In May of 2023, the Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District conducted surveys and hosted a Local Work Group (LWG) in-person meeting in Newport, Vermont. LWG participants concluded that erosion and sedimentation from agricultural ditches and gullies need to be one of the priorities fora local fund pool proposal. These gullies and ditches can be a significant source of phosphorus in our watersheds and can be addressed with the use of federal USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) funds. The Memphremagog Basin Plan is our local action plan that reinforces the LWG’s ditches and gullies local fund pool priority conclusion.