Spring comes to Saint Albans Bay. The challenge of improving the health of Lake Champlain can feel daunting. It requires a complex...

You’ve recently had a clean water project installed on your property—maybe a buffer planting, a bioswale, or another stormwater...

This winter, Franklin County Stormwater brought together local voices to spotlight powerful tools homeowners can use to support water...

On Saturday, March 1st, Friends of Northern Lake Champlain had an amazing day on the ice with our friends at Mill River Brewing! The...

Ice Fishing Game at Highgate Winter Carnival On Saturday, February 8th, Friends of Northern Lake Champlain joined Highgate Library and...

ISCO Automated Sampler When a storm hits, rivers, streams, and lakes can quickly become contaminated by runoff from streets, fields, and...

Shoreline stabilization project in the Champlain Islands. At Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC), we are dedicated to preserving...

As the year concludes and we begin looking at our water sampling data from this past season, we noticed that some of our sites have...

Georgia, VT ~ The Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC) has completed a design for stormwater management and gully restoration along...

Today, Gracie, our EcoAmeriCorps member, and Josh, our Project Manager, collected water samples along the beautiful Rock River in...

Fall in New England is nothing short of magical, and Vermont is known for its stunning foliage. As October is coming to an end and "Stick...

Photo of Pelots Bay, Gracie Grimes Since moving from Alabama to Vermont, I have found many things that expose my gap in knowledge of the...

Josh recently relocated to Vermont from a northern suburb of NYC. He has a strong background in horticulture and arboriculture, having...

Gracie Grimes is FNLC’s ECO Americorps member for the 2024-2025 year. Gracie grew up in southern Alabama where she spent most of her time...

When I talk about the Rock River, there are generally a couple of different responses that I tend to hear the most. Some people are...

As my term as an ECO AmeriCorps member comes to an end, I’ve begun to look back on all that I’ve experienced over the past year. My time...

Streamgage at Cassidy Road in Highgate along the Rock River. The Rock River at high flow stage. As I look at communities across the state...

The Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC) has completed a design for floodplain and stream restoration on the Mill River in Georgia...

Whenever you participate in a cleanup event, there’s this juxtaposition of the overwhelm of all the accumulated trash that builds up over...

FNLC has been actively sampling from the Rock River for over 14 years. But what exactly does the sampling process look like? The Rock...