by FNLC Staff | May 19, 2015 | Legislation News
VERMONT DIGGER ARTICLE A landmark bill aimed at curbing the flow of pollution into Vermont’s waterways cleared the Senate on Tuesday, setting a road map for water quality initiatives yet to come. The Senate voted 27-2 to pass a $7.5 million water quality bill, H.35,...
by FNLC Staff | May 19, 2015 | Legislation News
Clean water, Affordable Schools. We’ve done worse. Legislative sessions are captives of seemingly random interventions. What is thought will happen often does not. What we can’t imagine happening often does. In the final moments, with everything hanging in the...
by FNLC Staff | Apr 2, 2015 | Legislation News
On behalf of Vermont’s rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds; the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC) would like to thank all of the people, groups, and legislators that spoke up for them! The final vote on H35 (the House Clean Water Bill) on Thursday was 133 for...
by FNLC Staff | Feb 9, 2015 | Legislation News
Here at Friends of Northern Lake Champlain (FNLC), we have been working to educate and inform the legislators so that they understand the importance of passing a comprehensive Water Quality Bill H.35 this year. It is time to do it and it needs to happen – so...
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 yesterday!
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...
