan Bulmer

1995-01-01

In 1992, Vermonters rated the state's recreational resources a "B-" with a corresponding grade of "B" for the quality of the state's environment. Scenic resources continued to be rated most highly as were state trails and commercial recreation establishments. Concern for water resource quality, solid and toxic waste disposal, acid rain,...

A Plan for Library Cooperation in Vermont, Report to the Vermont Free Public Library Service.

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Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA.

A survey of library service in Vermont, financed with Library Services and Construction Act funds, was conducted in two parts: (1) an examination of the procedures used by the Free Public Library Service in its role as the focus of interlibrary cooperation in Vermont and an evaluation of library resources in the state and (2) an evaluation of…

Vermont | Midmarket Solar Policies in the United State | Solar Research |

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/Agricultural Energy Loan Program Vermont Economic Development Authority Maximum loan of $2 million may be Development Authority: Agricultural Energy Loan Program Vermont Economic Development Authority: Small Business

Remedial Investigation Report Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire

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1992-10-01

older) Wisconsin glacial advance, known in Vermont as the Bennington Glacial Stade, glaciers advanced primarily from the northwest. A glacier lake formed...Internal Report 1088, Hanover, New Hampshire. Hadley, J.B., 1950, Geology of the Bradford-Thetford area, Orange County, Vermont , Bulletin No. 1, Vermont ...CRREL Section No.: 10 Revision No.: 2 Date: October 1992 Lyons, J.B. 1955, Geology of the Hanover Quadrangle, New Hampshire - Vermont , Geological

The Impact of Human Rights on Universalizing Health Care in Vermont, USA.

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MacNaughton, Gillian; Haigh, Fiona; McGill, Mariah; Koutsioumpas, Konstantinos; Sprague, Courtney

2015-12-10

In 2010, Vermont adopted a new law embracing human rights principles as guidelines for health care reform, and in 2011, Vermont was the first state in the US to enact framework legislation to establish a universal health care system for all its residents. This article reports on the Vermont Workers' Center's human rights-based approach to universal health care and the extent to which this approach influenced decision makers. We found the following: (1) by learning about the human right to health care and sharing experiences, Vermonters were motivated to demand universal health care; (2) mobilizing Vermonters around a unified message on the right to health care made universal health care politically important; (3) using the human rights framework to assess new proposals enabled the Vermont Workers' Center to respond quickly to new policy proposals; (4) framing health care as a human right provided an alternative to the dominant economics-based discourse; and (5) while economics continues to dominate discussions among Vermont leaders, both legislative committees on health care use the human rights principles as guiding norms for health care reform. Importantly, the principles have empowered Vermonters by giving them more voice in policymaking and have been internalized by legislators as democratic principles of governance. Copyright © 2015 MacNaughton, Haigh, McGill, Koutsioumpas, Sprague. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Vermont rail capital investment policy plan : executive summary

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2001-10-01

The Vermont Agency of Transportation has prepared a Rail Capital Investment Policy Plan (RCIPP) for the purpose of providing guidance for the functioning of Vermont's rail System. The report represents the culmination of eight months of work by the s...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Residential Provisions of the 2015 IECC for Vermont

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Mendon, Vrushali V.; Zhao, Mingjie; Taylor, Zachary T.

2016-02-15

The 2015 IECC provides cost-effective savings for residential buildings in Vermont. Moving to the 2015 IECC from the 2012 IECC base code is cost-effective for residential buildings in all climate zones in Vermont.

The Vermont transportation energy report : Vermont Clean Cities Coalition.

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2010-08-01

The mission of the Vermont Clean Cities Coalition (VCCC) is to reduce the states reliance on : fossil fuels for transportation. This annual report provides policy makers with relevant and : timely data on the status of fuel consumption, vehicle pu...

Hydrologic conditions in New Hampshire and Vermont, water year 2011

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Kiah, Richard G.; Jarvis, Jason D.; Hegemann, Robert F.; Hilgendorf, Gregory S.; Ward, Sanborn L.

2013-01-01

Record-high hydrologic conditions in New Hampshire and Vermont occurred during water year 2011, according to data from 125 streamgages and lake gaging stations, 27 creststage gages, and 41 groundwater wells. Annual runoff for the 2011 water year was the sixth highest on record for New Hampshire and the highest on record for Vermont on the basis of a 111-year reference period (water years 1901–2011). Groundwater levels for the 2011 water year were generally normal in New Hampshire and normal to above normal in Vermont. Record flooding occurred in April, May, and August of water year 2011. Peak-of-record streamflows were recorded at 38 streamgages, 25 of which had more than 10 years of record. Flooding in April 2011 was widespread in parts of northern New Hampshire and Vermont; peak-of-record streamflows were recorded at nine streamgages. Flash flooding in May 2011 was isolated to central and northeastern Vermont; peakof- record streamflows were recorded at five streamgages. Devastating flooding in August 2011 occurred throughout most of Vermont and in parts of New Hampshire as a result of the heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Irene. Peak-ofrecord streamflows were recorded at 24 streamgages.

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I)

DTIC Science & Technology

1964-10-01

27. J. A. MacFadyen, Jr., The Geology of the Bennington Area Vermont , Vermont Geol. Survey, Bull. No. 7, 71 pp. (1956). 28. M. P. Billings, J. B...14 3. Aeroradioactivity Profile in the Keene and Brattleboro Quadrangles, New Hampshire and Vermont , Showing Relationship to Bedrock Geology and...Quadrangles, New Hampshire and Vermont , Showing Radioactivity Units, Geology , and Flight Lines . 20 4b. Aeroradioactivity Profiles along Flight Lines 178

Ships at a distance: Energy choice and economic challenge

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Bradford, P.A.

1997-12-31

Several restructurings of Vermont`s electric utilities were attempted earlier. At best, the successes were compromises, whose benefits were a fraction of what might have been achieved. At worst, monopoly power triumphed outright, leaving Vermonters and Vermont economy in thrall to distant energy and financial forces. To understand the interplay between today`s restructuring and the Vermont economy, the author examines those earlier restructuring. They establish that electricity really is different from other industries, not just because it cannot be stored or because the strandable investment is so much larger or the monopoly linkages are so much more extensive. More important ismore » the extent of the electric industry`s place in the national political consciousness and its environmental impact.« less

Vermont lakes and ponds: a pilot recreation planning process

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Daniel T. Malone; John J. Lindsay

1992-01-01

This report analyzes a pilot planning study conducted on two Vermont ponds by University of Vermont outdoor recreation planning students. It discusses the planning process used for these ponds and offers ways in which a statewide lake and pond planning process could be implemented.

Chittenden County Transportation Authority, Vermont multimodal passenger information, transit signal priority and ITS system planning local evaluation report

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2006-06-01

The Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA) was founded in 1973 by the Vermont Legislature and provides transit services in northwestern Vermont. CCTA is a full service public transportation provider, offering services including fixed route...

Human rights from the grassroots up: Vermont's campaign for universal health care.

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McGill, Mariah

2012-06-15

In 2008, the Vermont Workers' Center launched the "Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign," a grassroots campaign to secure the creation of a universal health care system in Vermont. Campaign organizers used a human rights framework to mobilize thousands of voters in support of universal health care. In response to this extraordinary grassroots effort, the state legislature passed health care legislation that incorporates human rights principles into Vermont law and provides a framework for universal health care. The United States has often lagged behind other nations in recognizing economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights, including the right to health. Nonetheless, activists have begun to incorporate ESC rights into domestic advocacy campaigns, and state and local governments are beginning to respond where the federal government has not. Vermont serves as a powerful example of how a human rights framework can inform health care policy and inspire grassroots campaigns in the United States. This three-part article documents the Vermont Workers' Center campaign and discusses the impact that human rights activity at the grassroots level may have on attitudes towards ESC rights in the United States. The first part describes the Vermont health care crisis and explains why the center adopted international human rights principles for their campaign. The article then goes on to discuss the three-year campaign and analyze the health care reform bill that the Vermont legislature passed. Finally, the article discusses the campaign's local and national impact. Copyright © 2012 McGill.

Racial Harassment in Vermont Public Schools.

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Pentino, Marc D.

This report presents information from a 1997 community forum of the Vermont Advisory Committee on racial harassment in Vermont public schools. Parents, students, teachers, administrators and community and advocacy group representatives offered their views on racial harassment in the public schools, describing them as hostile and unfriendly places…

77 FR 30518 - Town of Springfield, Vermont and Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services, Inc., One Hundred River...

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... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 9648-018] Town of Springfield, Vermont and Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services, Inc., One Hundred River Street, LLC; Notice... 15, 2011 and supplemented on April 27, 2012, the Town of Springfield, Vermont and Siemens...

Forest-land owners of Vermont--1983

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Richard H. Widmann; Thomas W. Birch; Thomas W. Birch

1988-01-01

A statistical analytical report on a mail canvass of private timberland owners in Vermont. The study was conducted in conjunction with the third forest survey of Vermont by the USDA Forest Service. It discusses landowner characteristics, attitudes, and intentions of owners regarding reasons for owning, recreational use, timber management, and harvesting.

The Economic Impact of Vermont's Child Care Industry.

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2002

This report documents the relationship between the supply of reliable, affordable, accessible child care and the health of Vermont's economy. The child care industry is a growing part of the Vermont economy, pumping money into local communities by supporting working families, creating jobs, and generating taxes through employment and the purchase…

78 FR 50458 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, Vermont Yankee...

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... Nuclear Operations, Inc., James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Request for Action AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Request... that the NRC take action with regard to James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, Vermont Yankee...

77 FR 41194 - Vermont; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

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2012-07-12

... within the State of Vermont are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant... declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-4066-DR), dated June 22, 2012, and related determinations. DATES: Effective Date: June 22, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Office of...

Winter photosynthesis of red spruce from three Vermont seed sources

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P.G. Schaberg; R.C. Wilkinson; J.B. Shane; J.R. Donnelly; P.F. Cali

1995-01-01

We evaluated winter (January through March) carbon assimilation of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) from three Vermont seed sources grown in a common garden in northwestern Vermont. Although CO2 exchange rates were generally low, net photosynthetic rates increased during two prolonged thaws. Significant correlations between CO...

A Case Study of Land Treatment in a Cold Climate-West Dover, Vermont,

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1982-12-01

Research & ADA124~i8Engineering Laboratory A case study of land treatment in a cold climate- West Dover, Vermont IT C;0 ~󈨜 03 09 052 CRREL Report 82...44 December 1982 A case study of land treatment in a cold climate- West Dover, Vermont J.R. Bouzoun, D.W. Meals and E.A. Cassell Prepared for OFFICE OF...4. TITLE (end SL : 5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED A CASE STUDY OF LAND TREATMENT IN A COLD CLIMATE-WEST DOVER, VERMONT 6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT

The 10 Conditions That Increased Vermont's Readiness to Implement Statewide Health System Transformation.

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Grembowski, David; Marcus-Smith, Miriam

2018-06-01

Following an arduous, 6-year policy-making process, Vermont is the first state implementing a unified, statewide all-payer integrated delivery system with value-based payment, along with aligned medical and social service reforms, for almost all residents and providers in a state. Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid value-based payment for most Vermonters will be administered through a new statewide accountable care organization in 2018-2022. The purpose of this article is to describe the 10 conditions that increased Vermont's readiness to implement statewide system transformation. The authors reviewed documents, conducted internet searches of public information, interviewed key informants annually in 2014-2016, cross-validated factual and narrative interpretation, and performed content analyses to derive conditions that increased readiness and their implications for policy and practice. Four social conditions (leadership champions; a common vision; collaborative culture; social capital and collective efficacy) and 6 support conditions (money; statewide data; legal infrastructure; federal policy promoting payment reform; delivery system transformation aligned with payment reform; personnel skilled in system reform) increased Vermont's readiness for system transformation. Vermont's experience indicates that increasing statewide readiness for reform is slow, incremental, and exhausting to overcome the sheer inertia of large fee-based systems. The new payments may work because statewide, uniform population-based payment will affect the health care of almost all Vermonters, creating statewide, uniform provider incentives to reduce volume and making the current fee-based system less viable. The conditions for readiness and statewide system transformation may be more likely in states with regulated markets, like Vermont, than in states with highly competitive markets.

Closing the Ethnic Gap.

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Vermont State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Montpelier.

In this report, the Vermont State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights argues that at all levels of the educational system in Vermont, there is need for increased awareness and sensitivity to the need for education on human relations. Educators must become aware of the importance of this need even though Vermont has a recial…

Study of Vermont: A Curriculum Designed for Grades 4-6.

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Dubuque, Martha L.

Designed for use in grades 4-6, this guide consists of four basic units related to the study of Vermont: Indian Civilization, Vermont History, Geography and Economics, and Cities and Towns. Each unit lists key concepts, content objectives, skills objectives, and related objectives. Next, specialized vocabulary as well as common, essential…

Leading & Learning: A Portfolio of Change in Vermont Schools, 1991.

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Hewitt, Geof, Comp.; And Others

The Governor's Institutes of Vermont are summer programs for Vermont high school students. The students are chosen for their strong personal motivation and interest in art, science and technology, and international affairs. Coordinated with the Institutes, the Lead Learner program is designed to enhance teacher and school efforts in restructuring.…

Renegotiation of highway construction contracts : an economic analysis of change orders issued by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, 2004-2009.

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2013-05-01

We provide a complete report of our research on change orders and strategic bidding in Vermont over : the period 2004-2009. Our investigation provides the Vermont Agency of Transportation with a : quantitative view of the scope of change orders, and ...

Time series analysis of travel trends in Vermont

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Varna M. Ramaswamy; Walter F. Kuentzel

1995-01-01

Vermont's travel and tourism industry is not keeping pace with the nation-wide growth in the travel industry. While travel indicators such as domestic travel expenditures, tourism generated employment, payroll and tax receipts have been steadily increasing across the United States, these indicators in Vermont peaked in 1978 and have declined ever since. The state...

76 FR 45241 - Morrisville Village of, Vermont; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting...

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2011-07-28

...: Craig Myotte, General Manager, Morrisville Village Water & Light Department, 857 Elmore Street... Village of, Vermont; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To... No: 2629-010. c. Date Filed: May 23, 2011. d. Applicant: Morrisville Village of, Vermont. e. Name of...

Preparing for the Update of Vermont’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan : Proceedings from the Federal Highway Administration’s Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program

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2011-01-01

This report provides a summary of a peer exchange sponsored by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). The peer exchange convened Vermonts Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Core Group to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Vermont...

Focus on Vermont's Self-Determination Project.

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O'Brien, John

This paper reports on a focus group discussion held in June, 1998, in Killington, Vermont, about a 3-year project in Vermont to encourage the self-determination of people with developmental disabilities. The project has involved training of four project teams, each composed of a person with a developmental disability, a family member, and a person…

Working woods: A case study of sustainable forest management on Vermont family forests

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Neal F. Maker; Rene H. Germain; Nathaniel M. Anderson

2014-01-01

Families own 35% of US forestland and 67% of Vermont forestland. Sustainable management of their woodlots could provide social and economic benefits for generations. We examined sustainable forest management across four counties in Vermont by evaluating the use of silvicultural practices and best management practices on 59 recently harvested, family-owned properties...

Resident perceptions of Vermont State Parks

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Herbert E. Echelberger; Thomas A. More

1992-01-01

This report describes results of a survey to determine Vermont residents' opinions about their state park system. Over 400 responses were obtained from current park users and nearly 300 came from non-users. Results suggest that both day and overnight state park users are quite satisfied with the quality of services and facilities at the Vermont park they had most...

School Finance in Vermont: Balancing Equal Education and Fair Tax Burdens. Discussion Paper 07-01

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Saas, Darcy Rollins

2007-01-01

Vermont lawmakers had grappled with the thorny issue of how to finance public education long before the Vermont Supreme Court's 1997 ruling that the state's funding system was unconstitutional. In "Brigham vs. State," the court found that the system in effect at that time violated the state's constitutional guarantee to equal protection…

Rural Vocational Education: Conditions and Problems in Vermont and the Rural Northeast.

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Haupt, Roy C.; Schmidt, Frederick E.

Vermont, the most rural state in the northeastern United States, can represent that area for consideration of the problems of rural vocational education. Nearly 21% of Vermont's work-aged population has vocational training. More than half of all high school juniors and seniors now enroll in vocational education programs, and new adult education…

Guidelines for Public Library Service to Children in Vermont.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

1989

A task force was charged with developing a revised set of guidelines for public library service to children in Vermont. Together with the results of a survey of Vermont public libraries, the help of recommendations from other states, and the expertise of individual libraries, the task force drew up a number of guidelines. In the first section the…

Asynchronous ice lobe retreat and glacial Lake Bascom: Deglaciation of the Hoosic and Vermont valleys, southwestern Vermont

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Small, E.; Desimone, D.

Deglaciation of the Hoosic River drainage basin in southwestern Vermont was more complex than previously described. Detailed surficial mapping, stratigraphic relationships, and terrace levels/delta elevations reveal new details in the chronology of glacial Lake Bascom: (1) a pre-Wisconsinan proglacial lake was present in a similar position to Lake Bascom as ice advanced: (2) the northern margin of 275m (900 ft) glacial Lake Bascom extended 10 km up the Vermont Valley; (3) the 215m (705 ft) Bascom level was stable and long lived; (4) intermediate water planes existed between 215m and 190m (625 ft) levels; and (5) a separate ice tonguemore » existed in Shaftsbury Hollow damming a small glacial lake, here named glacial Lake Emmons. This information is used to correlate ice margins to different lake levels. Distance of ice margin retreat during a lake level can be measured. Lake levels are then used as control points on a Lake Bascom relative time line to compare rate of retreat of different ice tongues. Correlation of ice margins to Bascom levels indicates ice retreat was asynchronous between nearby tongues in southwestern Vermont. The Vermont Valley ice tongue retreated between two and four times faster than the Hoosic Valley tongue during the Bascom 275m level. Rate of retreat of the Vermont Valley tongue slowed to one-half of the Hoosic tongue during the 215m--190m lake levels. Factors responsible for varying rates of retreat are subglacial bedrock gradient, proximity to the Hudson-Champlain lobe, and the presence of absence of a calving margins. Asynchronous retreat produced splayed ice margins in southwestern Vermont. Findings from this study do not support the model of parallel, synchronous retreat proposed by many workers for this region.« less

Renewable Energy From Animal Biomass – Farm Methane

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St. Amour, Kenneth

2013-08-31

The major goal of the project is to develop 2 anaerobic digesters on family farms in rural Vermont. We have accomplished half of that goal, with 1 digester operating on the Gebbie Maplehurst Farm in Greensboro, Vermont. The 2nd digester is planned as a student demonstration unit at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center, Vermont. That half of the project has not commenced. We will limit our discussion to the Gebbie Maplehurst Farm project. A 150MW generator is installed on the farm and is producing electricity which is being sold as part of the Standard Offer Program within the Statemore » of Vermont. The induction generator is the first of its kind manufactured by Martin Machinery of Latham, Missouri. The project is currently generating approximately 15% - 20% of the capacity as shown in appendix I. However, it is anticipated that details will quickly be worked out to increase that capacity factor.« less

Vermont State Briefing Book on low-level radioactive waste management

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Not Available

1981-07-01

The Vermont State Briefing Book is one of a series of state briefing books on low-level radioactive waste management practices. It has been prepared to assist state and federal agency officials in planning for safe low-level radioactive waste disposal. The report contains a profile of low-level radioactive waste generators in Vermont. The profile is the result of a survey of Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees in Vermont. The briefing book also contains a comprehensive assessment of low-level radioactive waste management issues and concerns as defined by all major interested parties including industry, government, the media, and interest groups. The assessment wasmore » developed through personal communications with representatives of interested parties, and through a review of media sources. Lastly, the briefing book provides demographic and socioeconomic data and a discussion of relevant government agencies and activities, all of which may affect waste management practices in Vermont.« less

Vermont Biofuels Initiative: Local Production for Local Use to Supply a Portion of Vermont's Energy Needs

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Sawyer, Scott; Kahler, Ellen

2009-05-31

The Vermont Biofuels initiative (VBI) is the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund's (VSJF) biomass-to-biofuels market development program. Vermont is a small state with a large petroleum dependency for transportation (18th in per capita petroleum consumption) and home heating (55% of all households use petroleum for heating). The VBI marks the first strategic effort to reduce Vermont's dependency on petroleum through the development of homegrown alternatives. As such, it supports the four key priorities of the U.S. Department of Energy's Multi-year Biomass Plan: 1.) Dramatically reduce dependence on foreign oil; 2.) Promote the use of diverse, domestic and sustainable energy resources; 3.)more » Reduce carbon emissions from energy production and consumption; 4.) Establish a domestic bioindustry. In 2005 VSJF was awarded with a $496,000 Congressionally directed award from U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy. This award was administered through the U.S. Department of Energy (DE-FG36- 05GO85017, hereafter referred to as DOE FY05) with $396,000 to be used by VSJF for biodiesel development and $100,000 to be used by the Vermont Department of Public Service for methane biodigester projects. The intent and strategic focus of the VBI is similar to another DOE funded organization-the Biofuels Center of North Carolina-in that it is a nonprofit driven, statewide biofuels market development effort. DOE FY05 funds were expensed from 2006 through 2008 for seven projects: 1) a feedstock production, logistics, and biomass conversion research project conducted by the University of Vermont Extension; 2) technical assistance in the form of a safety review and engineering study of State Line Biofuels existing biodiesel production facility; 3) technical assistance in the form of a safety review and engineering study of Borderview Farm's proposed biodiesel production facility; 4) technology and infrastructure purchases for capacity expansion at Green Technologies, LLC, a waste vegetable biodiesel producer; 5) technical assistance in the form of feasibility studies for AgNorth Biopower LLC's proposed multi-feedstock biodigester; 6) technology and infrastructure purchases for the construction of a "Cow Power" biodigester at Gervais Family Farm; and 7) the education and outreach activities of the Vermont Biofuels Association. DOE FY05 funded research, technical assistance, and education and outreach activities have helped to provide Vermont farmers and entrepreneurs with important feedstock production, feedstock logistics, and biomass conversion information that did not exist prior as we work to develop an instate biodiesel sector. The efficacy of producing oilseed crops in New England is now established: Oilseed crops can grow well in Vermont, and good yields are achievable given improved harvesting equipment and techniques. DOE FY05 funds used for technology and infrastructure development have expanded Vermont's pool of renewable electricity and liquid fuel generation. It is now clear that on-farm energy production provides an opportunity for Vermont farmers and entrepreneurs to reduce on-farm expenditures of feed and fuel while providing for their energy security. Meanwhile they are developing new value-added revenue sources (e.g., locally produced livestock meal), retaining more dollars in the local economy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.« less

Forests in the Green Mountain State: A Half-Century of Change

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Richard H. Wildmann

2001-01-01

Forests provide wood and other forest products, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, a setting for recreation, and much more. They have played a major role in the history and culture of the State of Vermont. Highlighted here are some of the significant trends that have occurred in Vermont?s forests over the last half-century. The data in this...

Sociocultural perspectives of trapping revisited: a comparative analysis of activities and motives 1994 and 2000

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Rodney R. Zwick; Ron Glass; Kim Royar; Tom Decker

2002-01-01

Vermont trappers are faced with multiple social, economic, and political factors that influence their harvest activities, the extent of their participation, and affect their motives for participating in trapping. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in participation and motives of Vermont trappers from 1994 to 2000. Data collected from 333 licensed Vermont...

Alternative Fuels Data Center: Lamoille Valley Ford Is #1 for Electric

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Vehicle Sales in Vermont Lamoille Valley Ford Is #1 for Electric Vehicle Sales in Vermont to someone by E-mail Share Alternative Fuels Data Center: Lamoille Valley Ford Is #1 for Electric Vehicle Electric Vehicle Sales in Vermont on Twitter Bookmark Alternative Fuels Data Center: Lamoille Valley Ford

Vermont stumpage price trends revisited: with comparisons to New Hampshire

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Paul E. Sendak; Thom J. McEvoy

2013-01-01

Our objective was to describe the trends of Vermont stumpage prices for major sawtimber species and products over the approximately last quarter century and propose a likely explanation of changes that we observed. Annual percentage rates of change (APR) were estimated for 10 forest products in Vermont from the third quarter of 1981 (1981Q3) to the first quarter of...

Toward a state landscape policy: incremental planning and management in Vermont

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Mark B. Lapping

1979-01-01

The issue of landscape management and enhancement has been of deep concern to Vermonters for many decades. This concern, which has been institutionalized through specific policies, stems from the dual desire to maintain the unique attractiveness of rural Vermont and the need to preserve and enhance a landscape which is basic to a huge recreational and tourist industry...

Vermont's use-value appraisal property tax program: a forest inventory and analysis

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Paul E. Sendak; Donald F. Dennis; Donald F. Dennis

1989-01-01

A statistical report and analysis of the timberland enrolled in the Vermont Use Value Appraisal (UVA) property tax program. The study was conducted using data collected in the fourth forest survey of Vermont (1983). Estimates are presented on land area, timber volumes, tree quality, numbers of live trees, and biomass for timberland enrolled in the UVA program and for...

Development of Off-Campus Library Services in the Vermont State Colleges.

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Lindberg, Dennis; Chalfoun, Eileen

This report examines the process of planning library services for off-campus students that was undertaken by the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) in 1982, and considers the implications of the plans for the system as a whole as well as for the Community College of Vermont (CCV), a non-campus, non-traditional college without a library. Following a…

"This Is My Best": The Report of Vermont's Writing Assessment Program, Pilot Year 1990-91.

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Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier.

A study examined the background, methods, and results of the pilot year of Vermont's Writing Assessment program. Students and teachers from 46 Vermont schools were invited to participate in the 1990-91 pilot year of portfolio assessment. Students in grades 4 and 8 chose samples of their best writing from the school year. Each portfolio was…

National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Sucker Brook Dam (VT 00212), Richelieu River Basin, Town of Salisbury, Addison County, Vermont. Phase I Inspection Report.

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1980-02-01

BENNINGTON STATE OF VERMONT APPROX. SCALE IN MILES SUCKER BROOK DAM LOCATION MAP GORDON E AINSWORTH & ASSOCIATES INC Fviil 20 SU6ARLOAF STSUHDEFEDMASS...New Hampshire and Vermont - Water Year 1977", USGS Water-Data Report NH-Vf-77-l, U.S. Geologi - 0 cal Survey, Boston, Ma., 1978. 20. "Climatological...34’.’ -_’_,’’- ".’’° , ’J LrLi . m""_"’"L % " , , " °. • .. RICHELIEU RIVER BASIN TOWN OF SALISBURY ADDISON COUNTY, VERMONT 0o (0 Ln SUCKER

National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Sugar Hill Dam (VT 00176), Richelieu River Basin, Town of Goshen, Addison County, Vermont. Phase I Inspection Report.

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1980-02-01

MASS. 01373 o BURLINGTON O MONTPELIER SUGAR HIL o BENNINGTON 0 STATE OF VERMONT APPROX. SCALE IN MILES 25 SUGAR HILL DAM LOCATION MAP GORDON E...Resources Data For New Hampshire and Vermont - Water Year 1977", USGS Water-Data Report NH-VT-77-1, U.S. Geologi - 0 cal Survey, Boston, Ma., 1978...147.1 ItITIO01 OF I NOV 65 IS OBSOLIETE RIC HELIEU RIVER BASIN TO WN OF GOSHEN ADDISON COUNTY, VERMONT 0 S UGAR HILL DAM VT 00176 PHASE I INSPECTION

Forests of Vermont and New Hampshire 2012

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Randall S. Morin; Chuck J. Barnett; Brett J. Butler; Susan J. Crocker; Grant M. Domke; Mark H. Hansen; Mark A. Hatfield; Jonathan Horton; Cassandra M. Kurtz; Tonya W. Lister; Patrick D. Miles; Mark D. Nelson; Ronald J. Piva; Sandy Wilmot; Richard H. Widmann; Christopher W. Woodall; Robert. Zaino

2015-01-01

The first full remeasurement of the annual inventory of the forests of Vermont and New Hampshire was completed in 2012 and covers nearly 9.5 million acres of forest land, with an average volume of nearly 2,300 cubic feet per acre. The data in this report are based on visits to 1,100 plots located across Vermont and 1,091 plots located across New Hampshire. Forest land...

