There is yet another plan to run a power line under Lake Champlain to move energy to markets to the south.
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Tiny Plastics Could Cause Big Problems In Vermont’s Waters
Tiny Plastics Could Cause Big Problems In Vermont’s Waters
While much discussion of water pollution in Vermont focuses on excessive nutrients, there’s another problem pollutant in our waters. Tiny bits of plastic
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Back to Blue: Lake Champlain Plan Targets Treatment Plants
Lake Champlain Plan Targets Treatment Plants
It was warm and sunny on Friday afternoon two weeks ago in St. Albans, but the town beach was deserted. That’s because the water washing ashore was thick with blue-green algae, a potentially toxic threat to people and pets. “Beach closed” signs were posted up and down the stretch of lake in bulb-shaped St. Albans Bay.
This happens frequently in August, when the air and water are at their warmest and therefore most hospitable to algae blooms. When conditions change — cooler temperatures or a hearty breeze help make the algae dissipate — the beach reopens and people flock back.
Less than a mile away is the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is targeting it as part of a sprawling plan to reduce the phosphorus that fuels the annual algae blooms. A draft plan unveiled last month would require St. Albans to upgrade the facility at a price tag of $2.9 million.
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Vt. residents concerned over culverts further polluting Lake Champlain
Culverts further polluting Lake Champlain
Vermont’s biggest body of water is also one the state’s greatest resources, but it’s also a source of concern for many who have seen it change over the years.
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Muskellunge Released Into Missisquoi River in Swanton, VT
Thousand of Muskellunge Released Into Missisquoi River
Muskellunge Released Into Missisquoi River in Swanton
There are thousands of new fish in the Missisquoi River. Last Tuesday night, Vermont Fish and Wildlife workers released 5,500 young Muskellunge fingerlings or “Muskies” into the Missisquoi River in Swanton. It’s part of a six-year effort to restock the species into Vermont waters.
If the new fish make it to adulthood they could grow to be 25 years old and weigh 50 pounds. They hope the late night drop-off helps.
“We do this in the evening and as it approaches dark, the boats will go out and we’ll put these fish into the water. So not only are we putting them into thick cover, where they can hide, but we are doing it under the cover of darkness, as well, which offers them another layer of darkness,” – Shawn Smith, Vermont Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist.
Muskellunge Released Into Missisquoi River
Experts say the muskies, a predator fish, are good from an ecological perspective and are also popular with sport fishermen.
The fingerlings come from a hatchery in New York State and were free as part of a partnership between the two states to reintroduce the fish to its historical territory.
The decline in the Lake Champlain muskie population began in the 1970’s. The species is thought to have been wiped out in the lake after a spill from a paper mill in the late 1970’s.
Other Articles on Lake Champlain Fish:
- Vermont Fish Biologists Recapture Lake Sturgeon First Caught in 1998
- Alewives threaten Champlain salmon restoration
- NY DEC Asks Anglers to Avoid Spawning Lake Sturgeon
- Fish Stocking Underway Across Vermont
- Lake Champlain Muskie Catches Point to Restoration Progress