News Overview
Lake Champlain – Gets ‘Great Waters’ Status!
Lake Champlain has been designated a national ‘Great Water’ through the America’s Great Waters Coalition. The Coalition was launched in December 2009 by the National Wildlife Federation and an Alliance of more than 30 national, regional, state and local organizations to protect, preserve and...
Underwater Transmission Line Planned for the Lake
Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) recently announced plans to develop a High Voltage direct current (HVdc) cable designed to run principally along waterways, including the Hudson River and Lake Champlain, from Canadian generating facilities to consumers in the New York City area. The design calls...
Saranac River Toxin Clean Up
Learn More at March 9 Meeting
From 1896 to 1944 gas was manufactured at a plant on Saranac St. The legacy of this industry was a stew of toxic chemicals that have contaminated soils and leached into the Saranac River. Various clean up efforts have been on-going since 1976 and the next stage is set to begin. A public meeting...
Missisquoi River Basin Association
Lake Discussion on March 25th
Lake Champlain Committee staff scientist Mike Winslow will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Missisquoi River Basin Association on Thursday March 25th at 7:00 PM at the Richford Town Hall. Learn about the forces that shape Lake Champlain, the creatures that call it home, and the...
Angler Catches Record Walleye
Richard Levesque, caught a whopper of a walleye through the Lake Champlain ice on February 10th using a tip-up baited with a golden shiner. The walleye, weighing in at 14.55 pounds, shattered the previous Vermont record of 13.44 pounds. The hefty fish, measured 32 ˝ inches long with a 20 inch...
Natural History Note – Ivory Gull in Rouses Point
A rare ivory gull was sighted on Lake Champlain near Rouses Point on February 19th and repeatedly thereafter. The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is a small white gull of the Arctic. It rarely comes south of the Bering Sea or the Canadian Maritime Provinces. Sightings of ivory gulls in the United...
