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Southerly view of Lake Champlain and, in the distance, Willsboro Point.

NY still falls short on Lake Champlain phosphorus targets

By Zachary Matson

A new plan outlines New York's strategy to limit phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain, a nutrient New York and Vermont struggle to control.

Southerly view of Lake Champlain and, in the distance, Willsboro Point.

Trembleau: A Lake Champlain bushwhack

By Tim Rowland

Trembleau’s true summit is on private ground, but the good stuff is all public.

Film takes a new, close look at Lake Champlain

By Mike Lynch

Jordan Rowell explores the beauty and environmental problems of Lake Champlain in the short film, "No Other Lake."

innu man at ancestral burial site

Quebec’s battery

By Zachary Matson

Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past

Lake Champlain Valley

Power through the park

By Zachary Matson

$4 billion transmission line project to carry renewable hydro power from Quebec to NYC to pass through Lake Champlain

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Ferry company scraps historic boat

By Tim Rowland

The end of an era for boat that was used in the now-shuttered Port Kent crossing

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State approves multi-billion dollar deal to support Lake Champlain power line

By Zachary Matson

Transmission line project will deliver Canadian hydropower to NYC

Slicing through Split Rock Wild Forest

By Mike Lynch

Located on the the eastern edge of the Adirondack Park, Split Rock Wild Forest is 3,700 acres and offers a multitude of hiking opportunities.

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State water managers take steps to ward off round goby

By Zachary Matson

Champlain canal system locks to remain open for now

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Groups mobilize to ward off round goby fish invasion

By Zachary Matson

Nature Conservancy calls on governor to keep Champlain Canal lock closed to keep fish from spreading

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