In her July 10, 2011 Burlington Free Press article, Molly Walsh describes her encounters on a 10-mile kayaking trip with a group from the Friends of the Winooski on a stretch of the Winooski River from Winooski Falls to Lake Champlain. She first documents the strong current and the difficulty in maneuvering her white water kayak in the flooded Winooski. As the group traveled further and further downstream Walsh comments on how civilization seemed to fade away, and how it was easy to appreciate the beauty of the nature around her.
Later in the article Walsh notes signs of the flood: the murky water, fallen trees, eroded banks, etc., and how in one day, on April 26, the Winooski discharged 2/3's the annual amount of phosphorus. This was just one of many fun facts that the group's leader, naturalist Bradley Metaric, shared with the kayakers. Walsh learned that in some parts of the river, the volume of the water that courses through was up to 100 times its normal rate. This leads to faster movement of sediment, which leads to different spawning area's for fish, and therefore, the need to "relearn" the river.
At the end of Walshs' article, she posted a link for more information in the Winooski River:
www.winooskiriver.org
The link to the article is below:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110710/GREEN01/107100305/Relearning-Winooski-River
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