The Vermont Bioenergy Initiative: Final Technical Report

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Callahan, Chris; Sawyer, Scott; Kahler, Ellen

The purpose of the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative (VBI) was to foster the development of sustainable, distributed, small-scale biodiesel and grass/mixed fiber industries in Vermont in order to produce bioenergy for local transportation, agricultural, and thermal applications, as a replacement for fossil fuel based energy. The VBI marked the first strategic effort to reduce Vermont’s dependency on petroleum through the development of homegrown alternatives.

77 FR 41975 - Central Vermont Public Service Corporation; Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of...

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...-031, 2399-037, 2400-033, 2445- 024, 2489-046, 2490-028, 2558-032, 2731-042, 2737-022, 11475-015, 11478..., Vermont. 2399 Arnold Falls Passumpsic River in Caledonia Hydroelectric. County, Vermont. 2400 Passumpsic...- 12766-004, P-2490-028, P-2731-042, P-2396-034, P-2397-031, P-2399-037, P-2400-033, P-2445-024, P-2489...

NIE Final Report. Vermont Special Purpose Grant, January 1979 through September 1979 [and] Evaluation of the Resource Agent Program.

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Perry, Mary; Miller, Pamela A.

Vermont's adaptation of a federal Resource Agent Program (RAP), designed to meet the in-service training needs of teachers, is described in this final report. Part of a complete dissemination system, RAP was funded as a pilot program to initiate a collection of Vermont-originated resources to be entered into a state educational database. Described…

Cost Benefit Analysis. Community College of Vermont.

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Parker, Charles A.

A cost benefit analysis of the Community College of Vermont revealed that (1) the proportions of State support of the total budgets for Vermont's institutions of higher education are 22.7% at UVM, 37.2% at the VSC, and 12.7% for the Community College; (2) tuition is budgeted for FY73 to generate 27% of total cost at UVM, 29.6% at the VSC, and…

Day Care in Vermont: An Evaluation of the Vermont Model FAP Child Care Service System.

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Siedman, Eileen

This book presents an extensive examination of the organization and operation of the Vermont model day care delivery system which was designed in the context of the proposed Family Assistance Plan (FAP). The model tested the ability of Federal and State employees to work together and share resources in designing a new approach to welfare reform.…

The Access Vermont Initiative: An Investigation of Team Development in Two Vermont Catchment Areas Providing Services to Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances and Their Families.

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Fox, Barbara J.; Wright, Leanne M.

This study was designed to document the processes and dynamics of two multidisciplinary teams under the Access Vermont program, which provides services for children and youth with serious emotional disabilities and their families. In both cases, local interagency teams in the largely rural catchment areas developed plans for an initiative focused…

The debate over re-licensing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant

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Watts, Richard; Hines, Paul; Dowds, Jonathan

2010-05-15

In 2009, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board approved a 20-year license extension for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant. Less than seven months later, the Vermont State Senate voted 26-4 to block the required certificate for public good. How did a plant seen as likely to be re-licensed become the first in 20 years to be rejected in a public vote? (author)

The Little State That Couldn't Could? The Politics of "Single-Payer" Health Coverage in Vermont.

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Fox, Ashley M; Blanchet, Nathan J

2015-06-01

In May 2011, a year after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Vermont became the first state to lay the groundwork for a single-payer health care system, known as Green Mountain Care. What can other states learn from the Vermont experience? This article summarizes the findings from interviews with nearly 120 stakeholders as part of a study to inform the design of the health reform legislation. Comparing Vermont's failed effort to adopt single-payer legislation in 1994 to present efforts, we find that Vermont faced similar challenges but greater opportunities in 2010 that enabled reform. A closely contested gubernatorial election and a progressive social movement opened a window of opportunity to advance legislation to design three comprehensive health reform options for legislative consideration. With a unified Democratic government under the leadership of a single-payer proponent, a high-profile policy proposal, and relatively weak opposition, a framework for a single-payer system was adopted by the legislature - though with many details and political battles to be fought in the future. Other states looking to reform their health systems more comprehensively than national reform can learn from Vermont's design and political strategy. Copyright © 2015 by Duke University Press.

Show Us the Money: Lessons in Transparency from State Pharmaceutical Marketing Disclosure Laws

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Chimonas, Susan; Rozario, Natassia M; Rothman, David J

2010-01-01

Objective To assess legislation requiring drug companies to report gifts to providers, and to evaluate the information obtained. Data Sources Data included legislation in Vermont, Minnesota, Maine, Massachusetts, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and company disclosure data from Vermont. Study Design We evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of state legislation. We also analyzed 4 years of company disclosures from Vermont, assessing the value and distribution of industry–provider exchanges and identifying emerging trends in companies' practices. Data Collection Methods State legislation is publically available. We obtained Vermont's data through requests to the state's Attorney General's office. Principal Findings Of the state laws, only Vermont's yielded robust, publically available data. These data show gifting was dominated by a few major corporations, and <2 percent of Vermont's prescribers received 69 percent of gifts and payments. Companies were especially generous to specialists in psychiatry, endocrinology/diabetes/metabolism, internal medicine, and neurology. Companies increasingly used loopholes in the law to avoid public scrutiny. Conclusions Disclosure laws are an important first step in bringing greater transparency to physician–industry relationships. But flaws and weaknesses limit the states' ability to render physician–industry exchanges fully transparent. Future efforts should build on these lessons to render physician–industry relationships fully transparent. PMID:19840133

High-water marks from flooding in Lake Champlain from April through June 2011 and Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011 in Vermont

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Medalie, Laura; Olson, S.A.

2013-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, identified high-water marks after two floods in Vermont during 2011. Following a snowy winter, new monthly precipitation records were set in Burlington, Vermont, in April and May 2011, causing extensive flooding from April through June. The spring 2011 flooding resulted in a new record for stage (103.27 feet, referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929) at the Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vt., gaging station (04294500). During August 28 and 29, 2011, tropical storm Irene delivered rainfall totals of 3 to more than 7 inches throughout Vermont, which resulted in extensive flooding and new streamflow records at nine streamgaging stations. Four presidential declarations of disaster were made following the 2011 flood events in Vermont. Thirty-nine high-water marks were identified and flagged to mark the highest levels of Lake Champlain from the May 2011 flooding, and 1,138 high-water marks were identified and flagged along Vermont rivers after flooding from tropical storm Irene in August 2011. Seventy-four percent of the high-water marks that were flagged were later found and surveyed to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Pharmaceutical company payments to physicians: early experiences with disclosure laws in Vermont and Minnesota.

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Ross, Joseph S; Lackner, Josh E; Lurie, Peter; Gross, Cary P; Wolfe, Sidney; Krumholz, Harlan M

2007-03-21

Recent legislation in 5 states and the District of Columbia mandated state disclosure of payments made to physicians by pharmaceutical companies. In 2 of these states, Vermont and Minnesota, payment disclosures are publicly available. To determine the accessibility and quality of the data available in Vermont and Minnesota and to describe the prevalence and magnitude of disclosed payments. Cross-sectional analysis of publicly available data from July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2004, in Vermont and from January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2004, in Minnesota. Accessibility and quality of disclosure data and the number, value, and type of payments of $100 or more to physicians. Access to payment data required extensive negotiation with the Office of the Vermont Attorney General and manual photocopying of individual disclosure forms at Minnesota's State Board of Pharmacy. In Vermont, 61% of payments were not released to the public because pharmaceutical companies designated them as trade secrets and 75% of publicly disclosed payments were missing information necessary to identify the recipient. In Minnesota, 25% of companies reported in each of the 3 years. In Vermont, among 12,227 payments totaling $2.18 million publicly disclosed, there were 2416 payments of $100 or more to physicians; total, $1.01 million; median payment, $177 (range, $100-$20,000). In Minnesota, among 6946 payments totaling $30.96 million publicly disclosed, there were 6238 payments of $100 or more to physicians; total, $22.39 million; median payment, $1000 (range, $100-$922,239). Physician-specific analyses were possible only in Minnesota, identifying 2388 distinct physicians who received payment of $100 or more; median number of payments received, 1 (range, 1-88) and the median amount received, $1000 (range, $100-$1,178,203). The Vermont and Minnesota laws requiring disclosure of payments do not provide easy access to payment information for the public and are of limited quality once accessed. However, substantial numbers of payments of $100 or more were made to physicians by pharmaceutical companies.

Bedrock geologic map of Vermont

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Ratcliffe, Nicholas M.; Stanley, Rolfe S.; Gale, Marjorie H.; Thompson, Peter J.; Walsh, Gregory J.; With contributions by Hatch, Norman L.; Rankin, Douglas W.; Doolan, Barry L.; Kim, Jonathan; Mehrtens, Charlotte J.; Aleinikoff, John N.; McHone, J. Gregory; Cartography by Masonic, Linda M.

2011-01-01

The Bedrock Geologic Map of Vermont is the result of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the State of Vermont. The State's complex geology spans 1.4 billion years of Earth's history. The new map comes 50 years after the most recent map of the State by Charles G. Doll and others in 1961 and a full 150 years since the publication of the first geologic map of Vermont by Edward Hitchcock and others in 1861. At a scale of 1:100,000, the map shows an uncommon level of detail for State geologic maps. Mapped rock units are primarily based on lithology, or rock type, to facilitate derivative studies in multiple disciplines. The 1961 map was compiled from 1:62,500-scale or smaller maps. The current map was created to integrate more detailed (1:12,000- to 1:24,000-scale) modern and older (1:62,500-scale) mapping with the theory of plate tectonics to provide a framework for geologic, tectonic, economic, hydrogeologic, and environmental characterization of the bedrock of Vermont. The printed map consists of three oversize sheets (52 x 76 inches). Sheets 1 and 2 show the southern and northern halves of Vermont, respectively, and can be trimmed and joined so that the entire State can be displayed as a single entity. These sheets also include 10 cross sections and a geologic structure map. Sheet 3 on the front consists of descriptions of 486 map units, a correlation of map units, and references cited. Sheet 3 on the back features a list of the 195 sources of geologic map data keyed to an index map of 7.5-minute quadrangles in Vermont, as well as a table identifying ages of rocks dated by uranium-lead zircon geochronology.

Modeling Dr. Dynasaur 2.0 Coverage and Finance Proposals: Effects of the Expansion of Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur Program to All Individuals Through Age 25.

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Dick, Andrew W; Price, Carter C; Woods, Dulani; Freund, Deborah Anne; McNamara, Martin; Schramm, Steven P; Berkman, Elrycc; Dehner, Tom

2017-01-01

The authors assessed an expansion of Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur program that would cover all residents age 25 and younger. The current Dr. Dynasaur program combines Vermont's Medicaid program and Child Health Insurance Program for children ages 0 through 18 to provide a seamless insurance program for those with family incomes below 317 percent of the federal poverty level. The authors used RAND's COMPARE-VT microsimulation model with Vermont-specific demographic, economic, and actuarial data to estimate the effects on health insurance coverage, costs, and premiums. They also identified the new revenues required to fund the program expansion and explored three alternative financing strategies to raise those funds: (1) an increase in the Vermont income tax, (2) a Vermont payroll tax, and (3) a Vermont business enterprise tax. The authors found that enrollment would increase by more than 260 percent under the 100-percent enrollment scenario and by nearly 200 percent under the 70-percent enrollment scenario by 2019. Not surprisingly, the children and young adults who move off employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and into Dr. Dynasaur 2.0 have considerably lower expected health care costs than those who remain on ESI, increasing the per-person premiums by nearly $1,000 for those remaining enrolled in ESI. Annual health care expenditures per person for children and young adults in 2019 are estimated at $4,325 with Medicare prices. The combination of increased reimbursement rates, large increases in enrollment, and relatively low Dr. Dynasaur premiums (no more than $720 per year) will require significant new tax revenues to meet program obligations.

Innovative Workforce Development Initiatives. Hearing on an Examination of Innovative Strategies Pertaining to Vocational Education, Adult Education, and Job Training, of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session (Randolph, Vermont).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

This congressional hearing examines vocational education, adult education, and job training initiatives in Vermont and the role of these programs in developing work force development legislation. Testimony includes statements from a U.S. Senator and individuals representing the following: Vermont Department of Employment and Training; Vermont…

A Sharing Proposition.

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Sturgeon, Julie

2002-01-01

Describes how the University of Vermont and St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont cooperated to share a single card access system. Discusses the planning, financial, and marketplace advantages of the cooperation. (EV)

Four soil orders on a Vermont mountaintop-one-third of the world`s soil orders in a 2500-square-meter research plot

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Thomas R. Villars; Scott W. Bailey; Donald S. Ross

2015-01-01

As part of the Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring Project, five 50 x 50 m plots were established on protected forestland across Vermont. In 2002, ten randomly selected subplots at each monitoring plot were sampled. The 10 pedons sampled at the high-elevation spruce-fir “Forehead” plot on Mount Mansfield were found to include soils of four taxonomic Orders: Entisols,...

National Dam Safety Program. Lock 2 Dam at Mechanicville (I.D. Number NY 988) Upper Hudson River Basin, Rensselaer-Saratoga County, New York. Phase I Inspection Report,

DTIC Science & Technology

1980-09-30

municipalities of Warrensburg, Glens Falls, Hudson Falls, Saratoga Springs; Arlington, Vermont ; Greenwich, Schuylerville, Cambridge; Bennington ...of Vermont and Massachusetts. the Hudson River main stem travels approximately 140 miles from its headquarters south of Lake Placid to the Lock 2 Dam... Vermont ; Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown, Massachusetts; and Hoosick Falls. 5.2 ANALYSIS CRITERIA The analysis of the spillway capacity of the dam

Ennis Paint, Inc. Tyregrip high friction surface system.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-03-01

Unpredictable : climatic conditions paired with the varying topography in Vermont have often resulted : in dangerous roadway conditions : . : Statistics show that many fatalities occur in rural environments like : Vermont. Federal Highway Administrat...

Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont

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Vermont requested technical assistance from EPA and FEMA that focused on incorporating smart growth principles into state policies, local development regulations, and Hazard Mitigation Plans to increase community flood resilience.

Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Solar Photovoltaics at the VAG Mine Site in Eden and Lowell, Vermont. A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites

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Simon, J.; Mosey, G.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in accordance with the RE-Powering America's Land initiative, selected the Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) Mine site in Eden, Vermont, and Lowell, Vermont, for a feasibility study of renewable energy production. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provided technical assistance for this project. The purpose of this report is to assess the site for a possible photovoltaic (PV) system installation and estimate the cost, performance, and site impacts of different PV options. In addition, the report recommends financing options that could assist in the implementation of a PV system at the site.

"A little information excites us." Consumer sensory experience of Vermont artisan cheese as active practice.

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Lahne, Jacob; Trubek, Amy B

2014-07-01

This research is concerned with explaining consumer preference for Vermont artisan cheese and the relationship between that preference and sensory experience. Artisan cheesemaking is increasingly an important part of Vermont's dairy sector, and this tracks a growing trend of artisan agricultural practice in the United States. In popular discourse and academic research into products like artisan cheese, consumers explain their preferences in terms of intrinsic sensory and extrinsic - supposedly nonsensory - food qualities. In laboratory sensory studies, however, the relationship between preference, intrinsic, and extrinsic qualities changes or disappears. In contrast, this study explains this relationship by adopting a social theory of sensory perception as a practice in everyday life. This theory is applied to a series of focus group interviews with Vermont artisan cheese consumers about their everyday perceptions. Based on the data, a conceptual framework for the sensory perception of Vermont artisan cheese is suggested: consumers combine information about producer practice, social context, and the materiality of the product through an active, learned practice of sensory perception. Particular qualities that drive consumer sensory experience and preference are identified from the interview data. Many of these qualities are difficult to categorize as entirely intrinsic or extrinsic, highlighting the need for developing new approaches of sensory evaluation in order to fully capture everyday consumer sensory perception. Thus, this research demonstrates that social theory provides new and valuable insights into consumer sensory preference for Vermont artisan cheese. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Addressing Vermont's concerns on climate change on many levels

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Betts, A. K.

2016-12-01

As a climate scientist, I realized about 12 years ago that one of my responsibilities was to help Vermont understand and adapt to climate change. My road-map has four components: 1) Newspaper articles, radio and TV interviews to explain climate issues and how to deal with them in plain English (about 100 so far) 2) Public talks across the state to schools, professional, business and citizens groups, the legislature and state government - in fact to anyone that asked - with a willingness to honestly and clearly address all issues raised (230 so far). 3) Specific research on how the climate and seasonal cycle of Vermont have changed in the past, and are likely to change in the future, exploring the unknowns. 4) A personal web-site to make all my writings, talks and research open access (http://alanbetts.com). Because Vermont is a small state with a rural and environmental ethos and a strong desire to understand, I have been able to reach across the state in a decade. In parallel, Vermont has put in place an ambitious renewable energy policy, which is well underway. My multi-faceted strategy is open, clear and transparently honest, aimed at helping society understand and deal with this critical issue. This is in sharp contrast with the secret, deceptive multifaceted strategy to discredit climate science by well-funded right-wing groups (see Dark Money by Jane Mayer), in support of their political and economic agenda, which has found little support in Vermont.

Roe v. Wade. Ardently prochoice.

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Baldwin, M

1998-01-01

In this commentary, a community activist who is also a retired educator describes how she became ardently in favor of women having the legal right to make abortion decisions. She had converted to Catholicism as an adult in the late 1940s and became a zealot. When the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe vs. Wade, she tried to determine how she felt about abortion and read some of the publications of Catholics for a Free Choice. In 1980, she ran for office in Vermont and had to declare her views about abortion. She asserted that abortion was a matter to be decided between a woman and her doctor and lost the election to a man in a close race. In 1989, she became a co-founder of Vermont Catholics for Free Choice and served as the president of the organization for 7 years. The Vermont group considered many issues affecting Roman Catholics, including divorce, celibacy, the ordination of women, world population, the rights of homosexuals, contraception, due process, and the local election of bishops as well as abortion. In 1996, the group changed its name to Vermont Catholics for Free Conscience in order to provide an umbrella for all of the dissenting Catholic voices in Vermont.

Identifying performance based measures for winter maintenance.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-05-01

One of the Vermont Agency of : Transportations (VTrans) primary missions is to keep Vermont state highways open and safe : for the transportation network users, while managing the system in a cost : - : effective and environmentally sensitive mann...

Residential Energy Efficiency Potential: Vermont

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Wilson, Eric J

Energy used by Vermont single-family homes that can be saved through cost-effective improvements. Prepared by Eric Wilson and Noel Merket, NREL, and Erin Boyd, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis.

Vermont long range transportation plan

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2002-01-01

Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) conducted this update of the Long-Range Transportation Plan to review and revise the recommendations of the Long-Range Transportation Plan of 1995. The three objectives from the previous plan were further ref...

Tri-state research peer exchange 2010.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2010-10-01

The research offices of the Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire departments of transportation : hosted a peer exchange on October 26-28, 2010 in Berlin, Vermont. Representatives from three : other state DOTs, the Transportation Research Board (TRB), an...

The Vermont transportation energy report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-08-01

This annual report aims to provide policy makers with relevant and timely data on a variety of topics related to transportation energy use in Vermont. Topics include levels of fuel consumption, vehicle purchases, transportation expenditures, and trav...

Optimization of snow removal in Vermont.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-08-01

The purpose of this report is to document the research activi : ties performed under project SPR : - : RAC : - : 727 for the : State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation, Materials & Research Section entitled Optimization of Snow Removal : in Verm...

78 FR 79654 - Vermont: Proposed Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

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2013-12-31

...EPA proposes to grant final authorization to the State of Vermont for changes to its hazardous waste program. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register we are authorizing the changes to the Vermont hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as a direct final rule without prior proposed rule. EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for final authorization. If we receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.

Application of ERTS-1 imagery in the Vermont-New York dispute over pollution of Lake Champlain

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Lind, A. O. (Principal Investigator)

1973-01-01

The author has identified the following significant results. ERTS-1 imagery and a composite map derived from ERTS-1 imagery were presented as evidence in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the pollution of an interstate water body (Lake Champlain). A pollution problem generated by a large paper mill forms the basis of the suit (Vermont vs. International Paper Co. and State of New York) and ERTS-1 imagery shows the effluent pattern on the lake surface as extending into Vermont during three different times.

Sensitivity and specificity of mammographic screening as practised in Vermont and Norway

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Hofvind, S; Geller, B M; Skelly, J; Vacek, P M

2012-01-01

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the sensitivity and specificity of screening mammography as performed in Vermont, USA, and Norway. Methods Incident screening data from 1997 to 2003 for female patients aged 50–69 years from the Vermont Breast Cancer Surveillance System (116 996 subsequent screening examinations) and the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (360 872 subsequent screening examinations) were compared. Sensitivity and specificity estimates for the initial (based on screening mammogram only) and final (screening mammogram plus any further diagnostic imaging) interpretations were directly adjusted for age using 5-year age intervals for the combined Vermont and Norway population, and computed for 1 and 2 years of follow-up, which ended at the time of the next screening mammogram. Results For the 1-year follow-up, sensitivities for initial assessments were 82.0%, 88.2% and 92.5% for 1-, 2- and >2-year screening intervals, respectively, in Vermont (p=0.022). For final assessments, the values were 73.6%, 83.3% and 81.2% (p=0.047), respectively. For Norway, sensitivities for initial assessments were 91.0% and 91.3% (p=0.529) for 2- and >2-year intervals, and 90.7% and 91.3%, respectively, for final assessments (p=0.630). Specificity was lower in Vermont than in Norway for each screening interval and for all screening intervals combined, for both initial (90.6% vs 97.8% for all intervals; p<0.001) and final (98.8% vs 99.5% for all intervals; p<0.001) assessments. Conclusion Our study showed higher sensitivity and specificity in a biennial screening programme with an independent double reading than in a predominantly annual screening program with a single reading. Advances in knowledge This study demonstrates that higher recall rates and lower specificity are not always associated with higher sensitivity of screening mammography. Differences in the screening processes in Norway and Vermont suggest potential areas for improvement in the latter. PMID:22993383

A logistic regression equation for estimating the probability of a stream in Vermont having intermittent flow

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Olson, Scott A.; Brouillette, Michael C.

2006-01-01

A logistic regression equation was developed for estimating the probability of a stream flowing intermittently at unregulated, rural stream sites in Vermont. These determinations can be used for a wide variety of regulatory and planning efforts at the Federal, State, regional, county and town levels, including such applications as assessing fish and wildlife habitats, wetlands classifications, recreational opportunities, water-supply potential, waste-assimilation capacities, and sediment transport. The equation will be used to create a derived product for the Vermont Hydrography Dataset having the streamflow characteristic of 'intermittent' or 'perennial.' The Vermont Hydrography Dataset is Vermont's implementation of the National Hydrography Dataset and was created at a scale of 1:5,000 based on statewide digital orthophotos. The equation was developed by relating field-verified perennial or intermittent status of a stream site during normal summer low-streamflow conditions in the summer of 2005 to selected basin characteristics of naturally flowing streams in Vermont. The database used to develop the equation included 682 stream sites with drainage areas ranging from 0.05 to 5.0 square miles. When the 682 sites were observed, 126 were intermittent (had no flow at the time of the observation) and 556 were perennial (had flowing water at the time of the observation). The results of the logistic regression analysis indicate that the probability of a stream having intermittent flow in Vermont is a function of drainage area, elevation of the site, the ratio of basin relief to basin perimeter, and the areal percentage of well- and moderately well-drained soils in the basin. Using a probability cutpoint (a lower probability indicates the site has perennial flow and a higher probability indicates the site has intermittent flow) of 0.5, the logistic regression equation correctly predicted the perennial or intermittent status of 116 test sites 85 percent of the time.

Vermont transportation survey

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1994-01-01

A travel survey conducted in Spring 1994 in Vermont is included in this report. The actual survey and accompanying cover letter sent to random households is the focus of this report. General information, such as why households were selected, the impo...

EPA Brownfields Grants Will Assist Vermont Communities with Site Assessments and Clean-up

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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that six Vermont communities are among 144 communities across the United States to benefit from EPA funding for brownfield site revitalization efforts.

Flight Evaluation of LORAN-C in the State of Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1981-09-01

The Transportation Systems Center, Langley Research Center, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Agency of Transportation, State of Vermont conducted a program sponsored by the Research and Special Programs Administration of the Department of...

Exploration of walking behavior in Vermont using spatial regression.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2015-06-01

This report focuses on the relationship between walking and its contributing factors by : applying spatial regression methods. Using the Vermont data from the New England : Transportation Survey (NETS), walking variables as well as 170 independent va...

Efficiency Vermont - Embedding energy efficiency into low-income programs and services

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Discover the key features, approaches, partners, funding sources, and achievements of the Efficiency Vermont program and how it has been able to reach nearly one-half of the state’s low-income population.

Prescription data mining, medical privacy and the First Amendment: the U.S. Supreme Court in Sorrell v. IMS health Inc.

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Boumil, Marcia M; Dunn, Kaitlyn; Ryan, Nancy; Clearwater, Katrina

2012-01-01

In 2011, the United States Supreme Court in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. struck down a Vermont law that would restrict the ability of pharmaceutical companies to purchase certain physician-identifiable prescription data without the consent of the prescriber. The law's stated purpose was threefold: to protect the privacy of medical information, to protect the public health and to contain healthcare costs by promoting Vermont's preference in having physicians prescribe more generic drugs. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the Vermont law represented a legitimate, common sense regulatory program or a bold attempt to suppress commercial speech when the "message" is disfavored by the state. Striking down the law, the Supreme Court applied a heightened level of First Amendment scrutiny to this commercial transaction and held that the Vermont law was not narrowly tailored to protect legitimate privacy interests.

Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada

USGS Publications Warehouse

Moench, R.H.; Boone, G.M.; Bothner, Wallace A.; Boudette, E.L.; Hatch, N.L.; Hussey, A. M.; Marvinney, R.G.

1995-01-01

This map is part of a folio of maps of the Lewiston 1° x 2° quadrangle, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, and part of the Sherbrooke 1° x 2° quadrangle, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada, prepared under the Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program (CUSMAP). Adjacent areas in Quebec are shown, in order to illustrate the geologic continuity between northwestern Maine and northern Vermont and New Hampshire. Other results of the project are contained in reports by Nowlan and others (1990a,b,c; stream sediment geochemistry), and Cox (1990; potential tin resources related to the White Mountain Plutonic-Volcanic Suite), Bothner and others (in press; complete Bouguer gravity and aeromagnetic maps), Moench and Boudette (in press, geologic synthesis and mineral occurrence map), and Moench (in press; metallic mineral resources).

What's in a name: the Vermont Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act

PubMed Central

McPherson, Malia J.

