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Vermont Clean and Clear Action Plan
When it comes to protecting water quality, phosphorus in the runoff from urban areas, our homes, eroding streams, construction sites and farms is public enemy number one. In Lake Champlain for example, it feeds toxic algae blooms in places like Missisquoi Bay, St. Albans Bay and areas in the South Lake. ... In the fall of 2003, on the shores of Lake Champlain, I unveiled the details of my Clean & Clear Water Plan – one of the most significant water quality initiatives Vermont has ever undertaken. ... [Read More]
EPA > OWOW > Clean Lakes
Lake Bomoseen, located in western Vermont (Figure 1), has had a longhistory of weed problems. By the early 1980s, Eurasian watermilfoil(Myriophyllum spicatum) was the dominant weed species in the lake.Eurasian watermilfoil is an introduced species that is difficult tocontrol due to its ability to survive in various environmentalconditions. At one point the watermilfoil covered 240 hectares of thelake, impairing its recreational and commercial uses. In addition toLake Bomoseen, the macrophyte has been documented to exist inapproximately 42 other Vermont lakes. One of those is Brownington Pond(located in northeastern Vermont), which experienced a decline in itswatermilfoil population in 1989. Following the discovery of this naturaldecline, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) wasawarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) grant toinvestigate the decline and its causes. It was hoped that theinvestigation would benefit other lakes with Eurasian watermilf ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
2. The Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commission shall be composed of not more than 26 persons to include a representative from the GovernorŐs Office, the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture; the Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development; the Secretary of the Agency of Transportation; the Commissioner of the Department of Tourism and Marketing; the State Historic Preservation Officer; the Chair of the GovernorŐs Advisory Commission on Native American Affairs; a member of the Vermont House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; a member of the Vermont Senate to be appointed by the Committee on Committees; the Manager of the Lake Champlain Basin Program; the Chair of the Vermont Lake Champlain Byways Partnership; the Chair of the Cultural Heritage Tourism Advisory Council; the Chair of the Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee of the Lake Champlain Basin Program; the Director of the Vermont Historical Society; the Director of the Lake Champl ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear - Lake Champlain Basin map
The Lake Champlain Basin Atlas by the Lake Champlain Basin Program contains more than 40 full-color maps about the Lake Champlain Basin, articles about the maps, photographs, and a glossary. Extra resources, such as website links, manuals, and factsheets are also available. This 2004 version is loaded with lots of new information, many revised maps, and a new Students and Educators page! ... (864 KB PDF) - This map from the Atlas shows the basin boundary, rivers, landforms, land elevation and major town names of the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont, New York and Quebec ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear - Monitoring
Clean and Clear funds for monitoring are being used to support the Vermont Lay Monitoring Program. The Vermont Lay Monitoring Program is a statewide, cooperative effort between the Water Quality Division and volunteer lake monitors. The program has operated continuously for 26 years under the original program goals established in 1979, which are to involve citizens in lake protection and to establish a database on each lake useful for documenting changes in water quality. Reports are produced each year summarizing the monitoring results. ... [Read More]
Clean and Clear - Watershed Coordinators
Vermont Lake Champlain Basin Program Coordinator ... - Lower Lake Champlain Basin ... - Northern Lake Champlain Basin ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear - Wastewater
Dramatic progress is being made in Vermont’s work toward removing phosphorus from wastewater discharges, that is, the discharges that come from wastewater treatment facilities. This progress is critically important, because there are 60 municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities that discharge directly to Lake Champlain or one of its tributaries. ... Lake Champlain Basin Program ... Lake Champlain Basin Map ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear - Agriculture
Agriculture contributes to phosphorus loading of the lake through inadequate manure management, unstable stream bank impacts and other land use practices. Since the early 1980's farmers have expended significant private resources in support of state and federal programs to reduce phosphorus loads in Vermont waterways. While Lake Champlain has historically received priority funding for agricultural water quality best management practices (BMP's), it is essential for agricultural water quality programs to address the entire state. ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear Action Plan - What's New?
Voices for the Lake will explore current lake issues in a presentation of exhibits, booths, and roundtable discussions. The Agency of Natural Resources will be a presenter at this event. Visit the Echo Center website for more information, or continue the dialogue on Lake Champlain Basin issues at ECHO's new blog: ... June 28, 2005 - The Vermont Department of Health has created a new web site for posting information on blue-green algae in Lake Champlain. Information on cell densities, toxin concentrations and whether health alerts have been posted will be noted on this site, as well as a telephone number for people wishing to report a bloom or get more information. The data on blue-green algal status will be updated on a weekly basis, including a map view of the lake status. The web address is: http://www.healthyvermonters.info/hp/waterquality/bgalgae.shtml ... [Read More]
Vermont Clean and Clear Action Plan Overview
Missisquoi Bay and St. Albans Bay have some of the most severely high levels of phosphorus and algae found anywhere in Lake Champlain. Current phosphorus concentrations in these two bays are well above the acceptable levels defined in the Vermont Water Quality Standards. The Lake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL requires a 40 metric ton per year phosphorus nonpoint source load reduction in the Missisquoi Bay watershed alone, representing half of the total nonpoint source load reduction required for the entire Vermont portion of the Lake Champlain Basin. Because of the acute nature of the phosphorus and algae problems in Missisquoi Bay and St. Albans Bay, and the large magnitude of the phosphorus load reductions needed there, the Governor’s Clean and Clear Action Plan commits to an early focus on phosphorus reduction in these two watersheds as the Lake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL is implemented for the basin as a whole. ... [Read More]
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