History - Since its founding in 1963, LCC has:
2007 orchestrated a bi-state “P-free” lawn campaign with New York and Vermont partners to educate citizens on reducing nutrient loading from their property
2007 secured passage of Vermont legislation to ban phosphates from household automatic dishwasher detergents by 2010
2006 undertaken watershed assessments to help restore impaired streams that drain into Lake Champlain
2005 conducted a stormwater survey to gauge citizen understanding of water quality issues and develop outreach and educational programs
2004 promoted a lake
protection pledge campaign to
foster citizen involvement in lake
clean up and restoration (Lake
Champlain Pledge!)
2003 initiated a blue
green algae citizen monitoring
project of lakeshore areas with the
University of Vermont School of
Natural Resources
2002 issued a Lake
Health Report Card to call
attention to the "state of the Lake"
and trigger clean up actions by
policy leaders
2001 developed a water
protection toolkit to assist citizen
groups and communities in dealing
with local water quality problems
2001 launched a monthly
natural history column Lake Look
for local and regional newspapers to
aid citizen understanding of water
quality tests
2000 initiated international efforts to accelerate the schedule for lakewide phosphorus reductions and develop an implementation and funding strategy
1999 stenciled over 1,000 stormdrains with a message, "Don't Dump, Drains to Lake" to reduce illegal dumping into Lake Champlain tributaries
1998 advanced the adopted clean-up strategy for the PCB-contaminated toxic waste site in Cumberland Bay and the Barge Canal Superfund Site
1998 advanced the adopted clean-up strategy for the PCB-contaminated toxic waste site in Cumberland Bay and the Barge Canal Superfund Site
1997 successfully advocated for the burial of the powerlines to open up a panoramic scenic vista along the Milton - South Hero causeway
1996 established the Lake Champlain Paddlers' Trail in partnership with the Champlain Kayak Club
1995 removed over 60 tons of trash and 100 tons of recyclable materials from urban streams entering the Lake
1993 drafted the citizen involvement process for the Burlington Barge Canal Superfund Site, which the EPA has used as a national model
1991 gained passage of legislation to fund the upgrade of Lake Champlain sewage treatment plants
 1990 helped secure $15 million in federal funds to support Lake study and clean-up efforts
1988 brought the governors of NY and VT and the premier of Quebec together to sign an agreement to cooperate in reducing Lake pollution
1981 prevented the Lake level from being manipulated through damming
1978 led the successful effort to ban use of phosphate detergents
1976 secured passage of boat holding tank laws to prevent dumping of raw sewage
1968 helped stop the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Charlotte shore
1963 prevented Lake Champlain from being used as an international commercial seaway for supertankers |
