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November 4, 2024
Vermont’s Farm Runoff Problem: A Q&A with Deb Markowitz
Former Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Deb Markowitz joins CLF to talk about tackling agricultural runoff.
A farm on Lake Champlain
September 17, 2024
EPA Finds Vermont Doesn’t Do Enough to Stop Industrial Farm Pollution 
A broken regulatory system for enforcing clean water laws in Vermont left farmers stuck in the middle and water quality at risk. CLF pushed for change.
Lake Champlain from the air, showing where land meets water.
April 4, 2024
What is Vermont’s Flood Safety Act and Why Does It Matter?
In early February, I was headed home with our children from school pick-up. Several feet of snow covered the ground, but an eerie spring-like fog surrounded us. The unseasonably warm...
Flood waters rage over the Winooski Dam in Vermont
July 26, 2023
Climate Change + Stormwater Pollution Equals Dirty, Unsafe Swimming Holes
Numerous beach closures in the summer of 2023 were a result of climate change and stormwater pollution.
A beach closure sign
February 28, 2023
Here’s Why Vermont Needs to Ban Toxic Dock Foam
Dock foam pollution harms wildlife and water quality – that's why we must take action to ban it in Vermont and regionwide.
Small and large pieces of dock foam pollution
February 10, 2023
“Our Scrumptious Lake Phytotastic” is a Graphic Novel Focusing on Lake Champlain’s Blue-Green Algae Woes
A new graphic novel for kids explores how and why blue green algae break out on Vermont's Lake Champlain.
This is an illustration taken from the graphic novel
November 21, 2022
Is Vermont Prepared for the Rain and Flooding Climate Change Is Causing?
Vermont can do more to protect residents and communities from the devastating impacts of flooding.
Lake Champlain flooded businesses in 2011
September 1, 2022
5 Questions with Julie Silverman, CLF’s Lake Champlain Lakekeeper
As CLF's Lake Champlain Lakekeeper, Julie Silverman is helping to weave together a complex fabric of people and places working to protect and restore Lake Champlain and the network of...
Julie Silverman, Lake Champlain Lakekeeper
August 17, 2022
“No Other Lake” Documentary Celebrates Lake Champlain and Confronts Its Challenges
The documentary "No Other Lake," is now screening at various locations across Vermont and New York. We talked with filmmaker Jordan Rowell about what motivated him to embark on this...
Lake Champlain Documentary
April 8, 2022
Vermont Farmers Want to Get Clean Water Right – Here’s What’s Getting in the Way
Over the last several years, Vermont’s farmers have made tremendous progress in cutting dangerous phosphorus pollution from their properties. But a longstanding turf war between two state agencies is putting...
Lake Champlain Vermont algae outbreak