The Watershed Center is a community oriented, not-for-profit organization facilitating conservation education for people in the central Champlain Valley watersheds of the New Haven River, Little Otter Creek, and Lewis Creek.
The purposes of TWC are to:
Increase awareness among children and adults of natural systems and ecological principals;
Support efforts to protect, enhance, and restore natural communities;
Examine the nature of sustainability at the local level;
Develop opportunities for economic sustainability in surrounding communities;
Foster shared interest and responsibility for the future among local citizens;
Encourage the use of productive agricultural and forest lands with careful stewardship;
Facilitate cooperative work in surrounding communities;
Encourage greater public participation in civic affairs.
UPCOMING COURSES AT THE WATERWORKS PROPERTY!
April 7, 2012 Forest Insects and Their Tree Hosts
April 19, 2012 The Game of Logging
May 19, 2012 Writing the Waterworks with John Elder