Grand Isle, Vermont sunset over Lake Champlain
This photo of a beautiful Grand Isle, Vermont sunset over Lake Champlain was taken by Betsy Dall March 23, 2016.
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The Champlain Islands sit amidst Lake Champlain, America’s sixth-largest, freshwater lake. Passing five quaint towns, discover a rich history, friendly people and a vast array of recreation opportunities, such as hiking, biking, boating and fishing or just absorbing the captivating water views, wildlife and dazzling sunsets. A four season wonderland, spring and summer bring theater and musical performances to the parks and the fresh scents of farms and orchards.
Fall is renowned for its flamboyant display of color, and winter winds wisp across sun-glistened snow — and cross-country ski or snowshoe tracks. This spectacular region is just a short drive from the larger cities of Burlington, Plattsburgh, and Montreal. Our scenic drive travels US-2 from Colchester to Alburg, but can be done in either direction.
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Salmon can roam wild across lakes and oceans, yet somehow find their way back home to spawn in the same waterway where they were born.
Lake Champlain is hosting this miracle of nature this week, as thousands of salmon swim up a swift, narrow brook that leads to their birthplace, the Ed Weed Fish Culture Station at the Grand Isle Fish Hatchery.
State fish biologists are waiting upstream in the spillway and netting some of the fish for inspection and measurement. About 85 pair of male and female salmon will be removed and moved by truck to the hatchery where their eggs will be fertilized and grown into sac-fry over this winter.
In eighteen months about 20,000 salmon will be released back into the lake and the cycle will begin again.
“There’s very little natural reproduction of salmon (in Lake Champlain) — we’re trying to encourage it but really the fishery couldn’t be sustained without stocking. We’d see very few salmon in the lake without stocking.” Brian Chipman, fish biologist
The salmon restoration program in Lake Champlain has seen tremendous successes over the years. 2014 was the most successful year yet for the salmon restoration program. This year the salmon returning to the brook look healthy, with only about 15 percent showing any sign of parasitic lamprey wounds.
Kevin Kelsey, who runs the hatchery, said this is the highest run he’s seen since he started work here in 1997, and this indicates positive results for the salmon hatchery and the lampricide treatments in the lake.
View WPTZ video report of the salmon run.
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Vermonters got to experience a taste of the islands, the Lake Champlain Islands, that is at the Islands Farm and Food Festival.
Families could enjoy food and music, plus farming education programs.
This year, festival organizers reached out to cyclists to strategize how to better make the Islands a biking destination.
“As a result of an economic development forum that was held in the Islands in February, when a group of residents said you know, one of the most important things we can do for the economy in the islands is to build on a reputation as a great biking destination,” – Emily Bodecker, Executive Director at Local Motion.
The local motion bike ferry operates seven days a week until Labor Day.
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Island camping on Lake Champlain. Summer is amazing in Vermont at the moment. #Vermont #VT #travel #Islands pic.twitter.com/oc0F5EKCWV
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