Cows, corn and cash: Lake Champlain water quality studies net frustration
Lake-area residents are growing frustrated with the state’s failure to take substantive steps to thwart the phosphoros-induced blooms of toxic blue-green algae that will likely return this summer.
Maroney: A little honesty called for
The resilient effort to shield dairy at all costs is laudable but unhelpful, not just to readers, who, if they do not see through it, are surely wondering whether the expenditure of $140 million in public money to save the industry could possibly be the worth the candle, but to the lake, which in spite of the expenditure is progressing steadily in the wrong direction.
“Bloom” film about nutrient pollution in Lake Champlain on VPT
For immediate release April 6, 2012 Contact Vic Guadagno Phone: 303 247 1800 Email: vic@brightbluemedia.org Bloom, the award-winning documentary series on nutrient pollution in the Lake Champlain basin, will be featured on Vermont Public Television starting this Thursday, April 5th at 8:00 PM. The first two episodes air from 8:00 to 9:00 PM this Thursday, [...]
Leahy secures $3 million in new funding for water quality, fisheries and ecosystem restoration work on Lake Champlain
Leahy is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the funds he secures for Vermont have long been the main engine for cleanup efforts involving the Lake and its watershed.
Leahy program yields Army Corps-South Burlington partnership for Bartlett Brook stormwater runoff projects
For immediate release Feb. 7, 2012 Contact Ali Peterson Email: Ali_Peterson@leahy.senate.gov U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday announced plans to move forward with $1.65 million in storm water management projects in South Burlington, Vt. The Corps and the City of South Burlington have signed an agreement to develop the [...]
Leahy and Schumer secure funding to prevent shutdown of flood gauges in Lake Champlain basin
The gauges are important for ongoing water quality control monitoring and improvements, and they are lifesaving tools when flooding threatens the region’s rivers and streams.
Maroney: Big farms mean big problems for Lake Champlain
Conventional dairy contributes 50-60% of the nutrients now in and still entering the lake.
Vermont Community Foundation announces two grant rounds for Lake Champlain projects
The Lake Champlain and Tributaries Restoration Fund was established by Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) in 2009 as part of a comprehensive settlement agreement with the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) for the Lamoille River, Carver Falls, and Silver Lake Hydroelectric Projects. CVPS contributed $500,000 to the fund.
Winslow: Tropical Storm Irene, Part 1 — How do we respond?
Tropical Storm Irene will shape our thoughts about and relationship with rivers for at least a generation. A previous generation reacted to the floods of 1927 by straightening and berming rivers and dredging sediments. Bulldozers ran down the rivers shoving stones aside.
National Science Foundation awards $20M research grant to UVM
From Jeff Wakefield, University of Vermont VERMONT EPSCOR WINS $20 MILLION COMPETITIVE GRANT TO CONDUCT INNOVATIVE STUDY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN RESEARCH TO PROMOTE LAKE HEALTH, INFORM PUBLIC POLICY, SUPPORT ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT As Vermont’s climate becomes warmer and wetter, and in the wake of extreme weather events like Tropical Storm Irene, elected officials [...]
