Selectboard approves UVM watershed monitoring study, staff tells Conservation Commission

Commission staff reported to the Conservation Commission that the Milton Selectboard approved moving forward with a University of Vermont watershed monitoring study. The minutes state the study is intended to support future stormwater and phosphorus management efforts while providing environmental data for the town.

Field work for the watershed monitoring study is anticipated to begin in August, according to staff. The minutes do not specify budget amounts or the duration of monitoring; those details were not provided at the Conservation Commission meeting and would be set by the Selectboard or the project agreement with UVM.

"Staff reported that the Selectboard approved moving forward with the UVM watershed monitoring study," the minutes record. The Commission was briefed on the project but did not take a formal vote on the study at this meeting.