By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Rutland’s sewage treatment facility often releases untreated discharges into the Otter Creek and its tributaries, which then empty into Lake Champlain. In a new appeal of a recently approved permit, members of an environmental organization argue officials […]
Tag: Lake Champlain
State News
Two Vermont bald eagles test positive for avian influenza
With the unfortunate discovery of a deceased bald eagle in North Hero and one ill bald eagle in Shelburne on March 29, Vermont joined 33 other states across the country in detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the environment. […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Conserving wildlife requires respecting differences
By Christopher Herrick When Vermonters balance our passion for wildlife with a commitment to mutual respect, our state sees results. The first half of this legislative session exemplifies what this approach can accomplish. After years of regulatory and legislative stalemate […]
State News
Environmentalists raise alarm about invasive fish in Hudson River, move to protect Lake Champlain
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger Environmentalists and politicians in Vermont are urging New York officials to close a lock in the Champlain Canal to prevent the round goby, an aggressive invasive fish, from entering Lake Champlain. If the small green fish, which […]
2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 10 – March 9-15, 2022
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Featured, State News
Groups appeal permit authorizing sinking of ferry in Lake Champlain
Out of concern for Lake Champlain’s underwater ecosystems, the Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) and the Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) have appealed a permit issued by the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) to allow the sinking of a 152-foot-long ferry […]
2021 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 18_ May 5-11, 2021
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Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Maclure hosts program on alcohol smuggling over Lake Champlain during Prohibition
Thursday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.—PITTSFORD— The Maclure Library will host a program, “Whiskey on the Lake — Smuggling on Lake Champlain” with Dr. Scott McLaughlin on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. In this presentation, Dr. McLaughlin discusses how Lake […]
Sports
Vermont bass fishing season to open June 11
RUTLAND – Vermont’s regular bass fishing season is set to kick off on Saturday, June 11, marking the start of some of the most-renowned bass fishing in the northeast. “From big-water angling on lakes like Champlain, Bomoseen and Memphremagog, and […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Bird-nerd alert! Expert-led spring bird walk open to public
Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons The early bird nature walk this Saturday gives the opportunity to see a wide variety of feathered friends, possibly even bald eagles. Saturday, May 28 at 8 a.m. — ORWELL — The birds of spring are the focus […]