Lake Champlain Basin Riparian Restoration Contact Database

Below is a searchable database of people and organizations working on riparian forest restoration in Vermont (we are working to expand this to include other parts of the Lake Champlain Basin). Note that this database does include some practitioners and organizations who are in Vermont but outside of the Lake Champlain Basin. You can also download an Excel version of the data.

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Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Policy development
Contact:
  • Eric Sprague (Vice President of Forest Restoration)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Mark LaBarr (Conservation Program Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Farmer or landowner engagement, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Kelly Stettner (Director)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Materials provision
Contact:
  • Hilary Solomon (District Manager)
  • Sadie Brown (Nursery Manager)

Roles: Materials provision

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking, Policy development, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Fritz Gerhardt (Conservation Scientist)
  • Gabriel Chevalier (Lab Manager and Special Projects Coordinator )
  • Kathy Urffer (River Steward)
  • Ron Rhodes (Director of Restoration Programs)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Stewardship or maintenance, Valuation
Contact:
  • Steve Lembke (Commissioner)

Type: Government agency, Municipality
Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Materials provision
Contact:
  • Hannah Fay (Conservation Technician)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement
Contact:
  • Alice Halloran (District Manager)

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Community outreach or education, Policy development, Research, Valuation
Contact:
  • Mike Kline (Fluvial Matters, LLC)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Lauren Weston (District Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Corrie Miller (Executive Director)
  • Ira Shadis (Stewardship Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Michele Braun (Executive Director)
  • Shawn White (Project Manager)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Molly Varner (District Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Funder
Contact:
  • Betsy Hands (Program Officer)

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Robert (Bob) Hyams (Owner)

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Research
Contact:
  • Meghan Giroux (Director/Owner)

Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Materials provision, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Annalise Carrington (Conservation Specialist)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Materials provision, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Christine Cramer (ICN Services Coordinator)
  • Kiana French (Propagation Coordinator)
  • Lynda Prim (Manager)

Type: Association or working group
Roles: Funder

Lake Champlain Sea Grant

Type: Academic
Roles: Administrative, Farmer or landowner engagement, Funder
Contact:
  • Alison Adams (Watershed Forestry Coordinator)
  • Kris Stepenuck (Extension Assistant Professor)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Daniel Lee (Conservation Coordinator)
  • Peter Danforth (Director)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Kate Kelly (Program Manager)

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Materials provision, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Tom Groves (Woodland Services Division Manager/Botanist)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Jennifer Hopkins (Treasurer)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Ari Lattanzi (Education & Outreach Coordinator)
  • Ellen Fox (Project Manager)
  • Lindsey Wight (Coordinator)

Type: Municipality
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Invasive plant control
Contact:
  • Sarah Hoffmeier (Board member)

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Monitoring or tracking, Research
Contact:
  • Jess Rubin

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Community outreach or education
Contact:
  • Chris Owen (Chair)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Carissa Stein (Soil Conservationist)
  • Hannah (Soil Conservationist)
  • Jimmy Young (Soil Conservationist)
  • Lauren Gibson (Soil Conservationist)
  • Phil Wilson (Soil Conservation Technician, CREP)
  • Toby Alexander (State Biologist/Forester)

Roles: Materials provision
Contact:
  • Dave Anderson (President)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Jessica Colby (Riparian Projects and Outreach Coordinator)
  • Meghann Carter (Conservation Science Director)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Kiley Briggs (Northeast Turtle Conservation Coordinator)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Lenny Gerardi (Board of Directors)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Invasive plant control, Materials provision, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Hilary Solomon (District Manager)

Type: Private business
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Materials provision, Monitoring or tracking, Research
Contact:
  • Mandy St. Hilaire (Procurement Manager)

Roles: Funder
Contact:
  • Paul Hrycyk

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Ben Machin (Conservationist)
  • Bill Musson (Forester)

Stewards of the Greensboro Watershed

Roles: Community outreach or education, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Jed Feffer