2014-01-01

On May 8, 2014, Vermont passed the Vermont Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act (Act) requiring labels on certain genetically engineered foods. Once the bill takes effect July 1, 2016, all Vermont-retailed foods with more than 0.9% of their total weight in genetically modified ingredients must be labeled with language stating, “may be partially produced with genetic engineering.” As genetically engineered food are considered scientifically equivalent to their traditional counterparts and are not subject to federal labeling by the FDA, the Act presents several legal questions. Several of the legal questions have been raised in a recent lawsuit filed by the Grocery Manufactures Association that claims the Act violates the First Amendment, Supremacy Clause, and Commerce Clause. This paper will discuss why the Second Circuit could strike down the Act as unconstitutional as to each claim. PMID:27774175

Modeling Dr. Dynasaur 2.0 Coverage and Finance Proposals

PubMed Central

Dick, Andrew W.; Price, Carter C.; Woods, Dulani; Freund, Deborah Anne; McNamara, Martin; Schramm, Steven P.; Berkman, Elrycc; Dehner, Tom

2017-01-01

Abstract The authors assessed an expansion of Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur program that would cover all residents age 25 and younger. The current Dr. Dynasaur program combines Vermont's Medicaid program and Child Health Insurance Program for children ages 0 through 18 to provide a seamless insurance program for those with family incomes below 317 percent of the federal poverty level. The authors used RAND's COMPARE-VT microsimulation model with Vermont-specific demographic, economic, and actuarial data to estimate the effects on health insurance coverage, costs, and premiums. They also identified the new revenues required to fund the program expansion and explored three alternative financing strategies to raise those funds: (1) an increase in the Vermont income tax, (2) a Vermont payroll tax, and (3) a Vermont business enterprise tax. The authors found that enrollment would increase by more than 260 percent under the 100-percent enrollment scenario and by nearly 200 percent under the 70-percent enrollment scenario by 2019. Not surprisingly, the children and young adults who move off employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and into Dr. Dynasaur 2.0 have considerably lower expected health care costs than those who remain on ESI, increasing the per-person premiums by nearly $1,000 for those remaining enrolled in ESI. Annual health care expenditures per person for children and young adults in 2019 are estimated at $4,325 with Medicare prices. The combination of increased reimbursement rates, large increases in enrollment, and relatively low Dr. Dynasaur premiums (no more than $720 per year) will require significant new tax revenues to meet program obligations. PMID:29057152

Refugees and transportation in Vermont : travel behaviour and critical questions based on gender, age and transportation hierarchies.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-03-01

This : study : examines : the : travel : behaviour : and : attitudes : of : recently : resettled : refugees : in : Chittenden : County, : Vermont, : with : particular : attention : to : distinctions : based : on : gender : and : age. : It : is : base...

Hazardous Waste State Authorization Tracking System (StATS) Report for Vermont as of March 31, 2018

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

State Authorization Tracking System (StATS) data for Vermont listing checklist code, Federal Register Reference, promulgation date, rule description, state adopted/effective date, date of Federal Register Notice, and effective date.

Hazardous Waste State Authorization Tracking System (StATS) Report for Vermont as of June 30, 2017

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

State Authorization Tracking System (StATS) data for Vermont listing checklist code, Federal Register Reference, promulgation date, rule description, state adopted/effective date, date of Federal Register Notice, and effective date.

Vermont travel model 2010-2011 (year 3) report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-10-01

This report is being prepared under Task 1 of the Maintenance, Operation and Evaluation of the VTrans Statewide Transportation Model contract with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in the 2010-2011 year of the contract. The objectiv...

EPA Provides State of Vermont $14.7 Million for Water Infrastructure Projects

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $14.7 million to the State of Vermont to help finance improvements to water infrastructure projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment.

Risk-based flood-planning strategy for Vermont's roadway network.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2015-06-01

In this project, the authors extend the use of a previously established measure of link-specific criticality, the Network Robustness Index (NRI), to address disruptions in Vermonts federal-aid road network caused by summertime flooding. The goal o...

Neonatal outcomes of preterm or very-low-birth-weight infants over a decade from Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong: comparison with the Vermont Oxford Network.

PubMed

Chee, Y Y; Wong, M Sc; Wong, R Ms; Wong, K Y

2017-08-01

There is a paucity of local data on neonatal outcomes of preterm/very-low-birth-weight infants in Hong Kong. This study aimed to evaluate the survival rate on discharge and morbidity of preterm/very-low-birth-weight infants (≤29+6 weeks and/or birth weight <1500 g) over a decade at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, so as to provide centre-specific data for prenatal counselling and to benchmark these results against the Vermont Oxford Network. Standardised perinatal/neonatal data were collected for infants with gestational age of 23+0 to 29+6 weeks and/or birth weight of <1500 g who were born at Queen Mary Hospital between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2014. These data were compared with all neonatal centres in the Vermont Oxford Network in 2013. The Chi squared test was used to compare the categorical Queen Mary Hospital data with that of Vermont Oxford Network. A two-tailed P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The overall survival rate on discharge from Queen Mary Hospital for 449 infants was significantly higher than that of the Vermont Oxford Network (87% versus 80%; P=0.0006). The morbidity-free survival at Queen Mary Hospital (40%) was comparable with the Vermont Oxford Network (44%). At Queen Mary Hospital, 86% of infants had respiratory distress syndrome, 40% bronchopulmonary dysplasia, 44% patent ductus arteriosus, 7% severe intraventricular haemorrhage, 5% necrotising enterocolitis, 10% severe retinopathy of prematurity, 10% late-onset sepsis, and 84% growth failure on discharge. Rates of respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular haemorrhage, necrotising enterocolitis, and severe retinopathy of prematurity were similar in the two populations. At Queen Mary Hospital, significantly more infants had bronchopulmonary dysplasia (P=0.011), patent ductus arteriosus (P=0.015), and growth failure (P=0.0001) compared with the Vermont Oxford Network. In contrast, rate of late-onset sepsis was significantly lower at Queen Mary Hospital than the Vermont Oxford Network (P=0.0002). Mortality rate and most of the morbidity rates of our centre compare favourably with international standards, but rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and growth failure are of concern. A regular benchmarking process is crucial to audit any change in clinical outcomes after implementation of a local quality improvement project.

Scour damage to Vermont bridges and scour monitoring.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2015-06-01

Scour is by far the primary cause of bridge failures in the United States. Regionally, the : vulnerability of bridges to flood damage became evident from the damage seen to Vermont : bridges in the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene. Successfully mitigating s...

Development of a Novel Alginate-Based Pleural Sealant

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-07-01

CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: University of Vermont and State Agriculture College Burlington, VT 05405 REPORT DATE: July 2016 TYPE OF REPORT: Annual...University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Subcontract to Akina Inc. AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER Burlington

Quantifying Vermont transportation safety factors : young drivers and departure from lane.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2010-06-01

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and its partners have selected traffic safety : priority areas in their Strategic Highway Safety Plan adopted in 2006. In this project, we : focus on the following prioritized areas 1) keeping vehicles on...

Travel importance and strategic investment in Vermont's transportation assets.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-12-01

This project advances a new type of system-wide measurement of link criticality : that will provide the tools needed for strategic disinvestment in roads that are not : critical to the health and welfare of Vermonters. This new approach requires a : ...

Forest statistics for Vermont: 1983 and 1997

Treesearch

Thomas S. Frieswyk; Richard H. Widmann; Richard H. Widmann

2000-01-01

A statistical report on the fifth forest inventory of Vermont 1996-1998. Findings are displayed in 86 tables containing estimates of forest area numbers of trees timber volume growth change and biomass. Data are presented at three levels: state, county, and region.

76 FR 59479 - Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-26

... SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration 12784 and 12785] Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021 AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Amendment 5. SUMMARY: This is an amendment of... original declaration remains unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008...

76 FR 58329 - Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-20

... SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration 12784 and 12785] Vermont Disaster Number VT-00021 AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Amendment 4. SUMMARY: This is an amendment of... in the original declaration remains unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002...

Alternative Fuels Data Center: Vermont Transportation Data for Alternative

Science.gov Websites

Plants 5 Generating Capacity (nameplate, MW) 675 Oil Refineries 0 Oil Refinery Capacity (bbl/day) 0 Recycled Cooking Oil Powers Biodiesel Vehicles in Vermont Recycled Cooking Oil Powers Biodiesel Vehicles in

Prediction and mitigation of scour and scour damage to Vermont bridges.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-02-20

Over 300 Vermont bridges were damaged in the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene and many experienced significant scour. Successfully mitigating bridge scour in future flooding events depends on our ability to reliably estimate scour potential, design safe and...

Freight transportation in Vermont : selected data from federal sources

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1996-10-01

Welcome to the State Freight Transportation Profile. This report presents information on freight transportation in Vermont and is part of a series of reports covering all 50 States. The purpose of the report is to present the major Federal databases ...

Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) Vermont Highlight (Fact Sheet)

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

2012-01-01

Case study on Vermont's innovative strategy for helping low-income families save energy through its Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) program. The DOE Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) granted Vermont to give its weatherization clients access to solar energy systems and one-on-one assistance from energy efficiency coaches to help clients achieve meaningful and long-lasting reductions in their energy bills. Vermont-SERC is administered by the Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity and is carried out by five local weatherization agencies. The purpose of the program is to identify technologies and new approaches-in this case, solar energy and energy efficiency coaches-that can improve weatherizationmore » services to low-income clients. The program selects households that have previously received weatherization services. This has several advantages. First, the clients already understand how weatherization works and are willing to strive for additional energy savings. Second, the weatherization agencies are working with clients who have previously had weatherization and therefore have complete energy usage data from utility bills collected during the first energy upgrade installation. This allows the agencies to select the best potential candidates for solar energy. Agencies have existing knowledge of the homes and can pre-screen them for potential structural problems or lack of south-facing exposure.« less

77 FR 39559 - Vermont Disaster #VT-00025

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2012-07-03

... SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration 13097 and 13098] Vermont Disaster VT-00025 AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential... INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd...

7 CFR 2610.3 - Regional organization.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Virgin Islands, Vermont..., Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virgin Islands... South Main, Room 324, Temple, Texas 76501, (817) 774-1430; Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma...

7 CFR 2610.3 - Regional organization.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

..., New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Virgin Islands, Vermont..., Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virgin Islands... South Main, Room 324, Temple, Texas 76501, (817) 774-1430; Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma...

76 FR 59479 - Vermont Disaster Number VT-00022

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-26

... SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration 12786 and 12787] Vermont Disaster Number VT-00022 AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Amendment 3. SUMMARY: This is an amendment of... remains unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008) James E. Rivera...

Considering marijuana legalization carefully: insights for other jurisdictions from analysis for Vermont.

PubMed

Caulkins, Jonathan P; Kilmer, Beau

2016-12-01

In 2014 the legislature of Vermont, USA passed a law requiring the Secretary of Administration to report on the consequences of legalizing marijuana. The RAND Corporation was commissioned to write that report. This paper summarizes insights from that analysis that are germane to other jurisdictions. Translation of key findings from the RAND Corporation report to the broader policy debate. Marijuana legalization encompasses a wide range of possible regimes, distinguished along at least four dimensions: which organizations are allowed to produce and supply the drug, the regulations under which they operate, the nature of the products that can be distributed and taxes and prices. Vermont's decriminalization had already cut its costs of enforcing marijuana prohibition against adults to about $1 per resident per year. That is probably less than the cost of regulating a legal market. Revenues from taxing residents' purchases after legalization could be many times that amount, so the main fiscal cost of prohibition after decriminalization relative to outright legalization may be foregone tax revenues, not enforcement costs. Approximately 40 times as many users live within 200 miles of Vermont's borders as live within the state; drug tourism and associated tax revenues will be important considerations, as will be the response of other states. Indeed, if another state legalized with lower taxes, that could undermine the ability to collect taxes on even Vermont residents' purchases. Analysis of possible outcomes if Vermont, USA, legalized marijuana reveal that choices about how, and not just whether, to legalize a drug can have profound consequences for the effects on health and social wellbeing, and the choices of one jurisdiction can affect the options and incentives available to other jurisdictions. © 2016 Society for the Study of Addiction.

Revalidation of the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the Vermont Oxford Network.

PubMed

Zupancic, John A F; Richardson, Douglas K; Horbar, Jeffrey D; Carpenter, Joseph H; Lee, Shoo K; Escobar, Gabriel J

2007-01-01

Our specific objectives were (1) to document the performance of the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology and the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension in predicting death in the Vermont Oxford Network, compared with published normative values; (2) to determine whether this performance could be improved through recalibration of the weights for individual score items; (3) to determine the impact of including congenital anomalies in the predictive model; and (4) to compare performance against that of the Vermont Oxford Network risk adjustment, separately and in combination. Fifty-eight Vermont Oxford Network centers collected data prospectively for the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the first 12 hours after admission of infants in 2002. Data were collected for 10,469 infants, and analyses were undertaken for 9897 who met inclusion criteria. The median revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology was 5, and the mean birth weight was 1951 g. Recalibration of the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology and revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension resulted in minimal changes in their discriminatory abilities. The Vermont Oxford Network risk adjustment performed similarly, compared with the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension. Current score performance was similar to that observed previously, which suggests that the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology and revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension have not decalibrated over the 7 years since the first cohort was assembled, despite advances in neonatal care during that period. Addition of congenital anomalies to the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension improved discrimination significantly, particularly for infants with birth weights of >1500 g. The Vermont Oxford Network risk adjustment performed similarly, compared with the revised Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension.

Statistical analysis of weigh-in-motion data for bridge design in Vermont.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-10-01

This study investigates the suitability of the HL-93 live load model recommended by AASHTO LRFD Specifications : for its use in the analysis and design of bridges in Vermont. The method of approach consists in performing a : statistical analysis of w...

ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY IN HYPOLIMNETIC LAKE SEDIMENTS OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE

EPA Science Inventory

The research is to characterize concentrations of total methylmercury in waters and surficial sediments of Vermont and New Hampshire lakes, and to relate these data to commonly measured water column chemical parameters and watershed-level physical attributes. The primary goal of...

Mineralogy of mine waste at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine, Belvidere Mountain, Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Levitan, D.M.; Hammarstrom, J.M.; Gunter, M.E.; Seal, R.R.; Chou, I.-Ming; Piatak, N.M.

2009-01-01

Samples from the surfaces of waste piles at the Vermont Asbestos Group mine in northern Vermont were studied to determine their mineralogy, particularly the presence and morphology of amphiboles. Analyses included powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), and Raman spectroscopy. Minerals identified by XRD were serpentine-group minerals, magnetite, chlorite, quartz, olivine, pyroxene, and brucite; locally, mica and carbonates were also present. Raman spectroscopy distinguished antigorite and chrysotile, which could not be differentiated using XRD. Long-count, short-range XRD scans of the (110) amphibole peak showed trace amounts of amphibole in most samples. Examination of amphiboles in tailings by optical microscopy, SEM, and EPMA revealed non-fibrous amphiboles compositionally classified as edenite, magnesiohornblende, magnesiokatophorite, and pargasite. No fibrous amphibole was found in the tailings, although fibrous tremolite was identified in a sample of host rock. Knowledge of the mineralogy at the site may lead to better understanding of potential implications for human health and aid in designing a remediation plan.

77 FR 68770 - Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Vermont

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-11-16

... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL9752-3] Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Vermont AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY... 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal...

40 CFR 52.2371 - Classification of regions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (CONTINUED) Vermont § 52.2371 Classification of regions. The Vermont plan was evaluated on the basis of the following classifications: Air quality control... 40 Protection of Environment 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Classification of regions. 52.2371...

40 CFR 52.2371 - Classification of regions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (CONTINUED) Vermont § 52.2371 Classification of regions. The Vermont plan was evaluated on the basis of the following classifications: Air quality control... 40 Protection of Environment 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Classification of regions. 52.2371...

A Standard to Sustain

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Harrison, Mary M.

2003-01-01

Throughout Vermont, at every grade level, students are finding innovative ways to get involved with issues that challenge their communities and affect their future. The efforts reflect a 2000 state commitment to education for sustainability. Vermont educators often describe sustainability as a lens through which to analyze use of resources. By…

Long term response of acid-sensitive Vermont Lakes to sulfate deposition

EPA Science Inventory

Atmospheric deposition of sulfur can negatively affect the health of lakes and streams, particularly in poorly buffered catchments. In response to the Clean Air Act Amendments, wet deposition of sulfate decreased more than 35% in Vermont between 1990 and 2008. However, most of ...

Vermont Independent School Youth Needs Assessment Project. Final Report.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Vermont State Department of Education, 2004

2004-01-01

This report contains information based on 47 interviews with administrators and educators from technical centers, approved and recognized independent schools, recognized schools, state operated facilities, state approved programs, and state approved tutorials in Vermont. The information in this report is based on self-reporting by individual…

Transportation, Equity, and Communities at Risk : Refugee Population and Transportation Accessibility in Vermont.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-03-01

This study suggests that transportation is one of the key issues and challenges facing newcomers to Vermont. For refugees and immigrants as for other members of the general population, being able to get to work, school, and medical appointments on ti...

A multi-agency investigation of Heat and human Health relationships in the state of Vermont: Towards actionable science.

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Oswald, E.

2015-12-01

This talk focuses on an assemblage of work conducted primarily between the Vermont State Climate Office and the Vermont Department of Health for better understanding, communicating, and anticipating the impact which elevated air temperatures have, and my have in the future, on public health. This is an example in how several agencies, spanning scientific fields and levels, can all play roles in in producing important understanding and actionable consequences in the face of health risk. This talk starts with an investigation of the relationships between Vermont health statistics and daily maximum air temperature with a focus on the temperatures where the health statistics changed most rapidly with temperature changes, or "changepoints". The results of this investigation suggested that meaningful temperature changepoints exist below 90F. The local WFO considered a day as "hot" when it reached or exceeded 90F unless the day was particularly sunny and humid. Discussions with the local National Weather Service Forecast Office were productive and led to some rethinking of how they consider a "Hot" day. The changepoints information was also incorporated into a health impacts report prepared by the Vermont Department of Health for the CDC's Building Resilience Against Climate Effects, by utilizing climate indices tailored to a temperature less than 90F. This work stands as a demonstration that the co-production of knowledge can produce actionable science.

76 FR 56773 - Vermont; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration.

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-14

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4022-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2011-0001] Vermont; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration. AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the...

76 FR 15001 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc,. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, Vermont Yankee Nuclear...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-03-18

... understand VY's design, layout, and construction. This failure to comprehend and understand the layout... Facilities,'' and General Design Criteria 60, ``Control of Releases of Radioactive Materials to the Environment,'' and 64, ``Monitoring Radioactivity Releases,'' of Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for...

Health Occupations. Instructional System Development Model for Vermont Area Vocational Centers.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

The curriculum guide presents a suggested outline for teaching health occupations in secondary schools in Vermont. It consists of a student/teacher curriculum outline for each of the 20 units. It includes a concept statement, the behavioral objective, suggested learning activities, suggested teacher resource needs, and suggested evaluation…

Perspective view, northeast. Billings Memorial Library was designed by H.H. ...

Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

Perspective view, northeast. Billings Memorial Library was designed by H.H. Richardson in 1883-85 in his characteristic Romanesque Revival mode. Located on the University of Vermont campus, it is now a student center. - University of Vermont, Billings Memorial Library, 48 University Place, Burlington, Chittenden County, VT

77 FR 60907 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Vermont: Prevention of Significant...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-10-05

...) program to establish appropriate emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and.... This action affects major stationary sources in Vermont that have GHG emissions above the thresholds... of GHG, and do not limit PSD applicability to GHGs to the higher thresholds in the Tailoring Rule...

76 FR 58821 - Vermont; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-09-22

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4022-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2011-0001] Vermont; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the...

Trends in growth rates of Vermont sugar maples from 1953-1992 in relation to stand nutrition

Treesearch

Timothy R. Wilmot

1999-01-01

Growth of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in 7 northern Vermont stands managed for sap production and 22 unmanaged stands distributed around the state was studied for the period 1953-1992 in relation to stand nutrition and other site factors.

75 FR 2844 - Green Mountam National Forest; Vermont; Deerfield Wind Project

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-01-19

... DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Green Mountam National Forest; Vermont; Deerfield Wind... authorization from Deerfield Wind, LLC for the installation and operation of wind turbines on National Forest... original notice of intent to prepare the Deerfield Wind Project EIS was published in the Federal Register...

Bibliographic Instruction, Vermont Libraries. A Directory of Programs and Methods.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Johnson State Coll., VT.

Compiled from survey forms distributed to bibliographic instruction librarians in academic and special libraries in the spring of 1987, this directory includes information on the bibliographic instruction programs and methods of 17 Vermont universities and colleges listed according to the following metropolitan areas: (1) Bennington (Southern…

77 FR 30212 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont; Regional Haze

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-05-22

... Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Vermont; Regional Haze AGENCY: Environmental Protection... Implementation Plan (SIP) that addresses regional haze for the first planning period from 2008 through 2018. The... numerous sources located over a wide geographic area (also referred to as the ``regional haze program...

76 FR 19752 - List of Institutions of Higher Education Ineligible for Federal Funds

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-04-08

... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary List of Institutions of Higher Education Ineligible... to identify institutions of higher education that are ineligible for contracts and grants by reason.... The institutions of higher education so identified are: Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont...

Vermont's Program of Individualized Driver Education for the Handicapped.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier.

Described is Vermont's program of individualized driver education for handicapped secondary students 15 years or older and for disabled adults no longer in school. Sections outline the following program components: three R's of driver's education (responsibilities of the schools, regulations of motor vehicles, and rights of the handicapped…

Vermont management in focal areas

Treesearch

Judy Rosovsky; Bruce L. Parker; Luke Curtis

1991-01-01

Following the 1979 outbreak of gypsy moths Lymantria dispar L. in Vermont, state personnel began monitoring a number of focal areas for signs of increase in gypsy moth populations. In 1986 data from this early warning system indicated an incipient outbreak. We took advantage of this increase to test an experimental management technique. Would...

76 FR 9339 - Village of Swanton, VT; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-02-17

... DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14085-000] Village of... To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 4, 2011, the Village of Swanton, Vermont... be located on the Missisquoi River in the Village of Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont. The sole...

77 FR 37936 - Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Gaz Métro Limited Partnership, Dominion Nuclear...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-06-25

... Corporation and Gaz M[eacute]tro Limited Partnership and Indirect Transfer of License I Dominion Nuclear... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2012-0044; Docket No. 50-423] Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, Gaz M[eacute]tro Limited Partnership, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Power Station...

Estimated medical cost savings in Vermont by implementation of a primary seat belt law

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2008-09-01

This report examines 2005 hospital discharge data reporting cases where the external cause of injury to a vehicle occupant was a motor vehicle crash to predict the estimated savings to the State of Vermont if a primary seat belt law is implemented. T...

Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education State Almanac 2017. Vermont

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Seaman, Julia E.; Seaman, Jeff

2017-01-01

This brief report uses data collected under the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Fall Enrollment survey to highlight distance education data in the state of Vermont. The sample for this analysis is comprised of all active, degree-granting…

Factors affecting recreation participation by Vermont residents

Treesearch

Thomas A. More; Herbert E. Echelberger; Edward J. Koenemann; Edward J. Koenemann

1990-01-01

Long-term recreation planning requires an understanding of recreation participation patterns. This study examined Vermonters' participation in 27 leisure activities from three domains (outdoor, resource based, and indoor) to see how such participation differed in each domain. Indoor activities were the most popular, followed by resource-based activities and...

Examining the potential impacts of maintenance investment and capital reinvestment in Vermont's roadway infrastructure network : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-01-01

This report summarizes the current state of practice related to the implementation of different reinvestment / disinvestment strategies at the state level and examines how some of these strategies may be employed in the state of Vermont. In this repo...

Examining the potential impacts of maintenance investment and capital reinvestment in Vermont's roadway infrastructure network : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-01-06

This report summarizes the current state of practice related to the implementation of different reinvestment / disinvestment strategies at the state level and examines how some of these strategies may be employed in the state of Vermont. In this repo...

Integrated Land-Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling The Vermont Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Carbon Estimator

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-05-01

The Vermont Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Carbon Estimator (VILTCE) project is part of a larger effort to develop environmental metrics related to travel, and to integrate these tools into a travel model under UVM TRC Signature Project No. 1...

Greening Vermont: The search for a sustainable state

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Greening Vermont is in large part a history of Vermont’s conservation and environmental movement from 1958 to the present, but is also intended as a guidebook to inspire action. It is written by and for individuals and organizations working to preserve Vermont’s natural resources, but it is also aim...

Performance of a Battery Electric Vehicle in the Cold Climate and Hilly Terrain of Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2008-12-23

The goal of this research project was to determine the performance of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) in the cold climate and hilly terrain of Vermont. For this study, a 2005 Toyota Echo was converted from an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle...

75 FR 38151 - Governors' Designees Receiving Advance Notification of Transportation of Nuclear Waste

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... Jenkins, Bureau of Land and Waste Management, Same. Department of Health & Environmental Control, 2600.... Vermont Thomas R. Tremblay, Commissioner, Department of Same. Public Safety, Division of Vermont State... Bldg., 2nd Floor, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802, (340) 774-3320, ext. 5102, 24 hours: (340) 774...

77 FR 31371 - Vermont; Amendment No. 9 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

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2012-05-25

... DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4022-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2012-0002] Vermont; Amendment No. 9 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the...

Business as Usual? Not in Vermont.

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Proulx, Raymond J.; Jimerson, Lorna

1998-01-01

Vermont's Equal Education Opportunity Act of 1997 will radically increase the proportion of state money designated for public education and transform the entire state taxation system. Spurred by a court decision invalidating the state's school finance system, Act 60 establishes a statewide property tax for a general state support grant, includes…

Forest wildlife habitat statistics for Vermont--1983

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Robert T. Brooks; Thomas S. Frieswyk; Anne M. Malley; Anne M. Malley

1987-01-01

A statistical report on the first forest wildlife habitat survey of Vermont (1983). Findings are displayed in 67 tables covering forest area, landscape patterns, mast potential, standing dead and cavity trees, and lesser woody stemmed vegetation. Data are presented at county and/or unit and state levels of resolution.

Environmental study of ERTS-1 imagery: Lake Champlain and Vermont

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Lind, A. O.; Henson, E. B.; Pelton, J. O.

1973-01-01

Environmental concerns of the State of Vermont currently being stressed include water quality in Lake Champlain and a state-wide land use and capability plan. Significant results obtained from ERTS-1 relate directly to the above concerns. Industrial water pollution and turbidity in Lake Champlain have been identified and mapped and the ERTS pollution data will be used in the developing court suit which Vermont has initiated against the polluters. ERTS imagery has also provided a foundation for updating and revising land use inventories. Major classes of land use have been identified and mapped, and substantial progress has been made toward the mapping of such land use divisions as crop and forest type, and wetlands.

A Balanced Portfolio Model For Improving Health: Concept And Vermont's Experience.

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Hester, James

2018-04-01

A successful strategy for improving population health requires acting in several sectors by implementing a portfolio of interventions. The mix of interventions should be both tailored to meet the community's needs and balanced in several dimensions-for example, time frame, level of risk, and target population. One obstacle is finding sustainable financing for both the interventions and the community infrastructure needed. This article first summarizes Vermont's experience as a laboratory for health reform. It then presents a conceptual model for a community-based population health strategy, using a balanced portfolio and diversified funding approaches. The article then reviews Vermont's population health initiative, including an example of a balanced portfolio and lessons learned from the state's experience.

Tracking Behavioral Progress within a Children's Mental Health System: The Vermont Community Adjustment Tracking System.

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Bruns, Eric J.; Burchard, John D.; Froelich, Peter; Yoe, James T.; Tighe, Theodore

1998-01-01

Describes the Vermont Community Adjustment Tracking System (VT-CATS), which utilizes four behavioral instruments to allow intensive, ongoing, and interpretable behavioral assessment of a service system's most challenging children and adolescents. Also explains the adjustment indicator checklists and the ability of VT-CATS to address agencies'…

Forests of Vermont, 2013

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Randall S. Morin; Scott A. Pugh

2014-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resources in Vermont based on inventories conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Northern Research Station. Since 1999, FIA has employed an annual inventory measuring data on a nominal 20 percent of sample plots each year. For the 2013 inventory, estimates for current...

Forest Health Monitoring in Vermont, 1996-1999

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Northeastern Research Station

2002-01-01

Vermont forests vary in size and age class. Trees are distributed evenly between hardwood and softwood species but hardwood dominated the seedling sample. Most of the trees are healthy, with full crowns (low transparency, high density), little dieback and little damage. White and green ash had higher transparencies and lower crown densities possibly explained by the...

A Proposal for the Unification of Vermont's Mental Retardation Service System.

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Vermont State Dept. of Mental Health, Montpelier. Div. of Mental Retardation.

