Lake Champlain Basin

The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is taking public comment at regional planning commission meetings regarding its updated water quality plans for the Lake Champlain Basin.

The Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program has issued its 2024 State of the Lake and Ecosystems Indicators report. Produced every three years, it documents efforts to manage the lake, its watershed and address challenges. Representatives from the Basin Program talk about the report and potential threats from invasive species.

U.S. Senators from Vermont and New York are requesting expanded funding for programs that support Lake Champlain.

The outgoing Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was at a park on the shore of Lake Champlain Monday to discuss the release of a final watershed plan and to announce investments that will help improve the water quality of the lake.

A U.S.-Canada study group charged with studying and making recommendations to mitigate flooding in the northern Lake Champlain basin and the river that it flows into has held a series of virtual meetings recently.

Scientists from a number of Vermont colleges and universities will be using a $20 million federal grant to study what makes some sections of the Lake…