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All Aboard Lake Champlain’s Floating Classroom
While sailing and exploring the Lake Champlain ecosystem, students receive a hands-on education with the Community Sailing Center (CSC), a local nonprofit organization. In 2025, CSC engaged 688 students from the
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Lake Champlain Film Series Documents History and Culture in Upstate New York
The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, New York seeks to catalog the cultural traditions of the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks. This historical heritage is
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Lake Champlain Resource Room Dedicated to Long-Time NEIWPCC Staff Member
In recognition of Colleen Hickey’s 32 years of service to NEIWPCC at the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), the Lake Champlain Resource Room – located within the ECHO
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NEIWPCC Welcomes 31 Interns and Seasonal Staff
This summer, 31 interns and seasonal staff joined NEIWPCC’s team to gain first-hand training and career experience in various aspects of environmental work. Based out of four states, these paid
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New Research Measures Suitability of Reducing Phosphorus in Lake Champlain Through Floodplain Restoration
In recent years, Lake Champlain waters have been impaired by excess phosphorus, largely due to the number of surrounding farmlands. Lake Champlain Basin Program’s (LCBP) Long-Term Monitoring Program estimates that
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Working the Land to Love the Lake: How Farmers Make a Difference in New York’s Lake Champlain Watershed
Nestled between New York, Vermont, and the province of Québec, Canada, spans one of the largest freshwater lakes in North America: Lake Champlain. Like many lakes, phosphorus from nonpoint source
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Floating Classroom Teaches Hands-on Environmental Science in Lake George
In New York’s Adirondack Mountains, more than 2,000 students and adults engaged in a hands-on opportunity to explore the health of Lake George in 2024. Run by the Lake George
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New Videos Explore the Relationship Between the Missisquoi River and Abenaki Culture
In northern Vermont, a Missisquoi River Basin Association (MRBA) project shares the history and relationship between the Missisquoi River and Abenaki culture through two new educational films. “Exploring Our Cultural
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Video Series Offers a Virtual Tour of Lake Champlain Landscapes and Shares Stewardship Stories
The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, in partnership with Peregrine Productions and NEIWPCC, launched a new video series, “Summit to Shore,” celebrating the beauty of the basin and highlighting
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Lake Champlain Basin Program Offers $5.5 Million in Grants for Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystem Projects
The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, a NEIWPCC program partner, seeks proposals for projects that improve water quality and ecosystems in the Lake Champlain watershed. The Program anticipates awarding