Lake Champlain

Fisheries personnel from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation were at the Plattsburgh marina today to begin the last year of an effort to restore Atlantic Salmon into Lake Champlain.

The Lake Champlain Basin Program’s Vermont Citizen Advisory Committee recently held a hybrid meeting to release the 2025 Lake Champlain Action Plan.

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 Lake Champlain Sea Grant’s research ship is offering educational trips on the New York side of the lake for the first time.

After issuing its State of the Lake report on the health of Lake Champlain in June, Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program officials and scientists have been conducting public outreach sessions to explain the implications of the report. One of the latest brought residents and stakeholders together to hear directly from the report’s chief scientist.

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.

University of Vermont scientists studying Lake Champlain are assessing changes in water quality following recent flooding in Vermont.

The Lake Champlain Basin Program has released its State of the Lake and Ecosystem Indicators report, which provides an analysis of the health of the lake and trends for its water quality and ecosystem.

The Clinton County Historical Association hosted a recent talk by Lake Champlin Maritime Museum Director Emeritus Art Cohn on efforts to raise the Revolutionary War gunboat Spitfire from the bottom of the lake.

The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism says the Ticonderoga region and Lake Champlain Region typically host 30 to 40 fishing tournaments between May and October each year.