This planning document proposes that services to Vermonters with mental retardation be unified around the community mental retardation service system, in order to provide community placements for residents of the Brandon Training School (BTS) who are under court order for discharge between 1989 and 1993. The Department of Mental Health plans to…

ANALYSIS OF MERCURY IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES: EVALUATION OF THE REGIONAL MERCURY CYCLING MODEL

EPA Science Inventory

An evaluation of the Regional Mercury Cycling Model (R-MCM, a steady-state fate and transport model used to simulate mercury concentrations in lakes) is presented based on its application to a series of 91 lakes in Vermont and New Hampshire. Visual and statistical analyses are pr...

Engaging Citizens in Environmental Decision Making: Burlington, Vermont's EMPACT Project

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Wang, Deane

2002-01-01

In 1998 a Burlington, Vermont partnership of a branch of city government and several educational and environmental organizations received a "metro-grant" to develop a project for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) Program. One goal was to…

Changing Traditional Roles in the World of Work

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Lucci, William, Jr.

2007-01-01

Gender equity initiatives in education have been launched in the state of Vermont in an attempt to level the playing field in gender-specific programs, but when it's all said and done, the question on the progress in career and technical education still remains. This article shares personal experiences of two students at Vermont's Stafford…

Vermont's forest resources, 2010

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R.S. Morin; M. Nelson; R. De Geus

2011-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information, please refer to page 4 of this report....

Dual Enrollment Students' Efficacy Beliefs: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

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Gronlund, Elizabeth Robin

2017-01-01

This interpretive phenomenological analysis explores the lived experience and self-efficacy beliefs of Vermont high school students who participated in a dual enrollment course. Vermont state policy makers have enacted legislation that supports dual enrollment in order to bridge the high school to college transition and create a better educated…

The State of Our Children: Kids Count in Vermont. 1994 Data Book.

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Finn, Carlen; And Others

This KIDS COUNT factbook presents statistical data and examines trends for several indicators of children's well-being in Vermont. Four groups of indicators are examined: (1) economic security, including child population, child poverty, number of children receiving Aid to Needy Families with Children (ANFC) and food stamps, number of children…

Healthy Schools for Healthy Kids. A Parents' Guide for Improving School Environmental Health.

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Davis, Ben

Asserting that few people recognize that concentrations of toxic pollutants are often many times higher inside buildings than outdoors, this guide offers advice on improving school environmental health in Vermont. Its chapters are: (1) "Indoor Air Pollution is a National Problem"; (2) "School Environmental Health in Vermont";…

Vermont's Act 60: Early Effects of Comprehensive School Finance Reform.

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Mathis, William J.

A unanimous 1997 state Supreme Court decision declaring Vermont's educational funding system unconstitutional prompted the legislature to pass Act 60 establishing state block grants and a guaranteed tax-yield system. Act 60 is working to provide equity in tax burdens and in tax rates. A variety of transitional features have helped to buffer…

Planning School Library Media Center Facilities for New Hampshire and Vermont. Vermont Edition.

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Snider, Susan C.; Schubert, Leda

This booklet provides guidelines and suggestions for planning school library media facilities. The intended audience is library media specialists; however, it is expected that administrators and architects may also find it useful. The importance of helping the architect understand the school media center's unique mission and relevant educational…

Vermont's forest resources, 2007

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R.S. Morin; G.M. McCaskill; W. McWilliams; R. De Geus

2010-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information please refer to page 5 of this report....

Vermont's forest resources, 2012

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R.S. Morin

2013-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information, please refer to page 4 of this report....

Vermont's forest resources, 2011

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R.S. Morin; C.W. Woodall

2012-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information, please refer to page 4 of this report....

78 FR 52171 - Combined Notice of Filings #1

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2013-08-22

...: ISO New England Inc. Description: Attachment A-1 to be effective 6/15/2013. Filed Date: 8/15/13... following PURPA 210(m)(3) filings: Docket Numbers: QM13-4-000. Applicants: City of Burlington, Vermont... of the City of Burlington, Vermont. Filed Date: 8/15/13. Accession Number: 20130815-5117. Comments...

Vermont Public Library Almanac: A Compendium of Often-Answered Questions. 2nd Edition.

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Kotch, Marianne

This document contains brief answers to some of the most frequently raised issues related to running a small Vermont public library. Areas covered include accessibility, the American Library Association, automation, awards, binding, services for the blind and physically handicapped, the Board of Libraries, the Board of Trustees, book dealers, book…

75 FR 55587 - Family-to-Family Health Information Center Program

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... (P2P) of Vermont to the Vermont Family Network, Inc. (VFN) in Williston, due to an organizational..., related services, and parent-to-parent support for families with children and youth with special health... Replacement Award: The period of support for the replacement award is June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011. Authority...

Auto Mechanics. Instructional System Development Model for Vermont Area Vocational Centers.

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The model curriculum guide was developed to teach automotive mechanics in secondary schools in Vermont. It is composed of a series of units related to tasks identified as skills, concepts, and values, which are stated in behavioral terms, supported by suggested learning activities, reinforced by teacher resource needs and suggested evaluation…

Vermont's forest resources, 2008

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R.S. Morin; B.J. Butler; R. De Geus

2010-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information please refer to page 4 of this report....

The economic importance of Vermont's sawtimber

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Joseph A. Michaels; M. Brian Stone; Paul E. Sendak; Paul E. Sendak

1986-01-01

This paper concentrates on the potential economic importance of Vermont's sawtimber. The timber industry employed over 9,000 workers in 1980, and the value of stumpage cut that year was worth approximately $459 million to the State's economy. Preliminary resurvey data indicate that sawtimber inventory now exceeds 14 billion board feet. Yet, sawtimber removals...

From the Parents' Perspective: The Think College Experience in Rural Vermont

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Yuan, Susan J.; Ryan, Susan M.; Dague, E. Bryan

2018-01-01

Through qualitative interviews, perspectives of parents of students who were in the first 2 years of the Think College Program at University of Vermont and Johnson State College were explored, thereby identifying expectations, academic and social aspects, and experiences of their children as college members. Previous experience of these students…

Vermont's Forest Resources, 2006

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R.S. Morin; R. De Geus

2008-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Vermont based on an annual inventory conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service. These annual estimates, along with web-posted core tables, will be updated annually. For more information regarding past inventory reports...

75 FR 30078 - Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC; Vermont Yankee Nuclear...

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2010-05-28

... remediation work and relevant reports on leaking tritium at the plant have been completed. Specifically, the... has been completed to the Commission's satisfaction: (1) The tritiated groundwater remediation process; (2) the soil remediation process scheduled to take place during the refueling outage, to remove soil...

From Nature Deficit to Outdoor Exploration: Curriculum for Sustainability in Vermont's Public Schools

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Silverman, Jonathan; Corneau, Nicole

2017-01-01

Children today are spending less time than ever outdoors, contributing to a culture of environmental apathy and separation from the natural world. In the growing field of environmental education, teachers are challenged to introduce the outdoors into their curriculum. In Vermont, some public school teachers have successfully implemented…

Identifying Barriers to Access and Utilization of Preventive Health-Care Services by Young Adults in Vermont.

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DeVoe, Stephen G; Roberts, Linda L; Davis, Wendy S; Wallace-Brodeur, Rachel R

2018-06-01

The objective of this study was to examine barriers to accessing and utilizing routine preventive health-care checkups for Vermont young adults. A population-based analysis was conducted using aggregated data from the 2011-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys of Vermont young adults aged 18-25 years (N = 1,329). Predictors analyzed as barriers were classified county of residence, health-care coverage, and annual household income level, as well as covariates, with the outcome of the length of time since the last routine checkup. A total of 81.1% of Vermont young adults reported having a routine checkup in the past 2 years. Health-care coverage was a predictor of undergoing routine checkups within the past 2 years, with 85.2% of insured respondents undergoing checkups compared with 56.3% of uninsured respondents (p < .001). Additionally, 81.9% of respondents from Vermont counties classified as mostly rural reported undergoing a checkup within the past 2 years (p < .05). A total of 80.8% of respondents from the middle level (p < .05) and 89.0% of respondents from the highest level (p < .001) of annual household incomes reported undergoing a checkup in the past 2 years. Finally, age (p < .001) and sex (p < .01) were shown to indicate receipt of routine preventive checkups more often. For Vermont young adults, health-care coverage, classified county of residence, and household income level were shown to be indicators of undergoing routine preventive health care more often. Further investigation is needed to examine how these barriers may impede preventive screenings, thereby contributing to the ongoing development of health-care guidelines and policies for young adults in rural settings. Copyright © 2018 The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auto Body. Instructional System Development Model for Vermont Area Vocational Centers.

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1975

The model curriculum guide was developed to teach auto body repair in secondary schools in Vermont. From a needs assessment of the occupational opportunities in automotive services in the state, a group of selected occupations were analyzed for skill content and translated into the curriculum content. The guide consists of 14 units, each with a…

The University of Vermont College of Medicine.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kaufman, Martin

This study of the origin and history of the University of Vermont College of Medicine begins with the appointment of John Pomeroy to the faculty in 1804, and traces the years that followed. Chiefly concerned with the individuals who were involved, it is a case study of the responses of one small medical school to reform movements, and its ability…

The life cycle of pear thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) in Vermont

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Margaret Skinner; Bruce L. Parker; Sandra H. Wilmot

1991-01-01

Life history information has been collected for pear thrips in orchard habitats in California and British Columbia (Cameron & Treherne 1918, Bailey 1944). However such information is not available for this insect in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem in the eastern United States. Research is currently underway at the University of Vermont to determine the pear...

Personal transportation plan pilot program phase 1 : exploring the transportation behaviors and needs of veterans and people with physical disabilities and mobility constraints.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-06-01

This report summarizes the initial phase of the Personal Transportation Plan Pilot Program (PTP3). The purpose of the PTP3 initiative is to develop a personal transportation planning tool that can be used by disabled Vermonters and Vermont veterans t...

Geographical Areas and Plant Facilities for Educational Purposes in Vermont.

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Dunham, Paul C.

School districts in Vermont are organized generally along town boundary lines with no clear distinction between town and school governmental units. State financial distributions are usually made to the town, and taxes are billed and collected by the town. There is a need for school district reorganization in terms of larger unified or 12-grade…

Chemicals in Classrooms. Pesticides and Maintenance Chemicals in Vermont Schools.

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Sterling, Peter; Browning, Brigid

This report is the second in a series of studies on the serious threat toxic chemical use may pose to the health of Vermont's children, teachers, and school staff. The first report, "Toxic Chemical Exposure in Schools: Our Children at Risk," provided an overview of the problem of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and discussed…

The Future Is Now: First-Generation Students, Community Engagement and Innovative Institutions

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Cherry, Leigh; Lloyd, Meggan; Prida, Jonas

2015-01-01

The College of St. Joseph is a small, Catholic liberal arts college in central Vermont. Traditionally serving white Vermont students with minimal minority representation from other parts of New England, retention rates have in recent years fluctuated between 39% and 75%, in comparison with the 70% national retention rate. In the past four years,…

Vermont's Forests 2007

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Randall S. Morin; Chuck J. Barnett; Gary J. Brand; Brett J. Butler; Robert De Geus; Mark H. Hansen; Mark A. Hatfield; Cassandra M. Kurtz; W. Keith Moser; Charles H. Perry; Ron Piva; Rachel Riemann; Richard Widmann; Sandy Wilmot; Chris W. Woodall

2011-01-01

The first full annual inventory of Vermont's forests reports more than 4.5 million acres of forest land with an average volume of more than 2,200 cubic feet per acre. Forest land is dominated by the maple/beech/birch forest-type group, which occupies 70 percent of total forest land area. Sixty-three percent of forest land consists of large-diameter trees, 27...

Outdoor recreation opportunities and land use change in Vermont's Lake Champlain Basin

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John J. Lindsay

1995-01-01

Outdoor recreation resources are eroding in Vermont's Lake Champlain Basin due to urban expansion. This study measured urban growth in the Basin and identified critical areas for open space protection. The study's hypothesis, that there was no difference between the Champlain Basin and other parts of urbanizing New England that have lost outdoor recreation...

Patterns of streamwater acidity in Lye Brook Wilderness, Vermont, USA

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John L. Campbell; Christopher Eagar; William H. McDowell

2002-01-01

Under the United States Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, a class I designation safeguards wilderness areas from the negative effects of new sources of air pollution. We monitored streamwater chemistry in the class I Lye Brook Wilderness in southwestern Vermont from May 1994 through August 1995. Stream samples were collected biweekly at nine sampling locations...

The State of Our Children: Kids Count in Vermont. 2001 Data Book.

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Finn, Carlen; Burgess, Beth

This KIDS COUNT data book examines trends in the well-being of Vermont's children. Following an introduction and executive summary, the statistical portrait is presented, based on 18 indicators of child well-being: (1) child poverty; (2) families with children, headed by a single parent; (3) national school lunch program enrollment; (4) children…

Independence? A Teaching Unit on Vermont in the World Economy.

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Weil, Jonathan S.; And Others

This unit is intended to help Vermont high school students in social studies classes understand ways in which northern New England individuals and groups relate to global social and economic change. Although activities are based on common New England scenes and experiences, they can be easily adapted by classroom teachers to reflect life in other…

Reforming Reforms: Changing Incentives in Education Finance in Vermont

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Schmidt, Stephen J.; Scott, Karen

2006-01-01

In 1997, Vermont passed Act 60, which reformed its education finance system to achieve greater equality of spending. The reform encouraged wealthy towns to reduce spending; it was politically unpopular and was replaced, in 2004, by Act 68. We analyze the spending incentives created by the two acts and estimate the effects the change will have on…

A Vermont Perspective. From Factoids to Fairy Dust: Cultivating the Enlightened Imagination in an Age of High Stakes Accountability.

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Kemple, Martin T.

2000-01-01

Nonlinear imagination-based thinking draws on intuition to allow insight into the unseen realms that govern everyday life. Largely abandoned by Western education in favor of materialist rationalism, this faculty is being promoted by a sustainability center in Montpelier (Vermont) that demonstrates methods of harmonizing thinking, learning, and…

Biomass statistics for Vermont - 1983

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Thomas S. Frieswyk; Anne M. Malley

1986-01-01

A new measure of the forest resource has been added to the fourth forest inventory of Vermont. The inventory, which was conducted in 1982-83, included estimates of aboveground tree biomass on timberland. There are approximately 413 million green tons of wood and bark in the aboveground portion of all trees, which equates to an average of 93 green tons per acre...

Forests of Vermont, 2014

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Randall S. Morin; R. Riemann

2015-01-01

This publication provides an overview of forest resources in Vermont based on inventories conducted by the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Northern Research Station. For annual inventory years 2003-2013, the cycle length was equal to 5 years. Beginning in 2014, the cycle length was changed to 7 years. For the 2014 inventory,...

The Great Balancing Act: Financial Equity and Local Control. Can Vermont's Act 60 Do It?

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Jimerson, Lorna

Vermont's Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1997 (Act 60) has attracted attention because of its funding and quality components, and the highly publicized responses to its implementation. A key feature is its "recapture" provision in which property-wealthy towns contribute to a state educational fund that helps support education in…

Using Our Communities. An Outline for Action in Vermont Schools.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Murrow, Casey, Ed.

Outstanding community based work now going on in Vermont schools is described in this booklet which also suggests ways to develop similar work in other communities. The term "Community Studies" is used to encompass a broad range of activities carried out with the local community as the focus of and location for students' work. The…

Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabilities over 15 Years in Rural Vermont.

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Huessy, Hans R.

Early identification of Minimal Brain Dysfunction (MBD) is now easier, partly as a result of a series of 3 studies made in rural Vermont over a period of 15 years. MBD victims exhibit different behaviors at different ages. "Fidgetiness", a "nuisance" factor, and poor learning are all strong predictors of MBD for children at the…

Voyage on the SS "School Library Leadership": Collaboration in Teaching and Learning at the University of Vermont

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Kaplan, Judith L.; Ballard, Susan D.

2012-01-01

This article describes the SS "School Library Leadership" maiden voyage, which departed from the University of Vermont (UVM) during the 2010 fall semester. Twelve intrepid sailors followed their sense of adventure into uncharted waters with cocaptains Judy Kaplan and Susan Ballard in an online collaboration that provided a powerful…

Vermont State Board of Education Department of Education Strategic Plan

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Vermont Department of Education, 2005

2005-01-01

Section 180 of Title 16 requires the State Board of Education (Board) to "adopt through a public process a statewide strategic education plan to describe how the agency will help school boards to improve student performance." The Vermont State Board of Education and Commissioner Richard H. Cate drafted a plan that was adopted by the…

The forest-land owners of New Hampshire and Vermont

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Neal P. Kingsley; Thomas W. Birch

1977-01-01

The recently completed forest surveys of New Hampshire and Vermont provided estimates of forest area and timber volume by broad owner categories (Kingsley 1976 and 1977). However, these reports did not provide estimates of the volume of timber or the acreage of commercial forest land that is currently available for harvesting. Nor did they provide descriptions of...

The forest resources of Vermont

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Neal P. Kingsley

1977-01-01

A statistical and analytical report on the third forest survey of Vermont by the USDA Forest Service. Statistical findings are based on the remeasurement of 1/5-acre plots and 10-point cluster plots. This report discusses and analyzes trends in forest-land area, timber volume, annual growth, and timber removals. Timber-products output by forest industries, based upon a...

A longitudinal comparison of activities and motives of Vermont trappers: 1994, 2000, and 2005

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Rodney R. Zwick; Bob Muth; David Solan

2007-01-01

Few longitudinal studies in the human dimensions of wildlife examine changes in values, motivations, and behavior of those involved in resource harvesting activities. To contribute to this literature, this replicated study assesses changes in sociocultural characteristics, motives, and behavior of Vermont trappers from 1994 to 2005. Differences were found in...

What makes dissatisfied state park campers?

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Malcolm I. Bevins

1992-01-01

This paper reports the findings of a joint project of the University of Vermont and the Vermont Department of Forests and Parks. The goal of the project was to develop a reliable system for monitoring camper satisfaction. Camper complaints were translated into demerits based upon the rated importance of the complaint. The summation of demerits was correlated with the...

Urban and community forests of New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

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David J. Nowak; Eric J. Greenfield

2008-01-01

This report details how land cover and urbanization vary within the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont by community (incorporated and census designated places), county subdivision, and county. Specifically this report provides critical urban and community forestry information for each state including human population...

76 FR 37780 - Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Vermont Advisory Committee

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2011-06-28

... COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Vermont Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the...

33 CFR 165.T01-0176 - Regulated Navigation Area; Lake Champlain Bridge Construction, Crown Point, New York and Chimney...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Champlain Bridge Construction, Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont. 165.T01-0176 Section 165...; Lake Champlain Bridge Construction, Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont. (a) Description... and south of the Lake Champlain Bridge construction zone at Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point...

Vermont STep Ahead Recognition System: QRS Profile. The Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment

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Child Trends, 2010

2010-01-01

This paper presents a profile of Vermont's STep Ahead Recognition System (STARS) prepared as part of the Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment Study. The profile consists of several sections and their corresponding descriptions including: (1) Program Information; (2) Rating Details; (3) Quality Indicators for All Child Care Programs;…

75 FR 62919 - Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Vermont

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2010-10-13

... INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Mr. Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., Environmental Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, P.O. Box 568, Montpelier, Vermont 05601-0568; telephone: (802) 828-4573; e-mail: Kenneth.Sikora....) Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). Issued on: October 6, 2010. Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., Environmental Program...

Forest statistics for Vermont: 1973 and 1983

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Thomas S. Frieswyk; Anne M. Malley

1985-01-01

A statistical report on the fourth forest survey of Vermont conducted in 1982-1983 by the Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. Statistics for forest area, numbers of trees, timber volume, tree biomass, and timber products output are displayed at the state, unit, and county levels. The current inventory indicates that the state has...

Forest Statistics for Vermont

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John R. McGuire; Robert D. Wray; Robert D. Wray

1952-01-01

This preliminary report is a product of the forest survey of the Northeast carried on by the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station as part of the nation-wide forest survey being made by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. A comprehensive report on the results of the forest survey in Vermont will be published later. NOTE: this document was scanned from...

Long Term Follow-Through of Participants in the Vermont Experimental and Demonstration Project.

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Cashman, John R.; Mattson, Robert E.

The report describes a Vermont project begun in 1970 and designed to assess the long term value of the Special Work Project (SWP), or Public Service Employment, as a vehicle for providing transitional employment to unemployed members of low income families with children receiving public aid. The study attempted to contact and interview the 609…

Partners in Community Service: Making a Community Connection Is Part of "The Stafford Way" at Vermont's Stafford Technical Center

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Lucci, William, Jr.

2005-01-01

The Stafford Technical Center (STC) in Rutland, Vermont, operates with a mission statement that proudly touts its desire to "create a learning environment that promotes pride in work, a sense of self-worth and the ability to respect others by developing effective communication and life skills." Stafford acknowledges that these learning…

Winter water relations at the upper elevational limits of hemlock on Mt. Ascutney, Vermont

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Chandra B. Vostral; Richard L. Boyce

2000-01-01

Winter water relations have been monitored in hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) at their upper elevational limits for three winters, 1997, 1998, and 1999, on Mt. Ascutney, Vermont. Hemlock and white pine trees (Pinus strobus L.) reach their elevational limit on Mt. Ascutney at 640 m (2100?), while the summit has an elevation of...

Grade Expectations for Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities, Summer 2004 (Arts)

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Vermont Department of Education, 2004

2004-01-01

In the fall of 1996, the State Board of Education adopted Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities. Over the years, the aim has been to make the standards more useful as guides to curriculum development. In 2000, the standards were formally revised and again adopted by the State Board. In 2004, another chapter in the standards,…

The complex relationship between climate and sugar maple health: Climate change implications in Vermont for a key northern hardwood species

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Evan M. Oswald; Jennifer Pontius; Shelly A. Rayback; Paul G. Schaberg; Sandra H. Wilmot; Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux

2018-01-01

This study compared 141 ecologically relevant climate metrics to field assessments of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) canopy condition across Vermont, USA from 1988 to 2012. After removing the influence of disturbance events during this time period to isolate the impact of climate, we identified five climate metrics that were significantly...

Estimates of recreational stream use in the White River drainage, Vermont

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Ronald J. Glass; Gerald Walton; Herbert E. Echelberger; Herbert E. Echelberger

1992-01-01

An observation technique that incorporates Godified, stratified sampling was used to estimate in-stream recreation use in the White River Drainage in Vermont. Results were reported by season, day of week, time of day, kind of activity, and portion of stream. Summer had the highest use followed by spring and fall. Except in fall, weekends and holidays received...

A sugar maple planting study in Vermont

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Harry W. Yawney; Clayton M., Jr. Carl; Clayton M. Carl

1970-01-01

Past attempts to establish sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) by planting have generally met with little success. The failures have been blamed mainly on competition by other vegetation and on damage done by animals. Finding an effective way to establish sugar maple seedlings is a key part in the research being carried on in Vermont by the USDA Forest Service to...

The timber resources of Vermont

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Neal P. Kingsley; Joseph E. Barnard

1968-01-01

Under the authority of the McSweeney-McNary Forest Research Act of May 22, 1928, and subsequent amendments, the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, conducts a series of continuing forest surveys of all states to provide up-to-date information about the forest resources of the Nation. A resurvey of the timber resources in Vermont was made in 1965 and 1966...

Vermont's Act 60: Comprehensive School Finance Reform--Effects in the First Year of Full Implementation.

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Mathis, William J.; Fleming, Brenda L.

Vermont's Act 60 received national attention not only because of the controversy surrounding the sharing pool (or recapture provision) but also because of its "potential for being the most equitable system in the country." For fiscal years 1998 to 2001, tax rates have become more equitable, and a direct relationship has appeared between…

The importance of preserving genetic uniqueness in pitch pine restoration (Vermont)

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Gary J. Hawley; Paul G. Schaberg; Donald H. DeHayes

2002-01-01

One of the few remaining populations of pitch pine (Pinus rigida) in Vermont is found at the northern extreme of its range at the Army National Guards' Camp Johnson in Colchester, where about 200-300 mature trees grow with very little natural regeneration. We believe this lack of regeneration is likely due to poor establishment conditions, most...

A preview of Vermont's forest resource

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Joseph E. Barnard; Teresa M. Bowers

1974-01-01

Forest land occupies 75 percent of the total land area in Vermont. Nearly one-half of this forest land is the beech-birch-maple forest type. The inventory data show volume increasing but at a lower rate than in neighboring states. This is due to large losses from cull and mortality. Total growing-stock volume is now 4.7 billion cubic feet.

Altitudinal variation in growth, bud break and susceptibility to balsam twig aphid damage of balsam fir from 6 Vermont seed sources

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Ronald C. Wilkinson; Paul G. Schaberg

1992-01-01

Differences in 10-year heights, 4-year growth from 1987 through 1990, relative timing of budbreak and damage by the balsam twig aphid (Mindarus abietinus Koch.) among balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) from 6 Vermont seed sources originating from different elevations were examined. Height differences among seed sources were...

The timber industries of New Hampshire and Vermont: a periodic assessment of timber output

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Robert L., Jr. Nevel; Nicolas Engalichev; William C. Gove

1986-01-01

This periodic evaluation of statewide industrial timber output is based on canvasses of the primary wood manufacturing plants in New Hampshire and Vermont. The report contains statistics on industrial timber products and plant wood receipts in 1982, and the production and disposition of the manufacturing plant residues that resulted. The 129.4 million cubic feet (3.7...

Analysis of nitrogen dynamics in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area, Vermont, USA

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John L. Campbell; Christopher Eagar; William H. McDowell; James W. Hornbeck

2000-01-01

Nitrogen (N) deposition and its impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is a concern facing federal land managers at the Lye Brook Wilderness in Vermont and other protected areas throughout the northeastern United States. In this study, we compared N production in soils with N concentrations and outputs in leachates to determine how forest cover types differ in...

Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Utilization of Food Assistance Program: An Exploratory Survey of a Vermont Middle School

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Khan, Shamima; Pinckney, Richard G.; Keeney, Dorigen; Frankowski, Barbara; Carney, Jan K.

2011-01-01

Background: Access to sufficient food--in terms of both quality and quantity--is especially critical for children. Undernourishment during childhood and adolescence can have health implications, both short and long term. The prevalence of food insecurity was assessed in a sample of Vermont school children, as well as the relationship between food…

The State of Our Children: Kids Count in Vermont Health Addendum. 1997 Data Book.

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Vermont Children's Forum, Montpelier.

The statistical portrait of this Kids Count report is based on seven indicators of child health: (1) lead poisoning; (2) immunization; (3) hunger; (4) condom use; (5) tobacco use; (6) alcohol use; and (7) inhalant use. The first section of the report presents information on the health indicators. Findings indicate that Vermont immunization levels…

How to Organize a Community Assembly Based on a New England Town Meeting Format: A Technique for Determining Community Priorities.

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Bolton Inst., Inc., Wellesley, MA.

This model, developed and tested in Vermont, involved a two-day assembly using a technique concentrating on small-group dynamics to encourage productive community assessment and decision-making. Included are exhaustive documentation of an example assembly to consider options for integrating human and environmental requirements in Vermont as a…

Value-Added Dairy Products from Grass-Based Dairy Farms: A Case Study in Vermont

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Wang, Qingbin; Parsons, Robert; Colby, Jennifer; Castle, Jeffrey

2016-01-01

On-farm processing of value-added dairy products can be a way for small dairy farms to diversify production and increase revenue. This article examines characteristics of three groups of Vermont farmers who have grass-based dairy farms--those producing value-added dairy products, those interested in such products, and those not interested in such…

Satisfaction, valuation, and views toward allocation of Vermont goose hunting opportunities

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Ronald J. Glass; Thomas A. More; Thomas A. More

1992-01-01

A survey of goose hunters on a limited access area, Dead Creek Goose Management Area, in Vermont, was conducted during the fall of 1987. Respondents appeared well adapted to the structured hunting environment and agreed with most of the special rules and regulations. The current lottery system was favored over "first-come, first-served" and market pricing as...

