50% reduction in lake trout stocking comes after growing research that wild lake trout are sustaining population By Zachary Matson Fisheries managers in New York and Vermont plan to halve the number of lake trout stocked in Lake Champlain this … [Read more...] about Responding to signs of success, fishery managers halve Lake Champlain trout stocking
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NY still falls short on Lake Champlain phosphorus targets
Draft plan eyes projects to mitigate key pollutant in lake By Zachary Matson Editor's note: This story has been updated with a new, extended deadline of April 5 for public comments to the plan New York continues to fall short of phosphorus … [Read more...] about NY still falls short on Lake Champlain phosphorus targets
Trembleau: A Lake Champlain bushwhack
By Tim Rowland Driving toward the Adirondacks from Plattsburgh on Interstate 87, Trembleau Mountain appears to the east as a giant batwing with multiple distinct nodes connected with taut ridgelines rising from the flat farmland to the north As … [Read more...] about Trembleau: A Lake Champlain bushwhack
Film takes a new, close look at Lake Champlain
Screening at the VIC, documentary portrays journey of discovery By Mike Lynch Last summer, Jordan Rowell spent two weeks exploring Lake Champlain and its watershed. In the process, he experienced some of the best and worst the landscape has to … [Read more...] about Film takes a new, close look at Lake Champlain
Quebec’s battery
Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past By Zachary Matson The scale of Hydro-Quebec’s portfolio of dams and reservoirs is staggering. The projects have remade the social and natural landscape of northern … [Read more...] about Quebec’s battery
Power through the park
$4 billion transmission line to drop into Lake Champlain By Zachary Matson The large boats will prowl Lake Champlain all day and all night for five months. Barges up to 300 feet long and 90 feet across will carry 12 miles of spooled … [Read more...] about Power through the park