Wild lake trout populations have rebounded in Lake Champlain. But scientists don't know why WSHU | By Abagael Giles Published May 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT Listen • 5:03 Abagael Giles / Vermont Public ...

For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild fish are finally spawning and sustaining their populations again.

In 2006, 99 out of 100 lake trout in Lake Champlain had sea lamprey wounds. The rate dropped to 23 per 100 in 2022 and has since hovered around the cooperative’s target of 25.

Careful not to melt, a group of local witches and a warlock took to the waters of Lake Champlain off Cliff Haven Beach in Plattsburgh Saturday as part of the second-annual Witches of the Water Parade.

Lake Champlain Sea Grant Director Anne Jefferson says water pollution comes in many forms; for example, someone's Tupperware − something not intended to be trashed − floating out of their ...

The Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program has issued its 2024 State of the Lake and Ecosystems Indicators report. Produced every three years, it documents efforts to manage the lake, its ...

In Lake Champlain, the water was 1.7 meters deep before the UVM researchers could no longer see the disk. A typical Secchi depth in this part of the lake should be four or five meters, Vaughan said.

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch announced a bill on Monday in Colchester called the Lake Champlain Basin Program Reauthorization Act that would bring $55 million for projects that promote conservation.

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s new exhibit on the history of canal boats is now open to the public. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until October 20th.

Healthy Ecosystems Lake Champlain currently has 51 known non-native and invasive species. The report highlights a few significant ones, and their potential threat to overtaking natural populations.

Healthy Ecosystems Lake Champlain currently has 51 known non-native and invasive species. The report highlights a few significant ones, and their potential threat to overtaking natural populations.

It's not too often that a sailor takes to sea on a ship's first voyage, and then attends its retirement. Tracey Moore remembers the 1988 maiden voyage aboard the USS Lake Champlain, a missile ...