The Vermont Survey of Employer Receptivity to Wage Subsidy Programs in the Private Sector.

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Cashman, John R.; Mattson, Robert E.

The Vermont study details employer responses to a two-phase survey designed to gauge employer receptivity to the use of wage subsidies in the private sector. The "mail survey" obtained from a sample of 1,084 employers (of whom 71% responded) elicited responses to a limited number of questions, while the "face-to-face survey"…

Community Anaerobic Digester: Powered by Students and Driving Practical Applications

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Richmond Hall, Joan; O'Leary, Mary

The Vermont Tech Community Anaerobic Digester (VTCAD) was conceived and funded by a partnership of educational, agricultural, waste management and environmental groups to create a living laboratory demonstrating the value of recycling nutrients, renewable energy and agricultural co-products from organic wastes. VTCAD was constructed on the Randolph Center, Vermont campus of Vermont Tech, a public college offering engineering technology, agricultural, renewable energy education and workforce training. With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Vermont State Colleges and others, construction was completed in early 2014 and the facility has been operational since April 2014. At full power, VTCADmore » uses 16,000 gallons of manure and organic residuals to produce 8,880 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per day, ‘waste’ heat that will be used to heat four campus buildings, bedding material for the college dairy herds and recycled nutrients used as crop fertilizer. VTCAD uses a mixture of manure from co-managed farms and organic residuals collected from the community. Feedstock materials include brewery residuals, the glycerol by-product of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil, grease trap waste, and waste paper and, soon, locally collected pre- and post-consumer food residuals.« less

Drive Electric Vermont Case Study

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Wagner, Fred; Roberts, Dave; Francfort, Jim

Currently in the United States, the heavy majority of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales have been in highly conducive, selected, metropolitan areas; opposed to more broad distribution across the country. The U.S. Department of Energy’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge is looking carefully at the barriers and opportunities that exist to enable small and midsize communities to partake in the PEV market and benefit from the economic and environmental advantages of PEVs. In order to gain insight into these challenges and barriers, DOE selected a success story (i.e., Drive Electric Vermont) as the subject of this case study, as the statemore » of Vermont is tied with Detroit, Michigan in having the highest percentage of 2014 (most recent complete data) PEV registrations for cold weather U.S. cities and has seen more than a sixfold increase in charging stations over the last three years. The overall objective of this case study was to use the lessons learned from Drive Electric Vermont to determine what activities are most effective at encouraging acquisitions of PEVs and deployment of charging infrastructure in small to midsize communities, prioritizing and sequencing their implementation, identifying robust means for extrapolation, and applying this understanding to other small to midsize communities across the nation. The Drive Electric Vermont Program was formed in 2012 with a goal of increasing the use of electrified transportation in Vermont through policy development, education and outreach, and infrastructure development. The Drive Electric Vermont Program can be broadly broken into four components: (1) strategic planning/leadership, (2) stakeholder/partnership development, (3) education and outreach, and (4) incentives. The early phases of the program focused heavily on strategic planning, and stakeholder and partnership development, followed by a transition to education and outreach activities, charging infrastructure development, and grant and incentive programs that support charging infrastructure deployment and PEV purchases. Future plans include an additional round of consumer/dealer PEV incentives, continuation of the marketing campaign, and utilization of consumer surveys to develop new campaign themes and to optimize information distribution channels. In Vermont, the number of PEVs grew from 88 in July 2012 to 1,113 in January 2016, with a high percentage of the PEVs being plug-in hybrids (i.e., 865) versus all electric vehicles (i.e., 248). The most popular PEVs are Toyota’s Prius Plug-in and Ford’s C-Max Energi, which make up a combined 48% of the total PEV ownership in the state. The PEVs are predominantly clustered in four counties: Lamoille, Caledonia, Washington, and Chittenden. There is no evident correlation between community size and PEV penetration; however, over 70% of PEV owners are in communities of 1,000 to 10,000 people. On the other hand, there is a close correlation between where PEVs are registered and where they publically charge. The number of PEV charging stations in Vermont grew from 17 in January 2013 to 111 in January 2016, at a variety of charging venues, including retail, parking (short term and long term), workplace, dealerships, hotels, education, leisure, and hospitals. The vast majority of the charging venues contain Level 2 electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) solely or combined with Level 1 EVSE or direct current fast charging. The average power transferred per charging event for communities across Vermont ranged from 4.8 to 13.8 kWh for direct current fast charging and 1.0 to 11.9 kWh for and Level 2 EVSE. Over half the charging locations offer free charging. For those that do require payment, different pricing models are employed, including monthly memberships, hourly payment (where there is often a higher fee for the first hour followed by a lower hourly fee for the remaining hours), and energy use based on kWh drawn from the EVSE. There is no correlation between pricing models and community size and region, the strongest correlation is by network provider. Charging events across Vermont generally correlate with east-west bands of chargers (Figure ES-1) running from Burlington to Montpelier and in the area of Rutland.« less

The origin and distribution of subbottom sediments in southern Lake Champlain.

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Freeman-Lynde, R. P.; Hutchinson, D.R.; Folger, D.W.; Wiley, B.H.; Hewett, M.J.

1980-01-01

3 units, correlatable with recent Lake Champlain, late-glacial marine Champlain Sea, and proglacial Lake Vermont sediments, have been identified from seismic reflection profiles and 8 piston cores. Lake Vermont deposits are nonfossiliferous and range from thin to absent nearshore and on bedrock highs to more than 126 m thick near Split Rock Point. Champlain Sea sediments contain marine foraminifers and ostracodes and are fairly uniform in thickness (20-30 m). Recent Lake Champlain sediments range in thickness from 0 to 25 m. Average sedimentation rates for Lake Vermont are considerably higher (4-8 cm/yr) than those for the Champlain Sea (0.8-1.2 cm/yr) and Lake Champlain (0.14-0.15 cm/yr). Bedrock, till, and deltaic and alluvial deposits were also identified.- from Authors

Selecting target populations for ROPS retrofit programs in Pennsylvania and Vermont.

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Yoder, A M; Sorensen, J A; Foster, F; Myers, M; Murphy, D; Cook, G; May, J; Jenkins, P

2013-07-01

Agriculture has the highest injury and fatality rates when compared with other U.S. industries, and tractor overturns remain the leading cause of agricultural fatalities. Rollover protection structures (ROPS) are the only proven devices to protect a tractor operator in the event of an overturn. These devices are 99% effective when used with a seatbelt. Nearly 49% of tractors in the U.S. are not equipped with a ROPS. Interventions such as social marketing, community awareness campaigns, and financial incentives have been directed at encouraging farmers to install ROPS on their unprotected tractors. The purpose of this study was to conduct similar comparisons of ROPS protection and readiness to retrofit in different segments of the Vermont and Pennsylvania farm communities. A telephone survey was used to collect data on ROPS prevalence, farm demographic characteristics, and farmer's stage of change relative to installing ROPS on farm tractors. Our data provide new and unique information on the prevalence of ROPS-equipped tractors relative to commodity, farm size, and a variety of other demographic variables. Extrapolating from these data, the commodities studied account for roughly 162,072 tractors across the two states. Of these, 85,927 (53%) do not have ROPS. Of these unprotected tractors, 77,203 are in Pennsylvania and 8,724 are in Vermont. Our other two research questions dealt with the farmer's stage of change and possible ways to segment this population. The stage of change portion of our work demonstrates that most Pennsylvania and Vermont farmers are not contemplating ROPS retrofitting in the near future. Since no major differences were found in the stage of change, the number of unprotected tractors was examined for each of the commodity groups. In Pennsylvania, 29% of all unprotected tractors were found on cash crop farms. This trend was even more apparent on smaller farms than large farms. This led to the selection of smaller cash crop farms as the target audience for social marketing messages. In contrast, researchers in Vermont found a bimodal distribution of unprotected tractors. Of all the commodity groups surveyed in Vermont, vegetable and cash crop farmers were least likely to have even one protected tractor to use on the farm. Probably the most encouraging finding from this study is that over 85% of Pennsylvania farms and over 87% of Vermont farms surveyed had at least one tractor available that had ROPS protection. Of those farms, 25.5% of the Pennsylvania farms and 46% of the Vermont farms have ROPS on all of their tractors. Both of these findings were greater than the findings from a 2006 survey of New York State farms, which found that 75% of surveyed New York farms have ROPS on at least one tractor and 18% have ROPS on all tractors. Even with these encouraging data, the goal of 100% of tractors with ROPS is far from being met. There are still an estimated 90,000 unprotected tractors on Pennsylvania and Vermont farms, and these farm owners are currently unmotivated to install ROPS. However as demonstrated in New York State, it may be possible to use social marketing that combines persuasive messages and cost-sharing to persuade these farmers that ROPS are indeed important and accessible.

La Mancha Plus One--1969: Proceedings of the Annual Model Secondary School Conference (2nd, University of Vermont, May 23-24, 1969).

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Manchel, Frank, Ed.; Clark, Virginia, Ed.

This overview of the first year of the La Mancha Project consists of papers on various aspects of the 5-year project to improve the composition instruction in Vermont schools, incorporating workshop and individual student conference techniques, and integrating writing with other academic studies. The papers include discussions of (1) ninth grade…

Water's Way at Sleepers River watershed - revisiting flow generation in a post-glacial landscape, Vermont USA

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James B. Shanley; Stephen D. Sebestyen; Jeffrey J. McDonnell; Brian L. McGlynn; Thomas Dunne

2015-01-01

The Sleepers River Research Watershed (SRRW) in Vermont, USA, has been the site of active hydrologic research since 1959 and was the setting where Dunne and Black demonstrated the importance and controls of saturation-excess overland flow (SOF) on streamflow generation. Here, we review the early studies from the SRRW and show how they guided our conceptual approach to...

Family Forest Ownerships with 10+ Acres in Vermont, 2011-2013

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Brett J. Butler; Sarah M. Butler

2016-01-01

The U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program conducts the National Woodland Owner Survey in order to better understand: who owns America's forests, why they own it, what they have done with it in the past, and what they intend to do with it in the future. This document summarizes data on family forest ownerships with 10+ acres in Vermont. These...

Managing recreation on mountain summits in the northern forest region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont

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Kelly Goonan; Robert Manning; Carena J. van Riper; Christopher Monz

2010-01-01

Land managers in the Northern Forest region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont face the challenge of providing high-quality recreation opportunities and experiences while also protecting fragile summit resources. The goals of this study were to identify indicators and standards of quality for visitor experiences and summit resources for three mountains with...

Black Males in the Green Mountains: Colorblindness and Cultural Competence in Vermont Public Schools. Black Studies and Critical Thinking. Volume 38

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Dunbar, Denise Helen

2013-01-01

Mention the state of Vermont and images of maple syrup, scenic mountains, and progressive politics come to mind. But in addition to skiing, farming, and fall foliage, there is also a startling history of racial and religious intolerance and bigotry. Burlington is known as the birthplace of John Dewey, whose enlightened views about education…

How Cultural Capital, Habitus, and Social Capital Impacts Pell-Eligible Vermont Students in Navigating the Financial Systems of Higher Education

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De Freitas, Xavier

2017-01-01

With the US recovering from a recession, a college diploma has become more valuable to avoid unemployment. Despite a college degree's importance, the access to higher education is a challenge for lower income Pell-Eligible Vermont students. For the past three decades, higher education continues to rise in cost faster than family income. Cost is…

Thirty-three year changes in above- and below-ground biomass in northern hardwood stands in Vermont

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A. H. Johnson; G. R. Strimbeck

1996-01-01

In 1957-1960, R. O. Curtis and B. W. Post surveyed 81 even aged (45-90 y old) northern hardwood stands on acid till soils over the length of Vermont's Green Mountains. The purpose of the original study was to determine predictive relationships between site index and site characteristics, including latitude, elevation, soil drainage class, soil organic matter...

BEST: A Learner-Centered Workplace Literacy Partnership of the Vermont Institute for Self-Reliance and General Electric Aircraft Engines Rutland, VT. Final Performance Report.

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Lashof, Judith R.

The Vermont Institute for Self Reliance (VISR) conducted a Basic Educational Skills for Training (BEST) program, a national demonstration project in workplace literacy, from April 1990 to March 1992. BEST provided learner-centered, context-based literacy instruction onsite, on company time, at two General Electric (GE) Aircraft Engines Rutland…

Investing in Our Future. State Board of Education FY 07 Budget Recommendations and Annual Report

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Vermont Department of Education, 2006

2006-01-01

This report represents the State Board of Education's recommended FY 2007 budget as adopted by the Board on January 17, 2006. This budget supports the important work of Vermont's education system as the state invests in its future to help all Vermont students to achieve success. The FY 2007 budget proposal increases General Fund amounts by 6.15…

The Vermont Model for Rural HIV Care Delivery: Eleven Years of Outcome Data Comparing Urban and Rural Clinics

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Grace, Christopher; Kutzko, Deborah; Alston, W. Kemper; Ramundo, Mary; Polish, Louis; Osler, Turner

2010-01-01

Context: Provision of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care in rural areas has encountered unique barriers. Purpose: To compare medical outcomes of care provided at 3 HIV specialty clinics in rural Vermont with that provided at an urban HIV specialty clinic. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. Findings: Over an 11-year period 363 new…

The Satellites, Weather and Climate (SWAC) Teacher Professional Development Program: Making the Case for Climate and Geospatial Literacy

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Dupigny-Giroux, Lesley-Ann; Toolin, Regina; Hogan, Stephen; Fortney, Michael D.

2012-01-01

In July 2008, a new professional development program called Satellites, Weather and Climate (SWAC) began at the University of Vermont. Its goal was to enhance the competency of in-service K-12 science and mathematics Vermont teachers in the atmospheric, climate, and geospatial sciences. The pilot program ran until 2010, during which time 14…

National Conference on Academic Advising: A Publication of Proceedings Prepared for the Annual Conference (1st, Burlington, Vermont, October 16-19, 1977).

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Rayfield, Gina, Ed.; And Others

Proceedings of the first National Conference on Academic Advising, sponsored in 1977 by the University of Vermont, are presented. Among the 36 papers presented are the following: "Making Advising Work: Basic Elements in Developing and Implementing a Successful Academic Advising Program" (David S. Crockett); "A Community College Academic Advisor's…

Putting the Critical Back in Critical Infrastructure

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2015-12-01

site assessments) with private sector partners and local utilities and associations such as the AWRA and AWWA. Oil  and  Gas  Industry—regulatory...Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • United States Virgin Islands • Utah • Vermont • Virginia...United States Virgin Islands 0 Utah 0 Vermont 0 Virginia 2 Washington 8 West Virginia 0 Wisconsin 1 Wyoming 0

Normative standards for land use in Vermont: Implications for biodiversity

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Bettigole, Charles A.; Donovan, Therese M.; Manning, Robert; Austin, John

2014-01-01

The conversion of natural lands to developed uses poses a great threat to global terrestrial biodiversity. Natural resource managers, tasked with managing wildlife as a public trust, require techniques for predicting how much and where wildlife habitat is likely to be converted in the future. Here, we develop a methodology to estimate the “social carrying capacity for development” – SKd – for 251 towns across the state of Vermont, USA. SKd represents town residents’ minimum acceptable human population size and level of development within town boundaries. To estimate SKd across towns within the state of Vermont (USA), as well as the average state-wide SKd, we administered a visual preference survey (n = 1505 responses) to Vermont residents, and asked respondents to rate alternative landuse scenarios in a fictional Vermont town on a scale of +4 (highly acceptable) to −4 (highly unacceptable). We additionally collected demographic data such as age and income, as well as ancillary information such as participation in town-planning meetings and location of residence. We used model selection and AIC to fit a cubic function to the response data, allowing us to estimate SKd at a town scale based on town demographic characteristics. On average, Vermonters had a SKd of 9.1% development on the landscape; this estimate is 68% higher than year 2000 levels for development (5.4%). Respondents indicated that management action to curb development was appropriate at 9.4% development (roughly the statewide SKd average). Management by local, regional, and state levels were considered acceptable for curbing development while federal level management of development was considered unacceptable. Given a scenario where development levels were at SKd, we predicted a 16,753 km2 reduction in forested land (−11.16%) and a 1038 km2 reduction in farmland (−60.45%). Such changes would dramatically alter biodiversity patterns state-wide. In a companion paper, we estimate how these changes would affect the distribution of wildlife species.

Changes in Breast Cancer Risk Distribution Among Vermont Women Using Screening Mammography

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Bolton, Kenyon C.; Mace, John L.; Vacek, Pamela M.; Herschorn, Sally D.; James, Ted A.; Tice, Jeffrey A.; Kerlikowske, Karla; Geller, Berta M.; Weaver, Donald L.

2014-01-01

Background Screening mammography utilization in Vermont has declined since 2009 during a time of changing screening guidelines and increased interest in personalized screening regimens. This study evaluates whether the breast cancer risk distribution of the state’s screened population changed during the observed decline. Methods We examined the breast cancer risk distribution among screened women between 2001 and 2012 using data from the Vermont Breast Cancer Surveillance System. We estimated each screened woman’s 5-year risk of breast cancer using the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium risk calculator. Annual screening counts by risk group were normalized and age-adjusted to the Vermont female population by direct standardization. Results The normalized rate of low-risk (5-year breast cancer risk of <1%) women screened increased 8.3% per year (95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.8 to 11.9) between 2003 and 2008 and then declined by −5.4% per year (95% CI = −8.1 to −2.6) until 2012. When stratified by age group, the rate of low-risk women screened declined −4.4% per year (95% CI = −8.8 to 0.1; not statistically significant) for ages 40 to 49 years and declined a statistically significant −7.1% per year (95% CI = −12.1 to −2.0) for ages 50 to 74 years during 2008 to 2012. These declines represented the bulk of overall decreases in screening after 2008, with rates for women categorized in higher risk levels generally exhibiting small annual changes. Conclusions The observed decline in women screened in Vermont in recent years is largely attributable to reductions in screening visits by women who are at low risk of developing breast cancer. PMID:24957223

Small-mammal abundance at three elevations on a mountain in central Vermont, USA: a sixteen-year record

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Robert T. Brooks; Harvey R. Smith; William M. Healy

1998-01-01

As part of a study of forest resilience to gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) defoliation, small mammals were sampled with live (box) and pitfall traps for 16 years at three elevations on a mountain in west-central Vermont, USA. The more mesic, lowerslope location had the most diverse small-mammal community. White-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) were the most commonly...

The Northeastern Ice Storm 1998, A forest damage assessment for New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine

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Margaret Miller-Weeks; Chris Eagar; Christina M. Petersen

1999-01-01

The ice storm of January 1998 affected 17 million acres of forestland in northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, including parts of the Green Mountain National Forest and the White Mountain National Forest. Portions of eastern Canada were also impacted, especially Quebec. The weight of accumulated ice caused trees to snap off or bend over to the ground....

Comparison of Same-Sex Couples Who Were Married in Massachusetts, Had Domestic Partnerships in California, or Had Civil Unions in Vermont

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Rothblum, Esther D.; Balsam, Kimberly F.; Solomon, Sondra E.

2008-01-01

This study compared 55 men and 78 women who had same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, 101 men and 120 women who had domestic partnerships in California, and 35 men and 86 women who had civil unions in Vermont, all in 2004. Couples were surveyed on demographic and relationship information, conflict, contact with family of origin, social support,…

Chittenden County, Vermont land cover project

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Malloy, D. E.

1981-01-01

The testing of LANDSAT applicability to urban and agricultural land use analysis at the substate level is described. It is concluded that the LANDSAT system has a place in Vermont and places like it, but that the present operation is inadequate and the need for technology transfer and excellent communication between the producers and users is fundamental to the future of the system and for the realization of benefit from the investment.

Civil Restitution as an Objective of Department of Homeland Security Mission 3

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2014-06-01

applicability and effectiveness, and allow for iterations accordingly. The 1975 Georgia’s Restitution Center Program, and the 1977 Georgia’s Non-Residential...the United States without lawful admission, Vermont Service Center , Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States...Types of Research Designs.” September 23, 2013. http://libguides.usc.edu/ content.php?pid=83009&sid=818072. Vermont Service Center . Application

Health assessment for Tansitor Electronics, Inc. Site, Bennington County, Vermont, Region 1. CERCLIS No. VTD000509174. Preliminary report

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1991-03-26

The Tansitor Electronics, Inc. site, located in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, has been proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency for inclusion onto the National Priorities List (NPL). Most of the investigations into site contamination have been coordinated by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Tansitor Electronics, Inc. operates an electronic capacitor manufacturing facility on a 36-acre parcel located along Route 9 and about 3 miles west of downtown Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result inmore » adverse health effects. There are no monitoring data or information indicating that appreciable human exposure to site-related contaminants is currently occurring. However, additional monitoring data or information is needed to evaluate the on-site and off-site ground water (shallow aquifer and bedrock aquifer), ambient air, sediment, surface soil, and surface water. The monitoring data or information may form the basis of future ATSDR evaluation of the undefined human exposure pathways and public health implications associated with these pathways. The site is not recommended for follow-up health activities at this time.« less

Multistate outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infections associated with undercooked chicken livers--northeastern United States, 2012.

PubMed

2013-11-08

In October 2012 the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) identified three cases of laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter jejuni infection in Vermont residents; the isolates had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns. A query of PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, led to the identification of one additional case each from New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont that had been reported in the preceding 6 months. An investigation led by VDH found that all six patients had been exposed to raw or lightly cooked chicken livers that had been produced at the same Vermont poultry establishment (establishment A). Livers collected from this establishment yielded the outbreak strain of C. jejuni. In response, establishment A voluntarily ceased the sale of chicken livers on November 9. A food safety assessment conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) found no major violations at the establishment. This is the first reported multistate outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with chicken liver in the United States. Public health professionals, members of the food industry, and consumers should be aware that chicken livers often are contaminated with Campylobacter and that fully cooking products made with chicken liver is the only way to prepare them so they are safe to eat.

Awareness and perceptions of Vermont's prescribed product gift ban and disclosure law by prescribers and pharmacists.

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Kennedy, Amanda G; Possidente, Carl J; Pinckney, Richard G

2013-02-01

Vermont law strictly regulates the interactions between pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers, including gifts, meals, and medication samples. The purpose of this study was to describe providers' awareness and perceptions of current requirements. An online survey was completed by Vermont providers, including prescribers and pharmacists. The survey asked providers about their awareness of 15 different legal requirements and about their level of agreement with these requirements. Four hundred and eleven providers completed the survey (61% male, mean age 52 years, and 71% physicians). Awareness of the 15 requirements ranged from 28.4% to 93.8%. Most providers agreed or had no strong opinions. Responses at significance levels of P < .001 were noted in 8 of 15 requirements when perceptions were stratified by providers who had any interactions with pharmaceutical representatives in the past year (N = 227, 55.4%) versus providers who reported no interactions (N = 183; 44.6%). A high proportion of Vermont providers are unaware of the current law. Most agreed or had no strong opinions about the requirements; however, at least a quarter disagreed with banning small gifts and meals. Having any interaction with pharmaceutical representatives changed how providers perceived the requirements. These data may be useful for other states considering similar laws.

Pear thrips damage and impact on the Vermont sugarmaker

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Daniel B. Crocker

1991-01-01

I am a sugarmaker from southern Vermont. I became a sugarmaker because I wanted to establish a long-term project on my property from which I could make a living. The trees on my land are very healthy, as evidenced by the high volume of syrup I am able to produce. I have noticed the thrips damage for a number of years, but didn't know the cause until 1987. I would...

A Model Mentor/Advisor Program Supporting Secondary School Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges and Their Families within Rural Vermont (October 1, 1996-September 30, 2000). Final Report.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Welkowitz, Julie; Fox, Wayne L.

This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of the Mentor/Advisor Project, a program designed to promote positive self-concept and school success for high school students at risk of or experiencing emotional and behavioral disabilities in rural Vermont. The Project involved small groups of heterogeneous students (i.e., those with and…

Southern Vermont College (SVC) and Wheelock College (WC): 2010 Urban and Rural Healthcare Academy Program (HAP) for College Progress and Workforce Development

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DeCiccio, Albert C.

2010-01-01

(Purpose) This is a report about the Urban and Rural Healthcare Academy Pilot Program (HAP) that launched at Southern Vermont College (SVC) and Wheelock College (WC) in summer 2010. HAP enabled 18 vulnerable high school students to learn about how to progress to college, how to transition when they arrive on a college campus, and how to prepare…

Annual exceedance probabilities of the peak discharges of 2011 at streamgages in Vermont and selected streamgages in New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and northeastern New York

USGS Publications Warehouse

Olson, Scott A.; Bent, Gardner C.

2013-01-01

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, determined annual exceedance probabilities for peak discharges occurring during the 2011 water year (October 1 to September 30) at streamgages in Vermont and selected streamgages in New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and northeastern New York. This report presents the 2011 water year peak discharges at 145 streamgages in the study area and provides the results of the analyses of the 50-, 20-, 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, and 0.2-percent annual exceedance probability discharges at 135 of the 145 streamgages. The annual exceedance probabilities for the 2011 water year peak discharges also are presented. Snowmelt and near record rainfall led to flooding across northern Vermont on April 27 and 28, 2011. At three streamgages with more than 10 years of record, the April rain event resulted in the peak discharge of record. At seven streamgages, the peak discharge resulting from this event had an annual exceedance probability less than or equal to 1 percent. In early May 2011, new peak stage records were set at two Lake Champlain gages with more than 100 years of record. At the Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vermont, gage, the water surface reached 102.79 feet (ft) (North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)) on May 6, 2011, and at the Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, New York, gage, the water surface reached 102.75 ft NAVD 88. Record-breaking rainfall in late May produced additional flooding across northern Vermont on May 26 and 27, 2011. Four streamgages in northwestern Vermont recorded peak-of-record discharges as a result of this flooding. At three streamgages, the peak discharges from this event had an annual exceedance probability less than or equal to 1 percent. From August 28 to 29, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene delivered rainfall totals ranging from about 3 to more than 10 inches, which resulted in extensive flooding and new period-of-record peak discharges at 37 streamgages in the study area. The peak discharges as a result of Tropical Storm Irene had an annual exceedance probability of less than or equal to 1 percent at 36 streamgages. At 11 of these 36 streamgages, the annual exceedance probability of the peak discharges was less than or equal to 0.2 percent.

Trends in Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Incidence, Vermont 1999-2013.

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Owosho, Adepitan A; Wiley, Rashidah; Stansbury, Tessie; Gbadamosi, Semiu O; Ryder, Jon S

2018-02-09

This study examines trends in age-adjusted incidence rates of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) in comparison to oral cavity proper squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in the population of Vermont from 1999 to 2013. Data on cases of oral and pharynx cancers diagnosed in Vermont between 1999 and 2013 were obtained from the Vermont cancer registry. The age-adjusted incidence rates and annual percentage change of HPV-related OPSCC and OSCC were calculated using Joinpoint trend analysis. Four hundred and thirty-one cases of HPV-related OPSCC were diagnosed from 1999 to 2013. Males constituted 83% (P < 0.0001) of the cases and the 6th decade of life marked the highest incidence. The overall age-adjusted incidence rates for HPV-related OPSCC significantly increased (from 2.39 to 3.86 per 100,000, P < 0.0001). In males, it significantly increased (from 3.62 to 6.93 per 100,000, P < 0.0001), while in females it remained stable (from 1.18 to 1.02 per 100,000, P = 0.28) during 1999-2013. The average rate of HPV-related OPSCC significantly increased by 4.4% annually (P = 0.004). In males the average rate significantly increased by 5.3% annually (P = 0.001) and in females the rate increased by 0.37% annually (P = 0.87). In contrast, age-adjusted overall incidence rates for OSCC significantly decreased (from 3.99 to 3.35 per 100,000, P = 0.018). The overall rate of OSCC decreased by 0.96% annually (P = 0.37) and the highest incidence of cases was in the 7th decade of life. In conclusion, there was an increasing trend of HPV-related OPSCC, specifically in males, and there appears to be a decreasing trend of OSCC in Vermont.

