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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 Burlington and Winooski school districts — Vermont’s most economically underserved districts — in two educational programs. The curriculum focused on experiential STEM learning, watershed science, sailing,…
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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 then shared with the public through special collections, exhibitions and events. Part of the center’s extensive archives includes a documentary video collection focusing on stories…
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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 Leahy Center for Lake Champlain – has been renamed the Colleen Hickey Lake Champlain Resource Room. The dedication was announced by Julie Moore, secretary of…
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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 positions range from wastewater treatment and invasive species management to business operations and communications. As part of the inaugural year of the Emerging Water Professionals…
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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 38% of the total phosphorus input each year comes from agricultural usage. Additional pollution sources include runoff from roads, developed areas and lawns, as well…
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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 pollution – urban, agricultural and forest runoff – is the primary threat to water quality. High concentrations of this nutrient can lead to algal blooms…
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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 Association, the Floating Classroom and Stream Education programs aim to increase awareness of water quality and encourage stewardship of the lake. Activities range from conducting…
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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 Waters” is a collaborative project between the MRBA and Peregrine Productions and was funded by a Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership special programs grant. The…
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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 the efforts in several communities to protect and restore their shared waters. Using the web-based StoryMap as a guide, viewers can digitally explore the landscape…
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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 approximately $5,500,000 to local organizations, municipalities, and educational institutions. Proposals may be submitted to address the following categories: Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations,…