Salt helps us travel safely when ice forms over roads and sidewalks, but those little grains of salt can have a big impact on the environment. 

Today on Vermont Edition: road salt and how it affects our natural world. 

The associate director of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant will share her research on sustainable alternatives to help navigate the slippery conditions of winter. A road foreman in Hyde Park discusses putting one of those alternatives to use. 

We’ll also hear the concerns of a Rutland state senator regarding cost and regulation. 

Then, we’ll head to Addison County, where a Lunar New Year celebration in Middlebury includes one of the biggest movies of the past year: K-Pop Demon Hunters.