Estimation of flood discharges at selected annual exceedance probabilities for unregulated, rural streams in Vermont, with a section on Vermont regional skew regression

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Olson, Scott A.; with a section by Veilleux, Andrea G.

2014-01-01

This report provides estimates of flood discharges at selected annual exceedance probabilities (AEPs) for streamgages in and adjacent to Vermont and equations for estimating flood discharges at AEPs of 50-, 20-, 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, 0.5-, and 0.2-percent (recurrence intervals of 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, 200-, and 500-years, respectively) for ungaged, unregulated, rural streams in Vermont. The equations were developed using generalized least-squares regression. Flood-frequency and drainage-basin characteristics from 145 streamgages were used in developing the equations. The drainage-basin characteristics used as explanatory variables in the regression equations include drainage area, percentage of wetland area, and the basin-wide mean of the average annual precipitation. The average standard errors of prediction for estimating the flood discharges at the 50-, 20-, 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, 0.5-, and 0.2-percent AEP with these equations are 34.9, 36.0, 38.7, 42.4, 44.9, 47.3, 50.7, and 55.1 percent, respectively. Flood discharges at selected AEPs for streamgages were computed by using the Expected Moments Algorithm. To improve estimates of the flood discharges for given exceedance probabilities at streamgages in Vermont, a new generalized skew coefficient was developed. The new generalized skew for the region is a constant, 0.44. The mean square error of the generalized skew coefficient is 0.078. This report describes a technique for using results from the regression equations to adjust an AEP discharge computed from a streamgage record. This report also describes a technique for using a drainage-area adjustment to estimate flood discharge at a selected AEP for an ungaged site upstream or downstream from a streamgage. The final regression equations and the flood-discharge frequency data used in this study will be available in StreamStats. StreamStats is a World Wide Web application providing automated regression-equation solutions for user-selected sites on streams.

Three-Year Follow-Up of Same-Sex Couples Who Had Civil Unions in Vermont, Same-Sex Couples Not in Civil Unions, and Heterosexual Married Couples

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Balsam, Kimberly F.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Rothblum, Esther D.; Solomon, Sondra E.

2008-01-01

This study was a 3-year follow-up of 65 male and 138 female same-sex couples who had civil unions in Vermont during the 1st year of that legislation. These couples were compared with 23 male and 61 female same-sex couples in their friendship circles who did not have civil unions and with 55 heterosexual married couples (1 member of each was a…

BREAD LOAF ROADLESS AREA, VERMONT.

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Slack, John F.; Bitar, Richard F.

1984-01-01

On the basis of mineral-resource survey the Bread Loaf Roadless Area, Vermont, is considered to have probable resource potential for the occurrence of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of copper, zinc, and lead, particularly in the north and northeastern section of the roadless area. Nonmetallic commodities include minor deposits of sand and gravel, and abundant rock suitable for crushing. However, large amounts of these materials in more accessible locations are available outside the roadless area. A possibility exists that oil or natural gas resources may be present at great depth.

Tritium leak triggers reactor shutdown in the US

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Gwynne, Peter

2010-04-01

A US state has voted against renewing the operating licence for its only working nuclear reactor after a leak of tritium was found in the 38-year-old power plant. The decision in late February by Vermont's senate to close the 650 MW Vermont Yankee reactor has cast a shadow over the Obama administration's plans to encourage the construction of more nuclear power plants to meet the country's increasing electricity demands. The plant currently provides one-third of the state's electricity demands.

National Program for Inspection of Non-Federal Dams. Jewell Brook Dam Site Number 3, (VT 00016) (VT 00262) Connecticut River Basin, Ludlow, Vermont. Phase I Inspection Report.

DTIC Science & Technology

1980-04-01

difficult to detect erosion problems such as animal hole,:;, slou1hin;,, and erosion channels at an early stae. 4.3 Fva I u; t i on1 No si,,nificant...1/4 . . O)thir \\As-Bui It P’Ii ns Sol t Conserva tion Service 1 Bulrlil rigt on Squar, Suit,, 205 BurLiinton, Vermont 05 k’) 9 a.) - S S: ii

Nonoccupational logging fatalities--Vermont, 1997-2007.

PubMed

2008-03-14

Professional logging is one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States, and the factors contributing to injuries and fatalities associated with this occupation are well documented. However, little has been reported about logging fatalities in the nonoccupational setting. To better characterize nonoccupational logging fatalities, the Vermont Department of Health analyzed medical examiner data from Vermont for the period 1997-2007. This report describes four cases and summarizes data on all nonoccupational logging fatalities. The findings indicated that tree felling accounted for 15 (83%) of the 18 nonoccupational logging fatalities during the 11-year period and that 14 (78%) of the fatalities were attributed to injuries resulting from being struck by a falling tree or limb. Contributing factors in these incidents included absence of personal protective equipment (PPE), misjudgment of the path of falling trees, and being alone. Measures to reduce nonoccupational logging fatalities should focus on promoting safe tree-felling practices and increasing helmet use among nonprofessional woodcutters. Ideally, however, nonprofessionals should not participate in tree felling.

Assessing forest damage in high-elevation coniferous forests in Vermont and New Hampshire using Thematic Mapper data

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Vogelmann, James E.; Rock, Barrett N.

1988-01-01

This study evaluates the potential of measuring/mapping forest damage in spruce-fir forests in the Green Mountains of Vermont and White Mountains of New Hampshire using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data. The TM 1.65/0.83-micron (TM5/4) and 2.22/0.83-micron (TM7/4) band ratios were found to correlate well with ground-based measurements of forest damage (a measure of percentage foliar loss) at 11 spruce-fir stands located on Camels Hump, a mountain in northern Vermont. Images using 0.56 and 1.65-micron bands with 1.65/0.83-micron band ratios indicated locations of heavy conifer forest damage. Both 1.65/0.83 and 2.22/0.83-micron band ratios were used to quantify levels of conifer forest damage among individual mountains throughout many of the Green and White Mountains. Damage was found to be consistently higher for the Green than the White Mountains.

In search of a more perfect heteroarchy:Vermont, civil unions and the harm of "separate-but-equal".

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Thomas, Susan L

2005-01-01

This article focuses on the Vermont civil union solution to the state Supreme Court's mandate in Baker v. State (1999). Using non-subordination theory, the author argues that rather than being a legal victory for lesbians and gay men, the Vermont law integrally contributes to the maintenance of an imbalance of power between heterosexuals and lesbians and gays. The article analyzes the rhetorical strategy employed by lawmakers to respond to what they perceived and portrayed as a menace posed by same-sex marriage and demonstrates that lawmakers reinforced apprehensions surrounding lesbian and gay identity and asserted the familiar heterosexist narrative in an effort to quell the threat posed by Baker. The article concludes that the legislature's genuine motivation behind civil unions was validating their own and their constituents' misplaced fears regarding gay and lesbian identity, and pacifying those fears by denying equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians in an attempt to appear responsive to a perceived threat to heterosexual primacy.

Silica exposure assessment in a mortality study of Vermont granite workers.

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Verma, Dave K; Vacek, Pamela M; des Tombe, Karen; Finkelstein, Murray; Branch, Barbara; Gibbs, Graham W; Graham, William G

2011-02-01

A study of past silica and respirable dust exposures in the Vermont granite industry was conducted to develop a job exposure matrix (JEM) that used 5204 industrial hygiene measurements made from 1924-2004. The construction of the JEM involved data entry from several original sources into an Excel database that was reviewed later to ensure accuracy. Exposure measurements by job or location were grouped in two broad categories of quarry or shed and then into 22 job classes. Missing exposure data by time period were computed, taking into account improvements in dust control and periods of significant reduction in dustiness. Percent free silica (α-quartz) in respirable dust was estimated to be 11.0% based on previous published studies in Vermont and on data in the current database. About 60% of all measurement data (primarily from years prior to 1972) were obtained using the impinger and expressed in millions of particles per cubic foot (mppcf), which were converted to equivalent respirable free silica concentrations using the conversion of 10 mppcf = 0.1 mg/m(3) of respirable silica. For impinger data, respirable dust was calculated by multiplying respirable silica by a factor of 9.091 to reflect that the respirable silica was 11.0% respirable dust. This JEM has been used in a recent epidemiologic study to assess mortality in Vermont granite workers and to examine the relationships among mortality from silicosis, lung cancer, and other nonmalignant respiratory diseases.

Ground Water Atlas of the United States: Segment 12, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Olcott, Perry G.

1995-01-01

The State of New York and the six New England States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island compose Segment 12 of this Atlas (fig. 1). The seven States have a total land area of about 116,000 square miles (table 1); all but a small area in southwestern New York has been glaciated. Population in the States of Segment 12 totals about 30,408,000 (table 1) and is concentrated in southern and eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and especially New York (fig. 1). The northern part of the segment and the mountainous areas of New York and much of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are sparsely populated. The percentage of population supplied from ground-water sources during 1980 was 54 to 60 percent in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont (table 1). Nearly all rural, domestic, and small-community water systems obtain water from wells that are, in comparison with other sources, the safest and the least expensive to install and maintain. Where water demand is great-in the urban areas of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island-sophisticated reservoir, pipeline, and purification systems are economically feasible and are needed to meet demands. Surface water is the principal source of supply in these four States, and ground water was used to supply only 24 to 35 percent of their population during 1980 (table 1).

Mercury methylation in forested uplands; how important is it?

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Shanley, J. B.; Marvin-Dipasquale, M.; Schuster, P. F.; Chalmers, A.; Reddy, M. M.

2004-05-01

Episodic fluxes of mercury during high flows at the headwater catchment at the Sleepers River Research Watershed in Vermont indicate that uplands are an important source of total mercury (Hg) to known downstream methylation sites (i.e. large wetlands). Methylmercury (MeHg) behavior in streamwater, soil water, and sediment porewater coupled with high potential methylation rates suggests that forested uplands may be significant source areas for MeHg as well. In a July 2003 incubation, potential Hg methylation rates exceeded potential demethylation rates by factors of 1.6 each in shallow (0-4 cm) swamp and riparian soils and by 19.6 in anoxic stream sediments. The stream sediment had the greatest methylation rate of 7.5 ng/ g of wet sediment / day. However, MeHg concentrations in filtered (0.4 um) porewater at these sites ranged only from 0.07 to 0.37 ng/ L, similar to the range at low-lying wetland sites elsewhere in Vermont (0.06 to 0.56 ng/L). In Sleepers River headwaters as well as larger Vermont rivers, most of the MeHg export occurs during snowmelt and summer / fall storms, with nearly all of the MeHg occurring in the particulate phase. Stream total Hg and MeHg concentrations were consistently correlated, suggesting a common source, probably soil organic matter. The methylation efficiency (ratio MeHg / total Hg) was near 2% in the Sleepers River headwaters, similar to that in Vermont rivers draining large wetland systems, indicating that the methylation process originates in the headwaters.

Evaluation of a child sexual abuse prevention program.

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Chasan-Taber, L; Tabachnick, J

1999-10-01

A half-million children are believed to be sexually abused each year in the United States. In 1995, the American Medical Association declared sexual assault "a silent violent epidemic." The majority of efforts to stop child sexual abuse have focused on punishing abusers and treating victims and their families; prevention programs are uncommon and rely on educating children to report sexual abuse. This case study describes the evaluation of the first public health campaign designed to target adults for prevention. A baseline assessment of attitudes, awareness, knowledge, and policies was conducted in Vermont to identify facilitators and barriers to adult prevention of child sexual abuse. These included predisposing factors (50% of Vermont residents did not know the characteristics of an abuser), enabling factors (60% of Vermont residents did not know where to refer someone who may have sexual behavior problems), and reinforcing factors (when focus group participants knew an abuser, they were less likely to take action). This process guided the intervention, which included a broad-based media campaign targeting adults; a one-to-one communications strategy that provided information to agencies working with families at risk and a toll-free helpline for adults in an abuse situation; and a systems change strategy designed to educate decision-makers and leaders. Program evaluation measures included a random-digit dial survey, focus groups, a survey of Vermont decision-makers, and other data sets. The successes and limitations of these interventions, both as strategies in themselves and as data sources for evaluation, are discussed.

Expedition_55_Education_In-flight_Interview_with Champlain_Valley_School_District_2018_122_1620_648025

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2018-05-03

SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS DISCUSS LIFE IN SPACE WITH VERMONT STUDENTS------Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Scott Tingle of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight educational event May 2 with students from the Champlain Valley School District in Hinesburg, Vermont. Tingle is in the final month of a six-month mission on the station while Feustel is in the midst of a six and a half month journey on the complex.

Remedial Investigation for Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Hanover, New Hampshire. Phase 2. Volume 1. Sections 1.0 Through 8.0. Revision 2

DTIC Science & Technology

1994-03-18

Gatto and Shoop , 1991). 1.2.3.3 Monthly Monitoring of Residential and Municipal Wells In Vermont. Beginning on December 21, 1990, the Vermont...searched in this fashion ). Only after visual comparison of sample spectra with the nearest library searches will the mass spectral interpretation...Fault parallels the west bank of the Connecticut River and is oriented approximately N20E, dipping 30° to 50° to the west (Gatto and Shoop , 1991

Local energy governance in vermont: an analysis of energy system transition strategies and actor capacity

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rowse, Tarah

While global, national, and regional efforts to address climate and energy challenges remain essential, local governments and community groups are playing an increasingly stronger and vital role. As an active state in energy system policy, planning and innovation, Vermont offers a testing ground for research into energy governance at the local level. A baseline understanding of the energy planning and energy organizing activities initiated at the local level can support efforts to foster a transition to a sustainable energy system in Vermont. Following an inductive, applied and participatory approach, and grounded in the fields of sustainability transitions, energy planning, and community energy, this research project identifies conditions for change, including opportunities and challenges, within Vermont energy system decision-making and governance at the local level. The following questions are posed: What are the main opportunities and challenges for sustainable energy development at the town level? How are towns approaching energy planning? What are the triggers that will facilitate a faster transition to alternative energy systems, energy efficiency initiatives, and localized approaches? In an effort to answer these questions two studies were conducted: 1) an analysis of municipal energy plans, and 2) a survey of local energy actors. Study 1 examined Vermont energy planning at the state and local level through a review and comparison of 40 municipal plan energy chapters with the state 2011 Comprehensive Energy Plan. On average, municipal plans mentioned just over half of the 24 high-level strategies identified in the Comprehensive Energy Plan. Areas of strong and weak agreement were examined. Increased state and regional interaction with municipal energy planners would support more holistic and coordinated energy planning. The study concludes that while municipalities are keenly aware of the importance of education and partnerships, stronger policy mechanisms and financial stimulus are essential if Vermont hopes to increase strategic energy planning alignment and spur whole-scale energy system change. Study 2 examined local energy actors to assess their ability to develop and sustain energy action on the local level. A survey of 120 municipalities collected statewide baseline data covering the structures, processes, and activities of local energy actors. The analysis examined the role that various forms of capacity play in local energy activity. The results show that towns with higher incomes are more likely to have local energy actors and towns with higher populations have higher aggregate energy activity levels. Structurally, energy actors that had both an energy coordinator and an energy committee were more active, and municipal committees were more active than independent committees. Access to a budget and volunteer engagement were both associated with higher activity levels. The network of local energy actors in Vermont consists of committed and knowledgeable volunteers. Yet, the capacity of these local energy actors to implement sustainable energy change is limited due to resource constraints of time and money. In most cases, the scope of municipal energy planning strategy is modest. Prioritization of strategy and action at the central and local levels, along with increased interaction and coordination, is necessary to increase the regional compatibility and pace of energy system transformation.

Assessing Vermont's stream health and biological integrity using artificial neural networks and Bayesian methods

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rizzo, D. M.; Fytilis, N.; Stevens, L.

2012-12-01

Environmental managers are increasingly required to monitor and forecast long-term effects and vulnerability of biophysical systems to human-generated stresses. Ideally, a study involving both physical and biological assessments conducted concurrently (in space and time) could provide a better understanding of the mechanisms and complex relationships. However, costs and resources associated with monitoring the complex linkages between the physical, geomorphic and habitat conditions and the biological integrity of stream reaches are prohibitive. Researchers have used classification techniques to place individual streams and rivers into a broader spatial context (hydrologic or health condition). Such efforts require environmental managers to gather multiple forms of information - quantitative, qualitative and subjective. We research and develop a novel classification tool that combines self-organizing maps with a Naïve Bayesian classifier to direct resources to stream reaches most in need. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has developed and adopted protocols for physical stream geomorphic and habitat assessments throughout the state of Vermont. Separate from these assessments, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation monitors the biological communities and the water quality in streams. Our initial hypothesis is that the geomorphic reach assessments and water quality data may be leveraged to reduce error and uncertainty associated with predictions of biological integrity and stream health. We test our hypothesis using over 2500 Vermont stream reaches (~1371 stream miles) assessed by the two agencies. In the development of this work, we combine a Naïve Bayesian classifier with a modified Kohonen Self-Organizing Map (SOM). The SOM is an unsupervised artificial neural network that autonomously analyzes inherent dataset properties using input data only. It is typically used to cluster data into similar categories when a priori classes do not exist. The incorporation of a Bayesian classifier allows one to explicitly incorporate existing knowledge and expert opinion into the data analysis. Since classification plays a leading role in the future development of data-enabled science and engineering, such a computational tool is applicable to a variety of proactive adaptive watershed management applications.

Survival of American Black Ducks radiomarked in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Longcore, J.R.; McAuley, D.G.; Clugston, D.A.; Bunck, C.M.; Giroux, J.-F.; Ouellet, C.; Parker, G.R.; Dupuis, P.; Stotts, D.B.; Goldsberry, J.R.

2000-01-01

We monitored survival of 397 radiomarked juvenile American black ducks (Anas rubripes) distributed among Les Escoumins (n = 75) and Kamouraska, Quebec (n = 84), Amherst Point, Nova Scotia (n = 89), and a site on the Vermont-Quebec border (n = 149) during autumn 1990 and 1991. Eighty-six percent (215 of 250) of all confirmed mortalities during the study was from hunting; 72% of marked ducks were shot and retrieved and 14% were shot and unretrieved. We tested for differences in survival in relation to sex, body mass, year (1990-91, 1991-92), and among the 4 locations for each of 2 monitoring periods (early, EMP; late, LMP). With data from the EMP for Vermont-Quebec in 1990 and 1991, Les Escoumins in 1990, and Amherst Point in 1991, survival of hatching-year (HY) males and females did not differ (P = 0.357). For sexes combined for the EMP, survival of ducks was greater in 1991 than 1990 (P = 0.086), and differed among locations (P = 0.013). Survival (years combined) was greater at Amherst Point than at Kamouraska (P = 0.003) and Vermont-Quebec (P = 0.002) during the EMP. The highest survival rate at Amherst Point (0.545 ? 0.056 [SE]) was associated with the latest date (8 Oct) of season opening; the lowest survival rate (0.395 ? 0.043) was at the Vermont-Quebec border, where hunter numbers and activity were greatest. For the LMP, no interaction between years and locations was detected (P = 0.942), and no differences in survival existed between years (P = 0.102) and among locations (P = 0.349). No association was detected between body mass at capture and survival of combined males and females during the EMP (P = 0.572) or during the LMP (P = 0.965). When we censored hunting losses for combined years for each period, EMP or LMP, all survival estimates exceeded 0.800 (0.809-0.965). These data emphasize need for an improved harvest strategy for American black ducks in North America to allow for increases in breeding populations to achieve population goals.

Surface gamma-ray survey of the Barre West quadrangle, Washington and Orange Counties, Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Walsh, Gregory J.; Satkoski, Aaron M.

2005-01-01

This study was designed to determine the levels of naturally occurring radioactivity in bedrock from surface measurements at outcrops during the course of 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and to determine which rock types were potential sources of radionuclides. Elevated levels of total alpha particle radiation (gross alpha) occur in a public water system in Montpelier, Vermont. Measured gross alpha levels in the Murray Hill water system (Vermont Dept. of Environmental Conservation, unpub. data, 2005) have exceeded the maximum contaminant level of 15 picocuries per liter (pCi/l) set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA, 2000). The Murray Hill system began treatment for radium in 1999. Although this treatment was successful, annual monitoring for gross alpha, radium, and uranium continues as required (Jon Kim, written communication, 2005). The water system utilizes a drilled bedrock well located in the Silurian-Devonian Waits River Formation. Kim (2002) summarized radioactivity data for Vermont, and aside from a statewide assessment of radon in public water systems (Manning and Ladue, 1986) and a single flight line from the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) (Texas Instruments, 1976) (fig. 1), no data are available to identify the potential sources of naturally occurring radioactivity in the local bedrock. Airborne gamma-ray surveys are typically used for large areas (Duval, 2001, 2002), and ground-based surveys are more commonly used for local site assessments. For example, ground-based surveys have been used for fault mapping (Iwata and others, 2001), soil mapping (Roberts and others, 2003), environmental assessments (Stromswold and Arthur, 1996), and mineral exploration (Jubeli and others, 1998). Duval (1980) summarized the methods and applications of gamma- ray spectrometry. In this study, we present the results from a ground-based gamma-ray survey of bedrock outcrops in the 7.5-minute Barre West quadrangle, Vermont. Other related and ongoing studies in the area are addressing potential mineral sources of radionuclides (Satkoski and Walsh, 2004; Satkoski and others, 2005), radionuclides in ground water (Kim and others, 2005), and bedrock geology.

Geochemistry and origin of metamorphosed mafic rocks from the Lower Paleozoic Moretown and Cram Hill Formations of North-Central Vermont: Delamination magmatism in the western New England appalachians

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Coish, Raymond; Kim, Jonathan; Twelker, Evan; Zolkos, Scott P.; Walsh, Gregory J.

2015-01-01

The Moretown Formation, exposed as a north-trending unit that extends from northern Vermont to Connecticut, is located along a critical Appalachian litho-tectonic zone between the paleomargin of Laurentia and accreted oceanic terranes. Remnants of magmatic activity, in part preserved as metamorphosed mafic rocks in the Moretown Formation and the overlying Cram Hill Formation, are a key to further understanding the tectonic history of the northern Appalachians. Field relationships suggest that the metamorphosed mafic rocks might have formed during and after Taconian deformation, which occurred at ca. 470 to 460 Ma. Geochemistry indicates that the sampled metamorphosed mafic rocks were mostly basalts or basaltic andesites. The rocks have moderate TiO2 contents (1–2.5 wt %), are slightly enriched in the light-rare earth elements relative to the heavy rare earths, and have negative Nb-Ta anomalies in MORB-normalized extended rare earth element diagrams. Their chemistry is similar to compositions of basalts from western Pacific extensional basins near volcanic arcs. The metamorphosed mafic rocks of this study are similar in chemistry to both the pre-Silurian Mount Norris Intrusive Suite of northern Vermont, and also to some of Late Silurian rocks within the Lake Memphremagog Intrusive Suite, particularly the Comerford Intrusive Complex of Vermont and New Hampshire. Both suites may be represented among the samples of this study. The geochemistry of all samples indicates that parental magmas were generated in supra-subduction extensional environments during lithospheric delamination.

An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: stem cells and cell therapies in lung biology and diseases.

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Weiss, Daniel J; Chambers, Daniel; Giangreco, Adam; Keating, Armand; Kotton, Darrell; Lelkes, Peter I; Wagner, Darcy E; Prockop, Darwin J

2015-04-01

The University of Vermont College of Medicine and the Vermont Lung Center, in collaboration with the NHLBI, Alpha-1 Foundation, American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, International Society for Cell Therapy, and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, convened a workshop, "Stem Cells and Cell Therapies in Lung Biology and Lung Diseases," held July 29 to August 1, 2013 at the University of Vermont. The conference objectives were to review the current understanding of the role of stem and progenitor cells in lung repair after injury and to review the current status of cell therapy and ex vivo bioengineering approaches for lung diseases. These are all rapidly expanding areas of study that both provide further insight into and challenge traditional views of mechanisms of lung repair after injury and pathogenesis of several lung diseases. The goals of the conference were to summarize the current state of the field, discuss and debate current controversies, and identify future research directions and opportunities for both basic and translational research in cell-based therapies for lung diseases. This conference was a follow-up to four previous biennial conferences held at the University of Vermont in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Each of those conferences, also sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, American Thoracic Society, and Respiratory Disease Foundations, has been important in helping guide research and funding priorities. The major conference recommendations are summarized at the end of the report and highlight both the significant progress and major challenges in these rapidly progressing fields.

An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Stem Cells and Cell Therapies in Lung Biology and Diseases

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Chambers, Daniel; Giangreco, Adam; Keating, Armand; Kotton, Darrell; Lelkes, Peter I.; Wagner, Darcy E.; Prockop, Darwin J.

2015-01-01

The University of Vermont College of Medicine and the Vermont Lung Center, in collaboration with the NHLBI, Alpha-1 Foundation, American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, International Society for Cell Therapy, and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, convened a workshop, “Stem Cells and Cell Therapies in Lung Biology and Lung Diseases,” held July 29 to August 1, 2013 at the University of Vermont. The conference objectives were to review the current understanding of the role of stem and progenitor cells in lung repair after injury and to review the current status of cell therapy and ex vivo bioengineering approaches for lung diseases. These are all rapidly expanding areas of study that both provide further insight into and challenge traditional views of mechanisms of lung repair after injury and pathogenesis of several lung diseases. The goals of the conference were to summarize the current state of the field, discuss and debate current controversies, and identify future research directions and opportunities for both basic and translational research in cell-based therapies for lung diseases. This conference was a follow-up to four previous biennial conferences held at the University of Vermont in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Each of those conferences, also sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, American Thoracic Society, and Respiratory Disease Foundations, has been important in helping guide research and funding priorities. The major conference recommendations are summarized at the end of the report and highlight both the significant progress and major challenges in these rapidly progressing fields. PMID:25897748

United States Air Force F-35A Operational Basing Environmental Impact Statement. Appendix E: Comments

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2013-09-01

Nicholas M Civ USAF HQ ACC/A7NS No F-35s in Burlington, Vermont, please! Wherever I go, when people hear I am from Vermont, they wax enthusiastic...them to upkeep a machine that’s sole purpose i s to fly cross t he ocean (or too wherever) and t ake the l ives of many others? Even i f we except this...monstrosi t y of a machine , can we really entrust it to the care of an organization that appears to be unable to write an accurate report? We may

Final Report. Montpelier District Energy Project

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Baker, Jessie; Motyka, Kurt; Aja, Joe

2015-03-30

The City of Montpelier, in collaboration with the State of Vermont, developed a central heat plant fueled with locally harvested wood-chips and a thermal energy distribution system. The project provides renewable energy to heat a complex of state buildings and a mix of commercial, private and municipal buildings in downtown Montpelier. The State of Vermont operates the central heat plant and the system to heat the connected state buildings. The City of Montpelier accepts energy from the central heat plant and operates a thermal utility to heat buildings in downtown Montpelier which elected to take heat from the system.

Geologic, geochemical, and isotopic studies of a carbonate- and siliciclastic-hosted Pb-Zn deposit at Lion Hill, Vermont

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Foley, Nora K.; Clark, Sandra H.B.; Woodruff, Laurel G.; Mosier, Elwin L.

1995-01-01

The prospect of an Irish-type sedimentary-exhalative origin for stratabound Pb-Zn deposits of the Paleozoic shelf of North America is of considerable importance to understanding the timing of mineralization relative to platform evolution and for evaluating the mineral resource potential of the region. Our study of the Lion Hill deposit indicates a potential for Irish-type Pb-Zn deposits in platform rocks of western Vermont; however, at Lion Hill they contain enrichments of Pb, Zn, and Cu rather than a Pb, Zn, and Ag association.

