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Lake Champlain Sea Grant

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Outreach, education, and research for sustainable environment & economies

Our Mission

Lake Champlain Sea Grant develops and shares science-based knowledge to benefit the environment and economies of the Lake Champlain basin. We support outreach, education, and research for communities and business, state, and local leaders.

Project ID Title Project Description

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Characterization of Lake Champlain’s Ice-based Winter Fishery: Current Status and Future Trends

Lake Champlain’s winter sports fishery is an important sector of the tourism industry in both New York and Vermont. Ice fishing remains a popular activity for Lake Champlain basin residents and visitors, but documentation about the fishery and how it has changed over the years is lacking. The Lake Champlain Sea Grant Program conducted this survey to learn more about fishing avidity, ice cover preferences, techniques, gear types, areas frequented, number of days fished, along with demographic information that would allow the characterization of this fishery and identification of potential trends
Status: Active
Duration: 02/13/2020 - Ongoing
Data Availability
Downloadable: 5 datasets

Raise the Blade

The Lake Champlain Sea Grant (LCSG) develops and shares science-based knowledge to benefit the environment and economies of the Lake Champlain basin. In 2017, Lake Champlain Sea Grant partnered with 10 Burlington-area businesses and organizations to establish "Raise the Blade" research demonstration sites. The research assessed if differences in soil and grass health exist between lawns cut to 2 inches (what most people in the Lake Champlain basin do) and lawns cut to 3 inches with clippings allowed to decompose (recommended best practices). Initially, an undergraduate fellow, supported by the Simon Family Foundation, established the paired study plots, and began managing them according to standard and recommended practices. After that summer, Lake Champlain Sea Grant hired other undergraduate student interns to manage the study plots and to monitor soil and lawn health over time. LCSG had anticipated running the study until 2027, as it was hypothesized that any changes in soil organic matter and compaction may take many years to occur. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 resulted in inability to maintain the study sites and the project became inactive.
Status: Inactive
Duration: 06/29/2017 - 10/05/2019
Data Availability
Downloadable: 3 datasets

Early Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Volunteer Water Monitoring Programs in the United States and Canada

A survey (approved via low-risk exemption as STUDY00000950 by the University of Vermont, USA, Institutional Review Board, with anonymous analysis of data) to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on volunteer monitoring programs was conducted over an 8-week period from late May to late July 2020. Responses to the survey were sought from two groups: (1) individuals who participated in the April webinar who self-identified as volunteer monitoring program coordinators/directors, staff, administrators, or volunteers; and (2) directors/coordinators of volunteer water monitoring programs included in a national directory available at http://volunteermonitoring.org whose programs were not represented in the April webinar.
Status: Completed
Duration: 04/01/2020 - 07/29/2020
Data Availability
Downloadable: 1 dataset

What We Do

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Outreach.
We put research into action in local communities. We provide residents, businesses, community organizations, and state and local managers and policymakers with tools, training, and science-based knowledge to sustainably manage Lake Champlain basin resources.

Education.
We increase knowledge about water resources and watershed health around the basin. We lead innovative, place-based classroom and virtual education programs, workshops, and events for students, teachers, professionals, and the public.

Research.
We fund research projects designed to inform policy decisions and management practices in the Lake Champlain basin, and we offer fellowships for graduate students and early-career scientists.

Our Organization

The Lake Champlain Sea Grant Institute receives federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program and partner funding through University of Vermont (UVM), the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh (SUNY-P), with UVM Extension, state and local government agencies, and numerous other organizations.

Learn more about Lake Champlain Sea Grant on our website: https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/

Contact Lake Champlain Sea Grant
Phone(802) 656-4277
Emailseagrant@uvm.edu
AddressUniversity of Vermont Aiken Center
81 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
Lead ContactAnna Marchessault