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WORLD SPORTS & OUTDOORS Friends of Coburn Pond Awarded $1,600 Grant from The New England Grassroots Environmental Fund The New England Grassroots Environment Fund has awarded a $1600 one-year grant to the Friends of Coburn Pond for outreach and program development. Having protected a favorite community resource—the six-acre Coburn Pond swimming hole, also known as “Trojan,” after Twinfield’s mascot—the Friends of Coburn Pond seeks to protect public access in perpetuity. Friends of Coburn Pond began in 2005 as a citizen’s action group organized to protect the well-loved, historic, six-acre swimming hole on Coburn Road in East Montpelier from being filled in as constructed wetlands. The 76-acre property that contains Coburn Pond had been purchased by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) in the 1980s for the purpose of “wetlands mitigation.” To “compensate” for wetlands slated to be destroyed during the expansion of four highway segments along US Route 2 from Cabot to Danville, VTrans proposed filling in the swimming hole and excavating south of the pond to construct wetlands. Using the Act 250 legal process, a group of citizens documented decades of “Existing Use,” and discovered that the Agency (VTrans) knew of this use since the time of purchase. Over an arduous four-year Act 250 process, to which the Town of East Montpelier Selectboard and Planning Commission were also parties, an agreement was made to allow wetlands to be constructed for only one highway segment south of the Coburn Pond swimming hole. The water quality of the pond and its shoreline were to be protected by Act 250 because of well-documented “Existing Use” by vigilant members of the central Vermont community, several environmental attorneys and other professionals who offered pro bono consulting services, several grants from the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, and numerous members of the central Vermont Community who made donations and continue to support the work to preserve Coburn Pond for public access in perpetuity. “Friends of Coburn Pond” received the most recent $1,600 GROW grant from the New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) to help with outreach as they expand into a new phase of organizational development. The excavation and carefully designed plantings of the constructed wetlands south of Coburn Pond took about two years, followed by a five year monitoring period that ended in the fall of 2017. While Friends of Coburn Pond awaits the final report from VTrans, the group is looking for more stakeholder participation to develop a management plan and work with the Town of East Montpelier to conserve the property and protect public access. People who use the pond and surrounding property for swimming, picnics, fishing, dog walking, horseback riding, winter recreation, meeting up with friends, and various other activities are being sought to engage with the process of planning for the future of the pond and surrounding property. The next meeting is scheduled for November 15, 2018 in East Montpelier. For details, please contact Renée Carpenter at 454-7303. The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (Grassroots Fund) seeks to energize and nurture long term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities. To find out more about the grant-making activities of the New England Grassroots Environment Fund, visit: www. grassrootsfund.org. For more information about Friends of Coburn Pond, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/121684841230804/?ref=bookmarks. Vermont’s Rifle Deer Season Starts Saturday, Nov. 10 Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s traditionally popular 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, November 10 and ends Sunday, November 25. A hunter may take one buck during this season with at least one antler having two or more points one inch or longer. A point must be one inch or longer from base to tip. The main beam counts as a point, regardless of length. Spike-antlered deer, mostly yearlings, are protected during this season. “There are more deer in Vermont than there have been in recent years with the greatest numbers of deer found in the southwestern and northwestern regions of the state,” said Deer Project Leader Nick Fortin. Vermont’s regular hunting licenses, including a November rifle season buck tag and a late season bear tag (for Nov. 10-18), cost $26 for residents and $100 for nonresidents. Hunters under 18 years of age get a break at $8 for residents and $25 for nonresidents. Licenses are available on Fish & Wildlife’s web site and from license agents statewide. Fish & Wildlife urges hunters to wear a fluorescent orange hat and vest to help maintain Vermont’s very good hunting season safety record. A 2018 Vermont Deer Hunting Guide can be downloaded from the department’s website at www.vtfishandwildlife.com. The guide includes a map of the Wildlife Management Units (WMUs), season dates, regulations, and other helpful information. Hunters who get a deer on opening weekend of rifle season can help Vermont’s deer management program by reporting their deer at one of the biological check stations listed below that will be staffed from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., unless the store closes earlier, on November 10 and 11: Marty’s Sports & Gunsmithing – Bennington; Jericho General Store – Jericho; St. Marie’s – Swanton; Wright’s Enterprises – Newport; Keith’s Country Store – Pittsford; R&L Archery – Barre; Guilford Country Store – Guilford; Barnie’s Market – Concord; A&B Beverage unters rearing fr ernt’s traditinally ular v. - rifle deer seasn are urged t ear hunter range hats and vests. – Grand Isle; Singleton’s Store – Cavendish Biologists are collecting middle incisor teeth from November season deer in order to evaluate regional differences in ages of bucks as well as to help estimate population size, growth rate, health, and mortality rates. Each tooth will be cross-sectioned to accurately determine the deer’s age, and the results will be posted on the Fish & Wildlife website next spring. Hunters who don’t make it to a biological reporting station are asked to obtain a tooth envelope from their regular reporting agent. Write your name, Conservation ID number and date of kill on it. Remove one of the middle incisor teeth, being careful to include the root. Place the tooth in the envelope and give it to the reporting agent. Ready for the Hunt? We’ve got what you’ve been hunting for. Get out there and stay out until the job is done. Warm, dry and comfortable R&L ARCHERY Inc. 802-479-9151 Check our large selection of Wildlife Research Products: -Synthetic Lures -Scent Killer Clothing Sprays -Wicks -Field Wipes -Bar Soap & More 70 SMITH STREET BARRE, VERMONT www.RLarchery.com E-mail us! 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