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Missisquoi Bay farmers hit hard by new EPA phosphorus limits

Missisquoi Bay farmers hit hard by new EPA phosphorus limitsMissisquoi Bay farmers hit hard by new EPA phosphorus limits

Farmers in the Missisquoi Bay area will be expected to reduce their contribution to the lake’s phosphorus levels by 82.6 percent, according to figures from the EPA.

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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.

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