Monthly Newsletter from Lake Champlain Sea Grant


Enjoy our monthly newsletter providing updates on research, outreach and education from Lake Champlain Sea Grant.

Lake Champlain Sea Grant Announces New Research Projects
By Lake Champlain Sea Grant Staff
February 07, 2022
Lake Champlain Sea Grant announces its selection of funded research projects for the 2022-2024 award cycle, which began February 1. Five exciting projects will examine issues related to turtle conservation; lake trout stocking strategies; contaminant risk among angling groups; … [read more]

Survey Says! Seeking Ways to Aid Municipalities in Resilience to Natural Hazards
By Lake Champlain Sea Grant Staff
February 02, 2022
Municipal officials in the Lake Champlain basin have concerns about natural hazards related to climate change in their communities. Flooding, severe rainstorms, winter snowstorms, stream bank erosion, and river ice jams rank high in the minds of many. Their needs for assistance are numerous —… [read more]

Kris Stepenuck Appointed to NY Governor’s Adirondack Road Salt Task Force
By Shari Halik
January 31, 2022
Kris Stepenuck, extension leader of Lake Champlain Sea Grant, could be called a road salt shaker and mover. Stepenuck works to educate about road salt use and its impacts on our environment and waterways throughout the Lake Champlain basin of Vermont and New York, including the Adirondack… [read more]
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Upcoming Events
International Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Study Board Public Meeting
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Online – Registration required
2022 Lake Champlain Research Conference Abstract Submission
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (All day)
Abstract due by end of day
Research Seminar Series: Increasing Our Understanding of Tile Drainage Hydrology and Phosphorus Losses in Subsurface and Surface Runoff From Farm Fields in the Lake Champlain Basin
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online – Registration required
2022 Riparian Forest Restoration Practitioners’ Meeting
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 (All day) to Thursday, March 31, 2022 (All day)
Online – Registration required
Research Seminar Series: Modeling the Impacts of Forage Fish Invasion and Native Piscivore Establishment on the Food Web of Lake Champlain
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online – Registration required
Research Seminar Series: Winter Mercury Patterns in Lake Champlain and Future Environmental Health Risks
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online – Registration required
2022 Lake Champlain Research Conference
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (All day) to Wednesday, May 25, 2022 (All day)
Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington, VT
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