Final Technical Report DE-EE0006911 Vermont Solar Pathways

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Lane, Damon; Hill, David

Solar PV is the fastest-growing form of energy in Vermont. From 2012 to 2017, Vermont’s solar energy capacity increased almost nine times to 227 MW, a compound annual growth rate of 54%. During this time, the portion of electricity from solar grew from 0.5% to 5%. The state is one of the national leaders in net metering, community solar, and solar jobs per capita. In 2011, the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan set a goal to have renewable energy supply 90% of the state’s total energy needs (including electricity, heating and cooling, and transportation) by 2050. The Department of Public Servicemore » completed a Total Energy Study to examine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of various paths to the 90% goal and related emissions goals. The General Assembly created a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that includes credit for projects—such as electric vehicles and modern wood heating—that switch end uses away from fossil fuel, making the RPS essentially a total energy portfolio standard. Achieving the state’s energy goals will require major contributions from distributed resources and the development of supporting infrastructure such as energy storage, electric vehicle charging stations, and upgraded distribution systems. The Vermont Solar Pathways project used scenario modeling and stakeholder engagement to create a broadly supported plan to get 20% of the state’s electricity from solar by 2025. Scenario modeling provided numbers and graphs for examining issues, costs, and benefits, and spurred discussions at the 11 stakeholder meetings held over the course of the project. Stakeholders provided feedback to improve the model and made suggestions for variations on the scenarios.« less

Preliminary results of sequential extraction experiments for selenium on mine waste and stream sediments from Vermont, Maine, and New Zealand

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Piatak, N.M.; Seal, R.R.; Sanzolone, R.F.; Lamothe, P.J.; Brown, Z.A.

2006-01-01

We report the preliminary results of sequential partial dissolutions used to characterize the geochemical distribution of selenium in stream sediments, mine wastes, and flotation-mill tailings. In general, extraction schemes are designed to extract metals associated with operationally defined solid phases. Total Se concentrations and the mineralogy of the samples are also presented. Samples were obtained from the Elizabeth, Ely, and Pike Hill mines in Vermont, the Callahan mine in Maine, and the Martha mine in New Zealand. These data are presented here with minimal interpretation or discussion. Further analysis of the data will be presented elsewhere.

Comprehensive health care reform in Vermont: a conversation with Governor Jim Douglas. Interview by James Maxwell.

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Douglas, Jim

2007-01-01

In this conversation, Vermont's Republican governor, Jim Douglas, discusses his role in and views on the state's comprehensive health reforms adopted in 2006. The reforms are designed to provide universal access to coverage, improve the quality and performance of the health care system, and promote health and wellness across the lifespan. He describes the specific features of the reforms, the plan for their financing, and the difficult compromises that had to be reached with the Democratically controlled legislature. He talks about his need, as governor, to balance the goals of health reform against other state priorities such as education and economic development.

DEVILS DEN ROADLESS AREA, VERMONT.

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Slack, John F.; Sabin, Andrew E.

1984-01-01

A mineral-resource survey was made of the Devils Den Roadless Area, Vermont, Geochemical sampling found traces of gold, copper, barium, lead, molybdenum, silver, tin, and thorium in rocks, stream sediments, and panned concentrates, but not in sufficient quantities to identify any resource potential. The only apparent resources are nonmetallic commodities including abundant rock suitable for crushihg, and very small deposits of sand and gravel and marble; these also occur outside the roadless area. The area was also evaluated for bedrock uranium and thorium deposits, but not anomalously high radioactive bedrock was found. A potential may exist for oil or natural gas at great depth, but this cannot be evaluated by the present study.

Field and airborne spectral characterization of suspected damage in red spruce (picea rubens) from Vermont

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Rock, B. N.; Vogelmann, J. E.; Williams, D. L.

1985-01-01

The utilization of remote sensing to monitor forest damage due to acid deposition is investigated. Spectral and water measurements and aircraft radiance data of red spruce and balsam fir, collected in Camels Hump Mountain and Ripton, Vermont between August 13-20, 1984, are analyzed to evaluate the damage levels of the trees. Variations in reflectance features and canopy moisture content are studied. It is observed that damage correlates with elevation (greater damage at higher elevations); xylem water column tension is greater at higher damage sites; and a 'blue shift' is indicated in the spectral data at high damage sites.

The Vermont Family Based Approach: Family Based Health Promotion, Illness Prevention, and Intervention.

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Hudziak, Jim; Ivanova, Masha Y

2016-04-01

All health is tied to emotional and behavioral health. To improve population health, we need innovative approaches to healthcare that target emotional and behavioral health. The Vermont Family Based Approach (VFBA) is a healthcare paradigm that aims to improve population health by improving emotional and behavioral health. Because the family is a powerful health-promoting social institution, the VFBA also aims to shift the delivery of healthcare to the family level. This article introduces the VFBA, and presents the main empirical findings that informed the approach in the context of the early childhood period. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Court refuses to reconsider Hydro-Quebec case

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Not Available

1993-02-01

A US court has denied a request that it reconsider a decision upholding Hydro-Quebec's $4 billion sale of 340 MW to 16 Vermont utilities. The Vermont Supreme Court issued the decision in October, rejecting arguments that the contract would result in construction of Hydro-Quebec's giant Grande Baleine (Great Whale) hydroelectric development, flooding Creek Indian lands and harming waterfowl. The Vermont Public Service Board endorsed the 340-MW sale - the continuation of a previous sale - to 24 utilities in 1990, but rejected sale of an additional 110 MW without more proof that the power is needed and that its generationmore » would not cause undue environmental damage. Since 1990, one utility merged with another, and seven withdrew from the contract, leaving 16 buyers. The New England Coalition for Energy Efficiency and the Environment and the Grand Council of the Cree appealed the Public Service Board approval. The high court agreed with the Public Service Board that the 340-MW purchase - a fraction of Hydro-Quebec's total 24,000-MW output - is a continuation of an earlier purchase and that no new construction at James Bay is necessary to supply the power. That finding undercut arguments about Grande Baleine's effects on the Cree.« less

Level II scour analysis for Bridge 28 (BRNATH00660028) on Town Highway 66, crossing Locust Creek, Barnard, Vermont

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Severence, Timothy

1997-01-01

The Town Highway 66 crossing of the Locust Creek is a 41-ft-long, one-lane bridge consisting of a 39 ft steel stringer type bridge with a concrete deck (Vermont Agency of Transportation, written communication, August 24, 1994). The clear span is 36.8 ft. The bridge is supported by vertical, concrete abutments with wingwalls. The upstream right wingwall is protected by stone fill. The channel is skewed approximately 10 degrees to the opening while the opening-skew-to-roadway is 0 degrees. Additional details describing conditions at the site are included in the Level II Summary and Appendices D and E.

Prospective political analysis for policy design: enhancing the political viability of single-payer health reform in Vermont.

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Blanchet, Nathan J; Fox, Ashley M

2013-06-01

In 2011 the state of Vermont adopted legislation that aims to create the nation's first state-level single-payer health care system, a system that would go well beyond national reform efforts. To conduct a prospective, institutional stakeholder analysis to guide development of a politically viable, universal health care reform proposal, as commissioned by Vermont's legislature in July 2010. A total of 64 semi-structured stakeholder interviews with nearly 120 individuals, representing 60 different groups/institutions, were conducted between July and December 2010. Interviews probed stakeholders regarding five major design components: financing options, decoupling insurance from employment, organization/governance, comprehensiveness of benefits, and payment reform. There was a range of opposition and support across stakeholder groups and components, and more remarkably a diversity of views within groups often believed to be unwavering supporters or detractors of comprehensive health reform. Given the balance of conflicting views, relative power, and acceptable trade-offs, the research team proposed a single-payer health care system financed through payroll taxes, decoupled from employment, with a generous benefit package, governed by a public-private intermediary. Prospective political analysis can assist in choosing among a range of technically sound policy options to create a more politically viable health reform package. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Registry-based Study of Trends in Breast Cancer Screening Mammography before and after the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations

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Bolton, Kenyon C.; Mace, John L.; Herschorn, Sally D.; James, Ted A.; Vacek, Pamela M.; Weaver, Donald L.; Geller, Berta M.

2014-01-01

Purpose To determine whether the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines for breast cancer mammography screening were followed by changes in screening utilization in the state of Vermont. Materials and Methods This retrospective study was HIPAA compliant and approved by the institutional review board, with waiver of informed consent. Trends in screening mammography utilization during 1997–2011 were examined among approximately 150 000 women aged 40 years and older in the state of Vermont using statewide mammography registry data. Results The percentage of Vermont women aged 40 years and older screened in the past year declined from 45.3% in 2009% to 41.6% in 2011 (an absolute decrease of −3.7 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI]: −3.3, −4.1). The largest decline in utilization was among women aged 40–49 years (−4.8 percentage points; 95% CI: −4.1, −5.4), although substantial declines were also observed among women aged 50–74 years (−3.0 percentage points; 95% CI: −2.6, −3.5) and women aged 75 years and older (−3.1 percentage points; 95% CI: −2.3, −4.0). The percentage of women aged 50–74 years screened within the past 2 years declined by −3.4 percentage points (95% CI: −3.0, −3.9) from 65.4% in 2009 to 61.9% in 2011. Conclusion After years of increasing screening mammography utilization in Vermont, there was a decline in screening, which coincided with the release of the 2009 USPSTF recommendations. The age-specific patterns in utilization were generally consistent with the USPSTF recommendations, although there was also evidence that the percentage of women aged 50–74 years screened in the past 2 years declined since 2009. © RSNA, 2013 PMID:24072778

Estimated water withdrawals and return flows in Vermont in 2005 and 2020

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Medalie, Laura; Horn, Marilee A.

2010-01-01

In 2005, about 12 percent of total water withdrawals (440 million gallons per day (Mgal/d)) in Vermont were from groundwater sources (51 Mgal/d), and about 88 percent were from surface-water sources (389 Mgal/d). Of total water withdrawals, about 78 percent were used for cooling at a power plant, 9 percent were withdrawn by public suppliers, about 5 percent were withdrawn for domestic use, about 3 percent were withdrawn for use at fish hatcheries, and the remaining 5 percent were divided among commercial/industrial, irrigation, livestock, and snowmaking uses. About 49 percent of the population of Vermont was supplied with drinking water by a public supplier, and 51 percent was self supplied. Some of the Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) that had large self-supplied populations were located near the major cities of St. Albans, Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, and Rutland, where the cities themselves were served largely by public supply, but the surrounding areas were not. Most MCDs where withdrawals by community water systems totaled more than 1 Mgal/d used predominantly surface water, and those where withdrawals by community water systems totaled 1 Mgal/d or less used predominantly groundwater. Withdrawals of groundwater greater than 1 Mgal/d were made in Middlebury, Bethel, Hartford, Springfield, and Bennington, and withdrawals of surface water greater than 2 Mgal/d were made in Grand Isle, Burlington, South Burlington, Mendon, Brattleboro, and Vernon. Increases in groundwater withdrawals greater than 0.1 Mgal/d are projected for 2020 for Fairfax, Hardwick, Middlebury, Sharon, Proctor, Springfield, and Manchester. The largest projected increases in surface-water withdrawals from 2005 to 2020 are located along the center axis of the Green Mountains in the ski-area towns of Stowe, Warren, Mendon, Killington, and Wilmington. In 2005, withdrawals were at least 1 Mgal/d greater than return flows in South Burlington, Waterford, Orange, Mendon, Woodford, and Vernon. Many of these MCDs had small populations themselves but provided water to community water systems in neighboring towns or cities. Wilmington probably will be added to this list by 2020 because of proposed new withdrawals for snowmaking in Dover. About 15 percent of MCDs had greater return flows than withdrawals; possible reasons are water importation, larger service areas for municipal sewer than for municipal water resulting in underestimation of withdrawals, leakage into sewer pipes, faulty assumptions in assigning coefficients, or other limitations of the study methods. To store and facilitate retrieval of water-use estimates and data for 2005 and projections for 2020, a water-use database for Vermont was designed and populated. Data include withdrawals and return flows from and to groundwater and surface water for all individual facilities and entities that are in Vermont drinking water, discharge permit, or other State water-use databases, along with estimates for many other facilities. Also included are estimates for aggregated domestic and livestock withdrawals and return flows by census block. Retrievals from the database and summaries presented in this report can be used to help identify areas where projected growth in Vermont from 2005 to 2020 might affect groundwater availability.

Acquisition of wood fuel at the Joseph C. McNeil Generating Station

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Kropelin, W.

1993-12-31

The Joseph C. McNeil Generating Station is the world`s largest single boiler, municipally-owned, wood-fired electrical generating plant. The 50 megawatt McNeil Station is located in Burlington, Vermont and is owned by several Vermont public and private electric utilities. The operator and majority owner is the City of Burlington Electric Department (BED). Wood fuel procurement for the McNeil Station has been conducted in an environmentally sensitive way. Harvesting is carried out in conformance with a comprehensive wood chip harvesting policy and monitored by professional foresters. Unpredictable levels of Station operation require rigid adherence to a wood storage plan that minimizes themore » risk of over heating and spontaneous combustion of stockpiled fuel.« less

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U-pb zircon age of metafelsite from the pinney hollow formation: Implications for the development of the vermont Appalachians

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Walsh, G.J.; Aleinikoff, J.N.

1999-01-01

The Pinney Hollow Formation of central Vermont is part of a rift-clastic to drift-stage sequence of cover rocks deposited on the Laurentian margin during the development of the Iapetan passive margin in Late Proterozoic to Cambrian time. Conventional U-Pb zircon data indicate an age of 571 ?? 5 Ma for a metafelsite from the Pinney Hollow Formation. Geochemical data indicate that the protolith for the metafelsite, now a quartz-albite gneiss or granofels, was rhyolite from a source that was transitional between a witnin-plate granite and ocean-ridge granite setting and probably came through partially distended continental crust The transitional setting is consistent with previous data from metabasalts in the Pinney Hollow Formation and supports the idea that the source magma came through continental crust on the rifted margin of the Laurentian craton. The 571 ?? 5 Ma age provides the first geochronologic age from the rift-clastic cover sequence in New England and establishes a Late Proterozoic age for the Pinney Hollow Formation. The Late Proterozoic age of the Pinney Hollow confirms the presence of a significant mapped thrust fault between the autochthonous and para-autochthonous rocks of the cover sequence. These findings support the interpretation that the Taconic root zone is located in the hinterland of the Vermont Appalachians on the eastern side of the Green Mountain massif.

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Towards understanding thysanoptera

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Bruce L. Parker; Margaret Skinner; eds.

1991-01-01

Thirty-one papers and three posters on the systematics, biology, behavior and management of Thysanoptera, with particular reference to Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel), pear thrips, presented at an international conference in Burlington, Vermont.

7 CFR 407.17 - Group risk plan for wheat.

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Cleaning Up in New England

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Agricultural freight : network access and issues.

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Objectives: Better understand inherent risk of highly : contagious disease spread among : Vermont dairy farms; Better prepare response agencies and : individuals; Stimulate continuity of business planning : among producers and allied industry

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Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... Guard District is comprised of: Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut...; all U.S. Naval reservations on shore at Newfoundland; the ocean area encompassed by the Search and...

33 CFR 3.05-1 - First district.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Guard District is comprised of: Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut...; all U.S. Naval reservations on shore at Newfoundland; the ocean area encompassed by the Search and...

7 CFR 1250.510 - Determination of Board Membership.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

..., Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia... Central States)—Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska; Area 6 (Western States)—Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico...

7 CFR 1250.510 - Determination of Board Membership.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

..., Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia... Central States)—Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska; Area 6 (Western States)—Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico...

16 CFR 0.19 - The Regional Offices.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Island, Vermont, and Puerto Rico. Federal Trade Commission, One Bowling Green, Suite 318, New York, New... Building, 60 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. (3) East Central Region (located in Cleveland...

New England

Atmospheric Science Data Center

2014-05-15

article title:  Summer Turns to Autumn in New England     View Larger Image ... 20, 2000 (right). The images include eastern Vermont, New Hampshire, and western Maine, as well as the southeastern corner of Quebec ...

7 CFR 301.50-3 - Quarantined areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

.... Jennings County. The entire county. Johnson County. The entire county. Kosciusko County. The entire county.... Pennsylvania The entire State. Rhode Island The entire State Vermont The entire State. Virginia Clarke County...

7 CFR 301.50-3 - Quarantined areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

.... Jennings County. The entire county. Johnson County. The entire county. Kosciusko County. The entire county.... Pennsylvania The entire State. Rhode Island The entire State Vermont The entire State. Virginia Clarke County...

7 CFR 301.50-3 - Quarantined areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

.... Jennings County. The entire county. Johnson County. The entire county. Kosciusko County. The entire county.... Pennsylvania The entire State. Rhode Island The entire State Vermont The entire State. Virginia Clarke County...

7 CFR 301.50-3 - Quarantined areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

.... Jennings County. The entire county. Johnson County. The entire county. Kosciusko County. The entire county.... Pennsylvania The entire State. Rhode Island The entire State Vermont The entire State. Virginia Clarke County...

7 CFR 301.50-3 - Quarantined areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

.... Jennings County. The entire county. Johnson County. The entire county. Kosciusko County. The entire county.... Pennsylvania The entire State. Rhode Island The entire State Vermont The entire State. Virginia Clarke County...

40 CFR 80.71 - Descriptions of VOC-control regions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont Washington West Virginia... Oklahoma Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia (b) Reformulated gasoline covered areas which...

Integrating Hydrology, Ecology, and Biogeochemistry in Stormwater Management: the Vermont Experience

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bowden, W. B.

2005-12-01

Although Vermont has had a stormwater management program since the 1970's, support for the program languished during a period intense suburban development in several counties in the state, most notably Chittenden County next to Lake Champlain. Beginning in 2000, the state renewed efforts to address concerns that stormwater runoff from suburban developments had significantly degraded streams in the area and threatened the health of the Lake. The state employs an extensive, EPA-approved biomonitoring program (based on macroinvertebrates and fish) to assess the health of streams. However, it is difficult to translate these data into targets for stormwater management or to predict how and especially when they will change as a result of future management practices. The challenge of managing stormwater in this area is further compounded by a complete lack of historical hydrologic monitoring data. Ultimately a stakeholder-driven process developed that has lead to an innovative partnership among state agencies, resource managers, NGO's, the US-EPA and scientists. Through this partnership a unique consensus evolved that management for hydrologic targets by themselves would address most of the stakeholders' concerns. The new regulations that are emerging are based on two components. The first component relies on flow-duration curves (FDC's) derived from a simple, widely-used stormwater model (P-8) for which adequate input data are available. The model was calibrated for streams in other areas for which long-term hydrologic data were available and then used to generate `synthetic' FDC's for the stormwater impaired and a suite of `attainment' (developing, but currently un-impaired) watersheds in Vermont. Statistical (cluster) analyses of synthetic FDC's provide watershed-wide targets for hydrologic reduction. Sub-watershed mapping linked to further multivariate analysis of the flow data identify specific locations to implement best management practices (BMP's) that will achieve these targets. This approach is firmly grounded in first principles of stormwater hydrology and recognition of the impacts of altered hydrology on stream ecology and biogeochemistry. Stakeholders have accepted the approach because it is objective, defensible, and subject to future, quantitative analysis and adjustment (adaptive management). This approach is not specific to Vermont and could be employed in any region.

Acceptability of residential development in a regional landscape: Potential effects on wildlife occupancy patterns

USGS Publications Warehouse

Bettigole, Charles A.; Donovan, Therese; Manning, Robert; Austin, John; Long, Robert

2014-01-01

The conversion of natural lands to developed uses may pose the single greatest human threat to global terrestrial biodiversity. Continued human growth and development over the next century will further exacerbate these effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. Natural resource managers are tasked with managing wildlife as a public trust, yet often have little say in land use decisions. Generally speaking, decision makers could benefit from an understanding of what different regulations mean in terms of wildlife distribution. In a previous paper (Bettigole et al., 2013), we surveyed town residents throughout Vermont to measure how respondents feel about a range of development levels within their town boundaries. We estimated the “social carrying capacity for development” – orSKd – for 251 towns in Vermont. SKd provides an estimate of the level of developed land cover classes that town residents deem “acceptable” within their town boundaries. In this paper, we design a framework for linking the town-specific SKd estimates with the wildlife distribution patterns for three wide-ranging mammalian species: American black bear (Ursus americanus), fisher (Martes pennanti), and bobcat (Lynx rufus). We simulated landscape conditions at SKd for each town in Vermont, and then used existing occupancy models for the three target species to spatially map and compare occupancy rates in the baseline year 2000 with occupancy rates at SKd. With nearly 90% of Vermont towns willing to increase developed landcover classes within town boundaries compared to baseline levels, significant state-wide changes in occupancy rates were predicted for all three focal species. Average occupancy rates declined by −15.9% and −3.1% for black bear and bobcats, respectively. Average occupancy rates for fisher increased by 9.0%. This study provides a method for linking development standards within a town with wildlife occurrence. Across towns, the methodology spatially identifies areas that may be at risk of future development, as well as identifying areas where wildlife distribution patterns may face future change as a result of increased human population growth and development.

Transportation Education Demonstration Pilot Program UVM Transportation Research Center

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-06-30

The Transportation Education Development Pilot Program (TEDPP) develops innovative workforce development programs to attract and retain skilled workers in the transportation sector of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine and encourages statewide economic...

Conservation Yields a Net Profit.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Ober, A. Keith

1979-01-01

A Vermont school reaped a net "profit" of $13,000 in three years by using commitment, common sense, and caution. Specific measures included changing the hot water system and reducing heating and lighting. (Author/MLF)

Summary travel characteristics : Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1997-09-30

The Summary Travel Characteristics publication series contains summary tables of travel statistics for census regions and divisions, States, and metropolitan areas. The tables in this report provide an overview of the findings of the American Travel ...

40 CFR 62.11350 - Identification of plan-negative declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... POLLUTANTS Vermont Fluoride Emissions from Phosphate Fertilizer Plants § 62.11350 Identification of plan... certifying that there are no existing phosphate fertilizer plants in the state subject to part 60, subpart B...

40 CFR 62.11350 - Identification of plan-negative declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... POLLUTANTS Vermont Fluoride Emissions from Phosphate Fertilizer Plants § 62.11350 Identification of plan... certifying that there are no existing phosphate fertilizer plants in the state subject to part 60, subpart B...

Aerial spray trials for pear thrips management fall 1988

Treesearch

H. Brenton Teillon; Bruce L. Parker

1991-01-01

The defoliation from pear thrips, Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel), in 1988 caused a great deal of public concern throughout the entire State of Vermont and the New England region (Parker et al. 1988).

9 CFR 93.303 - Ports designated for the importation of horses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... the importation of horses. (a) Air and ocean ports. The following ports have APHIS inspection and... Dakota; Derby Line and Highgate Springs, Vermont; Oroville and Sumas, Washington. (2) International Falls...

38 CFR 1.701 - Contact person for missing children official mail program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

..., Information Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance, Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW...

38 CFR 1.701 - Contact person for missing children official mail program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

..., Information Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance, Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW...

38 CFR 1.701 - Contact person for missing children official mail program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

..., Information Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance, Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW...

38 CFR 1.701 - Contact person for missing children official mail program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

..., Information Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance, Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW...

38 CFR 1.701 - Contact person for missing children official mail program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

..., Information Management Service (045A4), Office of Policy and Program Assistance, Office of Information Resources Management, Office of Management, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW...

40 CFR 62.11490 - Identification of Plan-negative declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... POLLUTANTS Vermont Air Emissions from Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units § 62.11490 Identification... submitted a letter certifying that there are no existing other solid waste incineration units in the state...

40 CFR 62.11490 - Identification of Plan-negative declaration.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... POLLUTANTS Vermont Air Emissions from Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units § 62.11490 Identification... submitted a letter certifying that there are no existing other solid waste incineration units in the state...

Cargill Safelane(R) HDX overlay.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-04-01

The vast topography paired with the unpredictability of climatic conditions statewide, result in many high traffic : incident locat : ions on Vermont highways. Such locations may also be difficult to maintain during winter conditions, : which only co...

76 FR 17967 - Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-03-31

... 75494, Mylan Technologies, Inc., 110 Lake Street, Saint Albans, Vermont 05478, made application by... with state and local laws, and a review of the company's background and history. Therefore, pursuant to...

40 CFR 52.2370 - Identification of plan.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register... the State's assigned definition number in the Vermont State Regulation, which are re-numbered whenever...

Outbreak of Powassan encephalitis--Maine and Vermont, 1999-2001.

PubMed

2001-09-07

Powassan (POW) virus, a North American tickborne flavivirus related to the Eastern Hemisphere's tickborne encephalitis viruses, was first isolated from a patient with encephalitis in 1958. During 1958-1998, 27 human POW encephalitis cases were reported from Canada and the northeastern United States. During September 1999-July 2001, four Maine and Vermont residents with encephalitis were found to be infected with POW virus. These persons were tested for other arbovirus infections found in the northeast after testing for West Nile virus (WNV) infection was negative. This report describes these four cases, summarizes the results of ecologic investigations, and discusses a potential association between ticks that infest medium-sized mammals and the risk for human exposure to POW virus. The findings underscore the need for personal protective measures to prevent tick bites and continued encephalitis surveillance.

Estimated withdrawals and use of freshwater in Vermont, 1990

USGS Publications Warehouse

Horn, M.A.; Medalie, Laura

1996-01-01

Estimated freshwater withdrawals during 1990 in Vermont totaled about 632 million gallons per day. The largest withdrawals were for thermoelectric- power generation (82 percent), industrial use (7 percent), and public supply (6 percent). Most withdrawals, 587 million gallons per day, were made from surface-water sources as compared to 44.9 million gallons per day from ground-water sources. The largest withdrawals were in the Upper Connecticut-Mascomo River Basin (525 million gallons per day). About 17,700 million gallons per day were used instream for hydroelectric-poser generation, the largest of which were in the Upper Connecticut-Mascoma and Otter River Basins. Other information describing water-use patters is shown in tables, bar graphs, pie charts, maps, and accompanying text. The data are aggregated by river basin (hydrologic cataloging unit), and all amounts are reports in million gallons per day.

Promise, pitfalls of rate reform shown in Vermont experiment

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Not Available

1977-03-01

Both utilities and customers are unhappy with the way existing rate structures are handling rapidly rising fixed plant expenses and operating costs. Results of an experiment by Green Mountain Power in Vermont are discussed. The residential sector one-year study tested six rates: an off-peak rate, an interruptible rate, a peak-kilowatt demand rate, a three-part demand rate, an inverted demand rate, and a contract demand rate. The most successful of the kilowatt-related rates was the peak demand rate, and the most effective rate was probably the interruptible rate. The off-peak rate provided some savings for all who tried it, although theremore » are some who would have lost money in comparison to the conventional rate. The other three rate experiments proved unsuccessful because customers could not adapt to them. (MCW)« less

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Value of Nature-Based Recreation, Estimated via Social Media.

PubMed

Sonter, Laura J; Watson, Keri B; Wood, Spencer A; Ricketts, Taylor H

2016-01-01

Conserved lands provide multiple ecosystem services, including opportunities for nature-based recreation. Managing this service requires understanding the landscape attributes underpinning its provision, and how changes in land management affect its contribution to human wellbeing over time. However, evidence from both spatially explicit and temporally dynamic analyses is scarce, often due to data limitations. In this study, we investigated nature-based recreation within conserved lands in Vermont, USA. We used geotagged photographs uploaded to the photo-sharing website Flickr to quantify visits by in-state and out-of-state visitors, and we multiplied visits by mean trip expenditures to show that conserved lands contributed US $1.8 billion (US $0.18-20.2 at 95% confidence) to Vermont's tourism industry between 2007 and 2014. We found eight landscape attributes explained the pattern of visits to conserved lands; visits were higher in larger conserved lands, with less forest cover, greater trail density and more opportunities for snow sports. Some of these attributes differed from those found in other locations, but all aligned with our understanding of recreation in Vermont. We also found that using temporally static models to inform conservation decisions may have perverse outcomes for nature-based recreation. For example, static models suggest conserved land with less forest cover receive more visits, but temporally dynamic models suggest clearing forests decreases, rather than increases, visits to these sites. Our results illustrate the importance of understanding both the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecosystem services for conservation decision-making.

