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Week 19 of the cyanobacteria monitoring season (10/19 - 10/25/2025), we saw a high alert bloom at St. Anne’s Shrine in Isle La Motte, benthic cyanobacteria globules at Holcomb Boat Launch, subtle traces of cyanobacteria at Graveyard Point West in…

After the summer floods of 2023 and 2024, many in the Lake Champlain basin watched nervously for a third deluge this past summer. Instead, we got the opposite extreme: a drought, which brought lake levels to near record lows and exposed previously…

This summer, the Lake Champlain Committee partnered with Tetra Tech and launched a new project aimed at better understanding and monitoring benthic cyanobacteria blooms. Benthic cyanobacteria are a type of cyanobacteria that grow on lake bottoms and…

Back in August, LCC partnered with the team at Foam Brewers to survey for the invasive golden clam (Corbicula fluminea) at North Beach in Burlington, VT. LCC Water and Science Program Coordinator Lindsey Cookson trained the team on how to survey the…

Volunteers are essential to LCC’s work, whether they are tossing rakes as CHAMP aquatic invasive species patrollers, advocating for lake health to legislators and state agencies, or diligently photographing and reporting cyanobacteria conditions each…

For the price of a pasta entree, you can get detailed insights on the makeup of your soil. A soil test can tell you about the nutrient levels, organic content, and pH (the soil acidity or alkalinity) of your lawn or garden area and what you need for…

In week 18 (10/12-10/28/2025) of the cyanobacteria monitoring season, we saw the lingering late-season bloom in North Hero, the vibrant green waters at Shelburne Pond, a swirl of green and teal at Graveyard Point, a bright surface bloom at North…

Even as fall advances and temperatures turn cool and crisp, cyanobacteria blooms continue to appear across Lake Champlain and Vermont’s inland waterbodies. This week, only low-alert blooms were observed in Lake Champlain, occurring in the Inland Sea…

With fall now underway, cyanobacteria blooms are still being observed in multiple sections of Lake Champlain and in inland Vermont waterbodies. This week, we saw a mixed bloom with different types of cyanobacteria at Graveyard Point, patchy…

Even with cooler temperatures and autumn colors setting in, cyanobacteria blooms are still showing up across Lake Champlain and nearby Vermont waterbodies. During Week 15, the Main Lake South experienced a notably high amount of blooms, while Lake…

The products we use to encourage prolific lawn growth may end up fueling less-welcome species, including cyanobacteria, when they end up in Lake Champlain.