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Farmers subject to new clean water rules

Owners of small farms will be required to submit to inspections once every 10 years, and must attend training courses on methods to prevent excessive runoff from their properties. They’ll also become responsible for annual compliance reporting.

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Nutrients contained in runoff from agriculture and commercial development is a leading cause of pollution in Lake Champlain, causing annual blooms of toxic blue-green algae that raise health concerns.

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Senator Leahy Ribbon-cutting to celebrate completion of Waterfront North Improvements, Nov 23

Ribbon cutting for Burlington’s, Waterfront North improvements, Lake Street, near the Burlington Skate Park. The $9 million project was completed with the help of a $3.3 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant that was strongly supported by Senator Leahy. Date: Monday, November 23, 2015 – 10:00am

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Lake Erie Toxic Algae Breaks Records in 2015

2015 Lake Erie Toxic Algae Breaks Record
Lake Erie Toxic Algae Breaks Records in 2015

The toxic algae bloom on Lake Erie was the most severe this century. That news was delivered by the scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) who make it their business to know about water quality on Lake Erie. And these all-too-regular record setting blooms illustrate what happens when you add the impacts of climate change to existing water quality problems.

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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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Farmers: Lake pollution is not just us

Farmers: Lake pollution is not just us

St. Albans meeting discusses additional rules for reducing phosphorus

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About 50 farmers, clean water advocates and lakefront property owners turned out for a public hearing on possibly additional rules for reducing phosphorus pollution from farms in the Missisquoi Bay Basin

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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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Farmers, environmentalists sound off on Missisquoi Bay settlement

Farmers, environmentalists sound off on Missisquoi Bay settlement

Farmers, environmentalists sound off on Missisquoi Bay settlement

Dozens of farmers, environmentalists and Lake Champlain advocates spoke out Thursday at a hearing called by state Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross over tightening rules governing Vermont’s northern farms.

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The basin encompasses a wide area along Vermont’s northern border whose rivers and streams flow into Missisquoi Bay. The bay is most polluted segment of Lake Champlain thanks to high levels of phosphorus that produced frequent algae blooms.

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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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