77 FR 20889 - Proposed Information Collection (Request One-VA Identification Verification Card) Activity...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-04-06

... solicits comments on information needed to issue a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) identification card... Personnel Security and Identity Management (07C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW...

78 FR 79615 - Vermont: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-12-31

...); OECD Requirements; Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries [75 FR 1236, January 8, 2010... top crushing is regulated as treatment rather than being considered an exempt recycling activity (this...

Economic Evaluation of Advanced Winter Highway Maintenance Strategies

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-01-01

Highway agencies face demands to maintain or improve the existing winter roadway level of service. This paper examines the potential benefits of applying advanced winter highway maintenance strategies. The Vermont Agency of Transportation conducted "...

County business patterns, 1997 : Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1999-09-01

County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides : subnational economic data by industry. The series is : useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; : analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark : for statistical...

Quantifying Vermont transportation safety factors.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2010-01-01

VTrans and its partners have selected traffic safety : priority areas in their Strategic Highway Safety Plan. : In this project, researchers focus on three of these : prioritized critical emphasis areas: 1) Keeping vehicles : on the roadway, 2) Young...

County business patterns, 1996 : Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-11-01

County Business Patterns is an annual series that : provides subnational economic data by industry. The series : is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; : analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark : for statistical...

77 FR 4557 - Combined Notice of Filings #1

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-01-30

.... Applicants: Entergy Nuclear Generation Company, Entergy Nuclear Power Marketing, LLC, Entergy Nuclear Vermont... IFA and Svc Agmt with FPL Energy Green Power Wind, LLC to be effective 1/21/2012. Filed Date: 1/20/12...

Impact of small mammal predators on gypsy moth

Treesearch

Joseph S. Elkinton; Harvey R. Smith; Andrew M. Liebhold

1991-01-01

Research in western Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and on Bryant Mountain in Vermont conducted over the past decade has confirmed the importance of mortality during the late larval and pupal stages to gypsy moth population dynamics.

Structures manual

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-01-01

This manual was written as a guide for use by design personnel in the Vermont Agency of Transportation Structures Section. This manual covers the design responsibilities of the Section. It does not cover other functions that are a part of the Structu...

Evaluation of Blinkersign crosswalk lighting system.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-12-01

Concerning pedestrian safety, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is constantly searching for : ways to improve areas where large volumes of people and heavy vehicular traffic may come in direct conflict : with one another. In an effort to ...

38 CFR 59.130 - General requirements for all State home facilities.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Veterans Affairs, Office of Regulations Management (02D), Room 1154, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC... of power must be an on-site emergency standby generator of sufficient size to serve the connected...

Performance monitoring of jointless bridges : phase III.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-05-01

Part I: : The third phase of a research project investigating the field performance of jointless bridges is reported. Three : integral abutment bridges in Vermont, US have been instrumented and monitored as part of this research. : General descriptio...

Alcohol, drugs, and driving

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1974-03-01

An invitational symposium was held October 13-15, 1972, at a remote Vermont inn and was attended by 35 research and/or administrative specialists in alcohol, drugs and/or highway safety. The basic purpose was publication of the proceedings to incorpo...

Pulpwood production in the Northeast 1964

Treesearch

Neal P. Kingsley

1967-01-01

This is a report on the second in a series of annual surveys of pulpwood production in the 12 Northeastern States - Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.

Working with Farmers to Reduce Phosphorus in Lake Champlain

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

EPA researchers are working with Vermont small dairy farmers to explore whether pasture-based rotational grazing can be a viable, cost-effective, option for small farms to help to reduce phosphorus loadings to the lake.

40 CFR 147.2300 - State-administered program.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Chapter 13 Water Pollution Control Regulations... Section 147.2300 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) WATER PROGRAMS... those wells on Indian lands, is the program administered by the Vermont Department of Environmental...

Efficient transportation for Vermont : optimal statewide transit networks.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-01-01

"Public transit systems are receiving increased attention as viable solutions to problems with : transportation system robustness, energy-efficiency and equity. The over-reliance on a single : mode, the automobile, is a threat to system robustness. I...

76 FR 52948 - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-08-24

..., 2012. Contact: Marcel Howard. Vermont Department of Agriculture, Food, and Markets Specific Exemption...: Princess Campbell. EPA authorized the use of Bacillus thuringiensis on cotton to control pink bollworm; May...

Innovation in Elder and Child Care: An Intergenerational Experience.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Chamberlain, Valerie M.; And Others

1994-01-01

The Greenwood in Vermont provides residential care for elders, day care for preschoolers, and after-school care for school-aged children. It is economically profitable and contributes to positive interactions between children and adults. (SK)

Increasing carpooling in Vermont : opportunities and obstacles.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2010-06-01

Growth in car ownership, dispersed land settlement patterns, highway investments, travel behavior and : socioeconomic changes have all contributed to a dramatic increase in automobile use in the U.S. over : the last 80 years.1 The resulting health...

EPA New England Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule Tip/Complaint Form

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

Report a property owner/property manager who did not notify prospective purchasers or tenants of residential property about potential lead-based paint hazards in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Plug-in hybrid vehicles and the Vermont grid : a scoping analysis.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2008-02-01

The concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the earths atmosphere is creating changes in the : worlds climate. Reducing GHG emissions has become a national and international priority. : Combusting carbon in the transportation sector contribu...

Parent to Parent Resource Section.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Exceptional Parent, 1991

1991-01-01

The directory lists 88 parent-to-parent support programs for parents of children with disabilities mostly in the states of Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming. (DB)

Culvert management case studies : Vermont, Oregon, Ohio and Los Angeles county.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-04-01

Transportation agencies a re responsible for the operation and maintenance of hydraulic control structures including culverts, drop : systems, and storm drains. It is difficult for transportation agencies to develop accurate and effective performance...

78 FR 29380 - National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-05-20

..., (Educational Resources of Vermont MPS) 987 Union Village Rd., Norwich, 13000375 WISCONSIN Walworth County..., 82000823 Hot Spring County Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 519 W. Page St., Malvern, 04000496...

Plant Operation: Exterior Maintenance, Work Hours

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Nation's Schools and Colleges, 1975

1975-01-01

A pitched roof built over a flat roof prevented leaking at a Vermont school. The University of New Hampshire paint shop has a flexible scheduling system that allows employees to choose their work hours each day. (Author/MLF)

A Cost Analysis of a Community Health Worker Program in Rural Vermont

PubMed Central

Wang, Guijing; Ruggles, Laural; Dunet, Diane O.

2015-01-01

Studies have shown that community health workers (CHWs) can improve the effectiveness of health care systems; however, little has been reported about CHW program costs. We examined the costs of a program staffed by three CHWs associated with a small, rural hospital in Vermont. We used a standardized data collection tool to compile cost information from administrative data and personal interviews. We analyzed personnel and operational costs from October 2010 to September 2011. The estimated total program cost was $420,348, a figure comprised of $281,063 (67 %) for personnel and $139,285 (33 %) for operations. CHW salaries and office space were the major cost components. Our cost analysis approach may be adapted by others to conduct cost analyses of their CHW program. Our cost estimates can help inform future economic studies of CHW programs and resource allocation decisions. PMID:23794072

Access to transportation for Chittenden County Vermont older adults.

PubMed

Hadley Strout, Emily; Fox, Leah; Castro, Alejandro; Haroun, Pishoy; Leavitt, Blake; Ross, Cordelia; Sayan, Mutlay; Delaney, Thomas; Platzer, Alyson; Hutchins, Jeanne; Carney, Jan K

2016-08-01

Aging often leads to decreased independence and mobility, which can be detrimental to health and well-being. The growing population of older adults will create a greater need for reliable transportation. Explore whether and how lack of transportation has compromised areas of daily lives in older adults. 1221 surveys with 36 questions assessing transportation access, usage, and impact on activities were distributed to Chittenden County, Vermont older adults; 252 met criteria for analysis. Older adults reported overwhelming difficulty getting to activities considered important, with 69 % of participants delaying medical appointments due to transportation barriers. Although family and friends represent a primary method of transportation, older adults reported difficulty asking them for help. Lack of accessible transportation leads to missed healthcare appointments and social isolation, which may have detrimental effects on older adults' quality of life. Many older adults face significant transportation challenges that negatively affect their health and well-being.

Sleepers River, Vermont: a Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets Program site

USGS Publications Warehouse

Shanley, James B.

2000-01-01

The Sleepers River Research Watershed in northeastern Vermont was established by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1959 and is now operated jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), will collaboration from several other Federal Agencies and Universities. The USGS has contributed to the understanding of hydrological processes and added a major biogeochemical cycling research component in the last 10 years of Sleepers River's 40-year history as a field laboratory. The USGS uses hydrologic measurements and chemical and isotopic tracing techniques to determine how water moves from the hillslope to the stream, and what processes cause chemical changes, such as neutralization of acid rain. Research results provide insights on how pollutants move through ecosystems, and how ecosystems may respond to climatic change.

Mercury on the move during snowmelt in Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Shanley, James B.; Schuster, P.F.; Reddy, M.M.; Roth, D.A.; Taylor, Howard E.; Aiken, G.

2002-01-01

Although mercury (Hg) emissions peaked in the United States over the last 20 to 40 years and are now declining, they remain well above natural background levels in soils and sediments. Only a small fraction of the Hg deposited from the atmosphere to the terrestrial landscape runs off in streamflow. However, some of this Hg is methylated in the environment and can potentially bioaccumulate to the top of food webs, posing a hazard to people who eat fish, especially children and pregnant women. What factors determine the amount of Hg that runs off in streams? During the 2000 snowmelt at Sleepers River in Vermont, strong correlations were found between dissolved and particulate mercury and the respective dissolved and particulate organic carbon fractions, even when data were pooled from 10 streams of diverse watershed size and land cover. Episodic export of particulate Hg during the highest flows appears to be the dominant mechanism of Hg movement.

Microwave Radiometer Observations of Snowpack Properties and Comparison of U.S. Japanese Results. [Hokkaido, Japan and Vermont and North Dakota test sites

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Chang, A. T. C.

1985-01-01

Microwave data collected by field experiments over Vermont and Hokkaido and Nimbus-7 SMMR over North Dakota and Hokkaido were studied. The measured 37 GHz brightness temperatures show considerable effect of volume scattering by snow grains. The 37 GHz brightness for a new snowpack with average grain radius of 0.25 mm is generally about 40 K higher than the naturally compacted pack with average grain radius of 0.4 mm. The scattering effect is much less distinct for the 6.6 GHz. However, the layering effect is much stronger at the longer wavelength. For 10.7 and 18 GHz, the effect of layering and scattering vary due to different combinations of internal snow grain distribution and layering structures. Over the Hokkaido test site, the SMMR data are too coarse for the snow field. A better spatial resolution is required to study these snow fields.

Summary of public water-supply withdrawals and geohydrologic data for the lower Connecticut River valley from Windsor to Vernon, Vermont

USGS Publications Warehouse

Ayotte, Joseph

1989-01-01

Public water supply withdrawal data and geohydrologic data were collected along a 50 mile segment of the Connecticut River valley from Windsor to Vernon, Vermont. An inventory of wells indicates that domestic groundwater supplies come primarily from bedrock, whereas public water supplies are derived from discontinuous, glacial sand and gravel deposits. Self supplied industries generally use surface water supplies. Data from eight seismic-refraction surveys, and from a seismic-reflection survey along this 50-mile reach of the Connecticut River, were compared with stratigraphic information from 217 drillers ' logs. Stratified-drift deposits range from 0 to 270 ft and average about 65 ft. Stratigraphic information from drillers ' logs and seismic-reflection records show that predominantly fine-grained stratified drift fills the valley and that coarse sand and gravel deposits exist discontinuously within this area. (USGS)

Estimating Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) abundance in the Lamoille River, Vermont, USA

USGS Publications Warehouse

Chellman, Isaac C.; Parrish, Donna; Donovan, Therese M.

2017-01-01

The Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) is classified as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need by the state of Vermont. There is concern regarding status of populations in the Lake Champlain basin because of habitat alteration and potential effects of 3-trifluromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM), a chemical used to control Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). The purpose of our research was to assess Mudpuppy capture methods and abundance in the Lamoille River, Vermont, USA. We sampled Mudpuppies under a mark-recapture framework, using modified, baited minnow traps set during two winter-spring periods. We marked each Mudpuppy with a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag and released individuals after collecting morphological measurements. We collected 80 individuals during 2,581 trap days in 2008–2009 (year 1), and 81 individuals during 3,072 trap days in 2009–2010 (year 2). We estimated abundance from spring trapping periods in 2009 and 2010, during which capture rates were sufficient for analysis. Capture probability was low (< 0.04), but highest following precipitation events in spring, during periods of higher river flow, when water temperatures were approximately 3 to 6° C. During October 2009, management agencies treated the Lamoille River with TFM. Surveyors recovered more than 500 dead Mudpuppies during the post-treatment assessment. Overall, Mudpuppy captures did not change between sampling periods; however, we captured fewer females during year 2 compared to year 1, and the sex ratio changed from 0.79:1 (M:F) during year 1 to 3:1 (M:F) during year 2. Our data may help wildlife managers assess population status of Mudpuppies in conjunction with fisheries management techniques.

Supra-subduction zone extensional magmatism in Vermont and adjacent Quebec: Implications for early Paleozoic Appalachian tectonics

USGS Publications Warehouse

Kim, J.; Coish, R.; Evans, M.; Dick, G.

2003-01-01

Metadiabasic intrusions of the Mount Norris Intrusive Suite occur in fault-bounded lithotectonic packages containing Stowe, Moretown, and Cram Hill Formation lithologies in the northern Vermont Rowe-Hawley belt, a proposed Ordovician arc-trench gap above an east-dipping subduction zone. Rocks of the Mount Norris Intrusive Suite are characteristically massive and weakly foliated, have chilled margins, contain xenoliths, and have sharp contacts that both crosscut and are parallel to early structural fabrics in the host metasedimentary rocks. Although the mineral assemblage of the Mount Norris Intrusive Suite is albite + actinolite + epidote + chlorite + calcite + quartz, intergrowths of albite + actinolite are probably pseudomorphs after plagioclase + clinopyroxene. The metadiabases are subalkaline, tholeiitic, hypabyssal basalts with preserved ophitic texture. A backarc-basin tectonic setting for the intrusive suite is suggested by its LREE (light rare earth element) enrichment, negative Nb-Ta anomalies, and Ta/Yb vs. Th/Yb trends. Although no direct isotopic age data are available, the intrusions are broadly Ordovician because their contacts are clearly folded by the earliest Acadian (Silurian-Devonian) folds. Field evidence and geochemical data suggest compelling along-strike correlations with the Coburn Hill Volcanics of northern Vermont and the Bolton Igneous Group of southern Quebec. Isotopic and stratigraphic age constraints for the Bolton Igneous Group bracket these backarc magmas to the 477-458 Ma interval. A tectonic model that begins with east-dipping subduction and progresses to outboard west-dipping subduction after a syncollisional polarity reversal best explains the intrusion of deformed metamorphosed metasedimentary rocks by backarc magmas.

An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report 2015. Stem Cells and Cell Therapies in Lung Biology and Diseases.

PubMed

Wagner, Darcy E; Cardoso, Wellington V; Gilpin, Sarah E; Majka, Susan; Ott, Harald; Randell, Scott H; Thébaud, Bernard; Waddell, Thomas; Weiss, Daniel J

2016-08-01

The University of Vermont College of Medicine, in collaboration with the NHLBI, Alpha-1 Foundation, American Thoracic Society, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, European Respiratory Society, International Society for Cellular Therapy, and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, convened a workshop, "Stem Cells and Cell Therapies in Lung Biology and Lung Diseases," held July 27 to 30, 2015, at the University of Vermont. The conference objectives were to review the current understanding of the role of stem and progenitor cells in lung repair after injury and to review the current status of cell therapy and ex vivo bioengineering approaches for lung diseases. These are all rapidly expanding areas of study that both provide further insight into and challenge traditional views of mechanisms of lung repair after injury and pathogenesis of several lung diseases. The goals of the conference were to summarize the current state of the field, discuss and debate current controversies, and identify future research directions and opportunities for both basic and translational research in cell-based therapies for lung diseases. This 10th anniversary conference was a follow up to five previous biennial conferences held at the University of Vermont in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013. Each of those conferences, also sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, American Thoracic Society, and respiratory disease foundations, has been important in helping guide research and funding priorities. The major conference recommendations are summarized at the end of the report and highlight both the significant progress and major challenges in these rapidly progressing fields.

76 FR 7592 - Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Notice of Issuance of...

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... hydropower project exemption for the Troy Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Missisquoi River, in the Town of Troy in Orleans County, Vermont, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA). In the...

Atmospheric oxidative chemistry of organic particulate emissions from fuel combustion.

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2011-03-25

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(Handicap opportunities and programs in employment). Final report

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Moon, J.P.C.

1980-01-01

Passive solar windowbox heaters were constructed by handicapped individuals and displayed in Vermont public buildings. The training enables the majority of the participants to qualify for other employment using skills developed during planning and constructing the devices. (PSB)

ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL COAL STOVE EMISSIONS

EPA Science Inventory

The report gives results of an evaluation, in cooperation with the State of Vermont's Agency of Environmental Conservation, of emissions generated by anthracite and bituminous coal used for residential heating. A residential coal stove was operated with both coals, while comparin...

Bark thickness related to tree diameter in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

Treesearch

H. Clay Smith

1969-01-01

Bark thickness for sugar maple trees in Vermont was found to be related to tree diameter at breast height (d.b.h.). The relationship was positive-as the diameter increased, the bark thickness increased.

Phenotypic selection in sugar maple for superior sap sugar production

Treesearch

William J. Gabriel; William J. Gabriel

1972-01-01

This is a report on the results of the sugar maple selection program at Burlington, Vermont. Because of its possible value to other forestry workers, the method used in making the selections has been treated in detail.

77 FR 21622 - Special Medical Advisory Group; Notice of Meeting

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75 FR 4415 - National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties

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2010-01-27

.../05/09 (Metal Truss, Masonry, and Concrete Bridges in Vermont MPS) WISCONSIN Ozaukee County Port Washington Fire Engine House, 102 E. Pier St., Port Washington, 09000894, LISTED, 11/05/09 [FR Doc. 2010-1601...

Job Needs and Priorities Report, Phase 2: Action Plans : Northeast Region

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-08-01

The Northeast Transportation Workforce Center (NETWC) is housed at the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center (UVM TRC). It has collaborated in this effort with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT). The NE re...

40 CFR 52.2383 - Visibility protection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... approvable procedures meeting the requirements of 40 CFR 51.305 and 51.307 for protection of visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas. (b) Regulations for visibility monitoring and new source review. The... of Vermont. [51 FR 5505, Feb. 13, 1986] ...

Research notes : should ODOT go roundabout : intersection control by going in circles?

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1998-07-16

Roundabouts have been used in foreign countries for decades, with several recently built in Florida, Maryland, Vermont and Colorado. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is considering roundabouts as an alternative design for intersection c...

76 FR 67021 - Enhanced-Use Lease (EUL) of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Real Property for the Development...

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... to direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program. This assistance excludes regular time costs for subgrantees' regular employees. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance... the Public Assistance program. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA...

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Evaluation of corrosion resistance of various concrete reinforcing materials.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-06-01

The Vermont Agency of Transportation undertook a simple experiment to determine the corrosion : resistance ability of various reinforcing steels (rebar) that may be used in bridges and other concrete : structures. Eight types of rebar were used in th...

Suitability of intelligent compaction for relatively smaller-scale projects in Vermont : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-11-28

Intelligent Compaction (IC) is considered to be an innovative technology intended to address some of the problems associated with conventional compaction methods of earthwork (e.g. stiffnessbased measurements instead of density-based measurements). I...

9 CFR 204.2 - Organization.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont) Omaha—909 Livestock Exchange Building..., Packers and Stockyards Administration (Packers and Stockyards Programs); review and evaluation of program... books, records, and reports of persons subject to the Act; conduct investigations to determine the...

Passenger vehicle idling in Vermont, Phase II.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-08-01

While trip-start and trip-end idling, including idling at intermediary stops along a route, cannot be completely eliminated, the duration of these discretionary idling events is largely controlled by the driver and can be considered part of travel or...

40 CFR 59.107 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

..., New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont), Director, Office of Environmental Stewardship, Mailcode: OES04..., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Director, Division of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance, 290 Broadway... (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Director...

40 CFR Table W - 1D of Subpart W of Part 98-Designation Of Eastern And Western U.S.

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2014-07-01

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2012-07-01

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40 CFR 59.107 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

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2013-07-01

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40 CFR Table W - 1D of Subpart W of Part 98-Designation Of Eastern And Western U.S.

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2013-07-01

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Chord Splicing & Joining Detail; Chord & CrossBracing Joint Details; ...

Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

Chord Splicing & Joining Detail; Chord & Cross-Bracing Joint Details; Cross Bracing Center Joint Detail; Chord & Diagonal Joint Detail - Vermont Covered Bridge, Highland Park, spanning Kokomo Creek at West end of Deffenbaugh Street (moved to), Kokomo, Howard County, IN

EPA Funding Will Help Clean Diesel Projects in New England States

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

EPA’s State Clean Diesel Program awarded a total of approximately $1.7 million to the six New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont to support states’ efforts to reduce diesel pollution.

2016 Vermont research peer exchange : summary report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-03-01

The 2016 VTrans Research Peer Exchange was held on February 10th and 11th, 2016 in Montpelier, VT. The panelists : included representatives from the Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and South : Dakota DOTs, as well as...

Application of the network robustness index to identify critical links supporting Vermont's Bulk milk transportation.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-08-18

The food supply chain is an interwoven network consisting of producers, processors, : manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. With the exception of direct : marketing or community-supported agriculture systems, some or all of these int...

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2011-11-17

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2011-11-21

... of Asset Enterprise Management (044), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW.... The lessee will also be required to provide preference and priority placement for Veterans at risk for...

1997 economic census : transportation : 1997 commodity flow survey : Vermont

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1999-12-01

The 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is undertaken through a partnership between the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation. This survey produces data on the m...

77 FR 30586 - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted...

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2012-05-23

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Impacts of transportation infrastructure on storm water and surfaces waters in Chittenden County, Vermont, USA.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2014-06-01

Transportation infrastructure is a major source of stormwater runoff that can alter hydrology and : contribute significant loading of nutrients, sediment, and other pollutants to surface waters. These : increased loads can contribute to impairment of...

40 CFR 52.2383 - Visibility protection.

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2014-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 5 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Visibility protection. 52.2383 Section 52.2383 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (CONTINUED) Vermont § 52.2383 Visibility protection. (a...

40 CFR 52.2383 - Visibility protection.

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2012-07-01

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40 CFR 52.2383 - Visibility protection.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 5 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Visibility protection. 52.2383 Section 52.2383 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (CONTINUED) Vermont § 52.2383 Visibility protection. (a...

Regional models of bicycle and pedestrian travel in Chittenden County, Vermont.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2015-02-01

Encouraging travelers to walk and bicycle in lieu of motorized modes of travel : benefits both the traveler and the community at large. The traveler benefits from : health improvements that have been shown to accompany increases in physical : activit...

The Children's Art Exchange.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Stone, Nancy

1989-01-01

Describes Vermont's Art Exchange Program and its goal of sensitizing Soviet and U.S. children to the common humanity they share. Discusses this program's attempts to break down barriers of fear and stereotyping by promoting the exchange of art and writing between children. (KO)

2. Historic American Buildings Survey L. C. Durette, Photographer Taken ...

Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

2. Historic American Buildings Survey L. C. Durette, Photographer Taken from THE HOUSES OF OUR FOREFATHERS, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, & VERMONT. By Edwin Whitefield, Reading, Mass. Pub. bu E. Whitefield 1886. - Gilman Garrison, Water & Clifford Streets, Exeter, Rockingham County, NH

29 CFR 1410.3 - Individual access requests.

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2014-07-01

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29 CFR 1410.3 - Individual access requests.

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2012-07-01

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29 CFR 1410.3 - Individual access requests.

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2011-07-01

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29 CFR 1410.3 - Individual access requests.

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2010-07-01

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29 CFR 1410.3 - Individual access requests.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

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Comparison of two cut-to-length harvesting systems operating in eastern hardwoods

Treesearch

Chris B. LeDoux; Niel K. Huyler

2001-01-01

We compared production rates, operating costs, and break-even points (BEP) for small and large cut-to-length (CTL) harvesting systems operating at several machine utilization rates (MUR) in mixed hardwood and softwood stands in Vermont.

The use of multivariate statistics in studies of wildlife habitat

Treesearch

David E. Capen

1981-01-01

This report contains edited and reviewed versions of papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Vermont in April 1980. Topics include sampling avian habitats, multivariate methods, applications, examples, and new approaches to analysis and interpretation.

2016 Revolving Loan Fund Supplemental Awards for Brownfields and Land Revitalization in New England

EPA Pesticide Factsheets

EPA has announced grants of nearly $2.6 million in RLF supplemental funding for communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont to carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects at contaminated Brownfields properties.

A Green Building on Campus.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Rosenbaum, Mark

2002-01-01

Describes how techniques such as occupant control, careful sizing of the HVAC equipment, and using a direct digital control (DDC) system have helped the James L. and Evelena S. Oakes Hall at Vermont Law School to be environmentally friendly and save energy. (EV)

Handbook for Local Officials : Highways and Bridges

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-01-01

There are a number of funding and technical assistance programs available to the local governments in Vermont. Due to the variety of these programs and the complexities of each, this may be a confusing area for elected or appointed officials in towns...

Evaluation of ultraliner PVC alloy pipeliner.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-12-01

In an effort to evaluate promising pipe lining techniques, the Agency installed two Ultraliner : PVC Alloy Pipeliners in the town of Barton, Vermont in May of 2003; one in an 18 : - : inch (450 : mm nominal) reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) and one in ...

77 FR 71873 - Performance Review Board Members

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40 CFR 52.2383 - Visibility protection.

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2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Visibility protection. 52.2383 Section 52.2383 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (CONTINUED) Vermont § 52.2383 Visibility protection. (a...

ALTERNATE METHODS OF MANURE HANDLING

EPA Science Inventory

The objectives of this research project were to (a) construct an inexpensive storage facility for solid dairy cow manure, (b) evaluate its performance and the extent of pollutants in runoff from storage facilities, and (c) determine current manure handling practices in Vermont an...

The Effect Of Aggregate Angularity On Base Course Performance

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2001-09-01

The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VAOT) conducted a two-phase study to quantify the resilient modulus and strength characteristics of its subbase material. In Phase 1, a literature review was done to determine the various methods available for in...

7 CFR 246.27 - Program information.

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2012-01-01

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10 CFR Appendix B to Part 600 - Audit Report Distributees

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2014-01-01

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7 CFR 249.26 - SFMNP information.

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2013-01-01

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7 CFR 246.27 - Program information.

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2014-01-01

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7 CFR 249.26 - SFMNP information.

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2014-01-01

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7 CFR 249.26 - SFMNP information.

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2012-01-01

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7 CFR 249.26 - SFMNP information.

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2010-01-01

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7 CFR 249.26 - SFMNP information.

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2011-01-01

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7 CFR 2610.3 - Regional organization.

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2012-01-01

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40 CFR 52.2373 - Legal authority.

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2013-07-01

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40 CFR 52.2373 - Legal authority.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

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Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

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40 CFR 52.2373 - Legal authority.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

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40 CFR 52.2373 - Legal authority.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

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76 FR 11310 - Alternatives Analysis Program Discretionary Funding Allocations

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... information on the Alternatives Analysis Program, contact Kenneth Cervenka, Office of Planning and Environment... Island, and Vermont. Mexico and Texas. Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional............ City of Minneapolis...... Nicollet-Central Urban 900,000 Circulator. MN D2010-ALTA-09005...