Funding Helps Counties Improve Road Infrastructure, Reduce Local Flooding, and Restore Habitats for American Eel and River Herring New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced…
NEIWPCC Commissioner Pete LaFlamme Shares His Perspectives From protecting Lake Champlain to managing biosolids: In this new video, commissioner Pete LaFlamme praises NEIWPCC staff for their collaborative efforts across the…
While Lake Champlain is host to 51 known nonnative and invasive aquatic species, Hydrilla verticillata has not yet been found in Lake Champlain – and there’s a multi-state effort to…
By Christina Stringer In 1962, the landmark work “Silent Spring” posed the question, “Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface…
Fifty years after the passage of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) – and many successes later – a new EPA-funded grant will focus on sharing these accomplishments. NEIWPCC will…
Meet Stream Wise: a new program that works to bring neighbors together to protect and restore healthy waterways across the Lake Champlain region. The goal of the program is to…
By Heather Radcliffe October 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and 35 years since its last major amendments. While there is much to celebrate —…
When Jane Stahl began her environmental career in the late 1970s, it was – not surprisingly – a male-dominated field. She did not let this deter her, and worked as…
During a lakeside event on June 3, the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) released an update to its management plan, “Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Future of the…
By Richard Friesner The Clean Water Act (CWA) has fundamentally altered how Americans, and the world, interact with one of our most basic parts of the environment. The definition of…