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LCC kicks off its seventh year of algae monitoring around Lake Champlain on July 6th. Water samples are taken weekly by volunteers around Lake Champlain and the results are analyzed by UVM’s Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory. LCC coordinates…

As part of the Quadricentennial celebrations, a fleet of birch bark canoes will paddle to the Burlington waterfront on July 14, 2009, the exact anniversary of Champlain’s arrival to the lake. Paddlers are invited to accompany the canoeists in a…

An impressive array of cultural and historic events have been unfolding this year as the region commemorates the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s voyage to the lake. You’ll find more information on some of the programs scheduled at www.cele…

Learn more about the lake at these upcoming events

Explore the forces that shape Lake Champlain, the creatures that call it home, and how you can make a difference in its future at Main Street Landing’s Film House, 60 Lake Street in Burlington on…

LCC along with the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) has recently completed our third year of monitoring at a stream restoration site on Rugg Brook in St. Albans. Rugg Brook is an impaired waterway that flows into St. Albans Bay. An LCC…

The 2009 Quadricentennial edition of the Lake Champlain Paddlers’ Trail and Stewardship Manual is out! This year’s edition includes new site descriptions, revised maps and a special section on cultural history. Join or renew your membership at a…

Washing the car on a sunny weekend afternoon is part of the typical suburban summer scene. But usually the dirt, grime, detergents, and greases from the car end up in the local waterway and eventually Lake Champlain. Here are some tips to make your…

On land plants have developed elaborate mechanisms to ensure pollen passes from male flowers to female flowers through wind or intermediate pollinators and thus ensuring reproduction; water presents a different challenge. Pollen can not move through…

Get out on the water and support great lake-related causes - including the Lake Champlain Committee - by participating in the 2009 Regatta for Lake Champlain! The event kicks off Friday, July 24th from 7:30 pm to midnight at the ECHO Science Center…

“For most creatures being parasitized is a way of life” writes Annie Dillard in A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She later notes that an estimated ten percent of the world’s animal species are parasites. Lake Champlain is not immune.

Parasites, by…