VPR News
VPR News
Mears: State Can Do More To Address Phosphorus
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One of Vermont’s leading environmental policy makers says the state hasn’t done enough to curb phosphorous pollution in Lake Champlain.Vermont Edition
Phosphorous, Invasive Species Are Top Concerns In Lake Champlain
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Every five years, the Lake Champlain Basin Program issues a report on the environmental indicators of Lake Champlain. The 2012 State of the Lake report shows that phosphorous and invasive aquatic species are still the leading threats to the lake ecosystem.VPR News
Urgency Added To Effort To Keep Water Flea Out Of Champlain
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The discovery of the invasive spin water flea in Lake George has given new urgency to efforts to block its spread to Lake Champlain.VPR News
Report Assesses Health of Lake Champlain
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A comprehensive report on the health of Lake Champlain says there’s still too much phosphorus pollution in the big lake. The report does note some good news, such as declining mercury concentrations in fish.VPR News
Leahy Wants Champlain Canal To Stop Pest’s Spread Into Lake
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Senator Patrick Leahy wants the nearly two-century-old canal linking the Hudson River and Lake Champlain to be closed.Vermont Edition
Blue-Green Algae: We’re Swimming In It
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After last year’s flooding, which sent record amounts of phosphorous into the lake, and a recent streak of hot weather, blue-green algae blooms have appeared in Lake Champlain earlier than normal this year, and have been more widespread.VPR News
USDA Program Aims To Clean Up Phosphorous In Missisquoi Bay
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Missisquoi Bay has been plagued for years by some of the worst phosphorus pollution and blue-green algae in Lake Champlain. Phosphorus comes primarily from agricultural runoff. So the U.S. Agriculture Department wants to pay farmers to adopt practices that would keep pollution from running off their fields and into the lake.Vermont Edition
