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Group Seeks to Place SolarBees in Lake Champlain Bay to Control Algae Blooms

By Pat Bradley

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-497030.mp3

St. Albans, VT – The St. Albans Area Watershed Association hopes to install several large solar-powered, aerator-type machines in Lake Champlain's St. Albans Bay this summer. They hope the fountains will help control algae bloom outbreaks that have become a problem every summer. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.