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Soupy bacteria clogs Missisquoi Bay

Soupy bacteria clogs Missisquoi Bay

Soupy bacteria clogs Missisquoi Bay

Inventory of blue-green blooms on Missisquoi Bay challenges UVM researchers

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Free fishing clinic set on Lake Champlain

 

 

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No fishing license will be needed for a Sept. 5 free fishing clinic hosted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation at John A. Brooks Memorial Fishing Pier on South Bay of Lake Champlain.

Bait and some fishing equipment will be available for use, though those with equipment were urged to bring it.

DEC fisheries staff will be available to teach participants about fish identification, angling equipment and techniques, safety and angling ethics

The 300-foot, handicapped accessible pier is located off Route 22, just north of the village of Whitehall. There is shallow water for panfish, and the deeper channel for fishing for bass, drum and perch.

The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Dam removal to begin in Willsboro

Dam removal to begin in Willsboro

From www.suncommunitynews.com – Today, 10:24 AM

Work is scheduled to begin this week on the removal of the Saw Mill Dam on the Boquet River. It will also remove one of the last remaining links to its milling past.
Work on the $250,000 project, which is being bankrolled by the Lake Champlain Basin Program, is expected to be completed within 45 days.
Replacing the wooden structure would be cost prohibitive, said town officials, about four times the demolition costs.
The US Fish & Wildlife Service has said that following its removal, salmon will now be able to move more freely up the river, a measure that may boost fishing and tourism in the surrounding community.

Lake Champlain

This 128-page softcover book features stunning historical images from the archives of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and other regional collections, and includes chapters on Patriotic Sites and Celebrations; Commerce in the Canal Era; The Age of Steam; Crossing Lake Champlain; Recreational Boating; Summer and Summer Folk; Hunting and Fishing; and Winter. ‘Lake Champlain’ tells the story of this historic, busy commercial corridor and recreational destination.

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Crown Point / Chimney Point Historic Region

Crown Point / Chimney Point Historic Region by James P. Millard

Crown Point / Chimney Point Historic Region

Crown Point / Chimney Point Historic Region

Information about the historic Crown Point/Chimney Point region of Vermont and New York State on Lake Champlain

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The Crown Point/Chimney Point peninsulas on Lake Champlain are some of the most historic places in the area. Long recognized as places of strategic importance on this waterway through the wilderness, each side of the lake was inhabited and fortified from earliest times. Chimney Point was the site of Fort de Pieux, a simple wooden stockade built by the French; and is now the site of a historic brick tavern owned by the State of Vermont and operated as Chimney Point Historic Site.

Opposite Chimney Point, across the great steel bridge, is Crown Point. This historic location was the site of an important French fort, St. Frederic; and an enormous British Fortress, known simply as ‘His Majesty’s Fort at Crown Point’. It was not known as Fort Crown Point, nor was it called Fort Amherst, as some early sources claim. The Crown Point peninsula played a critical role in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. The ruins there are maintained by the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The park is known as Crown Point State Historic Site. The park includes the ruins of both fortresses, a number of important redoubts, and the beautiful Champlain Memorial Lighthouse on the site of the earlier Grenadier’s Redoubt.

Any visit to the historic lakes should include a trip to this remarkably historic and beautiful site.

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Ethan Allen: His Life and Times
is the story of one of Vermont’s
most famous citizens.Written by
Willard Sterne Randall this book
sheds a new light on one of
Vermont’s founding fathers.
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Critics Claim EPA Plan To Reduce Algae-Fueling Phosphorus Is Problematic

Critics Claim EPA Plan Is Problematic

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Vermont state government released new targets for reducing pollution in Lake Champlain and a detailed plan for how the state would reach those targets. But the plan is already attracting some criticism.

The EPA’s targets require a more than 30 percent reduction in phosphorus flowing into the lake. The federal agency has looked closely at at the state’s implementation plan and is confident that the measures proposed will meet the targets. The plan aims to reduce phosphorus from a variety of sources including farm fields, paved surfaces and dirt roads.

Critics acknowledge that targets are a positive step, but have significant concerns with parts of the state’s implementation plan… (MORE)

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