by FNLC Staff | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislation News
We have been working on helping the legislators understand the importance of passing a comprehensive water quality bill this year. It is time to do it and it needs to happen – so much is at stake for our lakes, rivers and waterways. This bill, although some...
by FNLC Staff | Feb 9, 2015 | Education
Can I Love Vermont Dairy and Love my Lake? I came of age in Burlington, VT when Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were on a mission to take over the world with premium Vermont ice cream. I remember distinctly my first taste of real Vermont Sharp Cheddar Cheese. For...
by FNLC Staff | Jan 17, 2015 | Legislation News
The first 2 weeks at the Vermont statehouse have been rather exciting for water quality! Last week the Governor, Peter Shumlin spoke about Lake Champlain and water quality and dedicated new and existing revenues to clean up efforts. The creation of a Clean Water...
by FNLC Staff | Jan 17, 2015 | Legislation News
Lots of stuff going on at the statehouse this week regarding water quality. Take a look at VTDigger to see some of the good news. The State and the Lake Champlain Basin received a $16 million grant from USDA for the RCPP Program through NRCS to work with landowners...
by FNLC Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Legislation News
Water quality featured prominently in Governor Shumlin’s inaugural address yesterday. Click here to read more in VTDigger and/or Follow the link to hear him on Vermont Edition...
by FNLC Staff | Jan 16, 2015 | Education
Laws that prohibit littering have been around for over sixty years. Well before Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring and awakened the consciousness of the world to the many human inflicted ailments of our natural resources, anti-littering campaigns were resulting in...
by FNLC Staff | Jan 10, 2015 | Legislation News
On Thursday, January 8th the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain was in the Statehouse with Missisquoi River Basin Association and Franklin Watershed Committee in an effort to bring attention to the water quality issues in our watershed. We spent the morning meeting...
by FNLC Staff | Dec 13, 2014 | Legislation News
WASHINGTON (WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2014) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday announced that key funding for Lake Champlain has been included in the comprehensive budget package that will be considered by Congress later this week, as the clock runs out on the...
by FNLC Staff | Nov 17, 2014 | Boots on the Ground
Friends of Northern Lake Champlain recently completed a terraced bioretention basin project at the RockTenn mill located in Sheldon Springs on the banks of the Missisquoi River. This small stormwater treatment project will treat water draining from a gravel parking...
by admin | Oct 22, 2014 | Boots on the Ground
What’s that green you see in that corn field? A COVER CROP!! According to UVM Extension, in the past decade farmers in Vermont have been adopting this conservation practice. 10 years ago Heather Darby estimates there were only 50 acres in cover crop and today...
