Wayne Fiske has chosen farm practices that improve water quality in the Rock River — and the Missisquoi Bay

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Historically, throughout the Rock River watershed, the loss of phosphorus (“P”) from topsoil through timbering and farming has contributed to a destructive surplus downstream, in Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Bay. The cumulative, downhill shift of phosphorus due to agriculture has worked dramatic changes in the Missisquoi: over-fertilized aquatic plant growth; diminished oxygen levels for fish and other organisms; and larger colonies of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae blooms. Fiske recognized early on that he wanted his farm to be a part of the solution. He teamed up with other like-minded folk. He joined and led three regional advocacy groups: The Farmers Watershed Alliance, the Franklin Watershed Committee and the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain.

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The Lake George Association received four grants in support of its mission to protect the lake. All four grants came from the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

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Developed land is a significant source of phosphorus loading to Lake Champlain.

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LCC recently completed a project to design a retrofit for a stormwater pond in Vergennes. The pond in question was not designed to remove phosphorus from stormwater. It was originally designed in 1987 to ease potential flooding from large storms as per the regulations of the time,

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The North Country has many natural resources with the potential for clean energy projects from wind to solar to hydro power. Massachusetts-based Anbaric Transmission is hoping to take advantage of them.

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers has issued a federally-required Department of Army permit to the New England Clean Power Link, allowing it to be placed in the waters of the United States along its proposed route. Developer TDI New England announced the decision today. The Army Corps permit authorizes TDI New England to construct the project pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The $1.2 billion, 1 gigawatt electrical line will run from the Vermont-Quebec border nearly 100 miles under Lake Champlain, before turning East and heading across Vermont to Ludlow. Construction is slated for 2017, with service commencing in 2019.

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