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Funder, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking, Policy development, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Christian Marks (Floodplain Forest Ecologist)
  • Gus Goodwin (Conservation Planner)
  • Murray McHugh (Stewardship Manager)
  • Shayne Jaquith (River Scientist)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Chris Smith (Supv. Fish and Wildlife Biologist)
  • David Rojek (Biological Science Technician)
  • Katie Kain (Fish and Wildlife Biologist)
  • Ryan Crehan (Fish and Wildlife Biologist)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Funder, Invasive plant control, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Karl Honkonen (Forest Watershed Specialist)

University of Vermont Extension

Type: Academic, Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Farmer or landowner engagement, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Alison Adams (Watershed Forestry Coordinator)
  • Kris Stepenuck (Extension Assistant Professor)
  • Kristin Williams (Agronomy Outreach Professional)
  • Rebecca Diehl (Research Assistant Professor)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Policy development, Valuation
Contact:
  • Ben Gabos (CREP Planner)

Type: Non-profit, Association or working group
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Policy development, Valuation
Contact:
  • Clare Ireland (Finance Manager)
  • Emily Nummer (Agriculture Programs Manager)
  • Holden Sparacino (Water Quality Programs Manager)
  • Jeff Farber (Conservation Programs Manager)
  • Jill Arace (Executive Director)
  • Molly Varner (Communications Coordinator)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Community outreach or education, Farmer or landowner engagement, Funder, Monitoring or tracking, Policy development, Stewardship or maintenance, Valuation
Contact:
  • Charlie Hohn (Wetlands Ecologist, Vermont Wetlands Program)
  • Emily Bird (Program Manager, Clean Water Initiative Program)
  • Gretchen Alexander (River Scientist, Watershed Management Division)
  • Helen Carr (Nonpoint Source Coordinator)
  • Laura Lapierre (Program Manager, Vermont Wetlands Program)
  • Sacha Pealer (River Scientist & Floodplain Manager (Northeast VT))
  • Sarah Coleman (Vermont Coordinator to Lake Champlain Basin Program)
  • Todd Menees (VT River Management Engineer)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Funder, Materials provision, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • John Gobielle (Biologist)
  • Pete Emerson (Fisheries Biologist)
  • Will Eldridge (Aquatic Habitat Biologist)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Britt Hastleton (Farm Project Director)
  • Jack Minich (Land Management Coordinator)
  • Sumana Serchan (Regional Stewardship Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Erin De Vries (River Corridor Stewardship Manager)

Roles: Materials provision
Contact:
  • Daniel Redondo (Owner)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Jas Smith (Conservation Forestry Manager)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Administrative, Funder
Contact:
  • Christian Pelletier (Grant Administrator )
  • Lyn Munno (Director)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Stewardship or maintenance, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Lisa Niccolai (Conservation Specialist)

Type: Non-profit
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Stewardship or maintenance, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Christian Pelletier (Program Coordinator)
  • Greg & Mary Russ (Watershed Restoration Manager )

Type: Private business
Roles: Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Materials provision, Stewardship or maintenance, Monitoring or tracking, Research, Valuation
Contact:
  • Patrick Hurley (Water resource scientist/restoration ecologist)

Type: Government agency, Municipality
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Monitoring or tracking, Stewardship or maintenance
Contact:
  • Cory Ross (District Manager)

Type: Government agency
Roles: Administrative, Buffer design or planning, Buffer planting or installation, Stewardship or maintenance, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Remy Crettol (District Manager)

Type: Municipality, Non-profit
Roles: Buffer planting or installation, Stewardship or maintenance, Monitoring or tracking
Contact:
  • Lauren Chicote (Operations Manager)
  • Nick Warner (Executive Director)
  • Tim Larned (Parks Superintendent)

Type: Private business
Roles: Materials provision
Contact:
  • Jesse Marksohn (Farmer)