Publications

In this video, researchers from the Lake George Association and the Town of Bolton, NY presented results from their completed Lake Champlain Sea Grant-funded project to test a woodchip bioreactor to treat effluent from the Town of Bolton wastewater treatment plant. The bioreactor successfully reduced effluent nitrates by 38 percent.

In this video, researcher Joshua Faulkner of University of Vermont Extension presents results from his completed Lake Champlain Sea Grant-funded project to monitor discharge and phosphorus loss from tile drainage systems on farm fields in Addison County, Vermont.

In this video, researcher Justin Lesser of the University of Vermont presents results from a Lake Champlain Sea Grant-funded project to assess the biomass dynamics of Lake Champlain before and after the invasion of an additional pool of prey (alewife) and the impacts of wild lake trout re-establishment in potential future stocking scenarios.

In this video, UVM Rubenstein School PhD candidate Natalie Flores reviews her Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center funded research on cyanobacteria impacts on fish and what that means for lake ecology and human health.

In this research webinar, Ashton Kirol, a Master’s student in geology at the University of Vermont, goes over his research on Lake Carmi, a 'lake in crisis' due to high phosphorus loads and cyanobacteria blooms. He discusses what changes were observed within the lake due to aeration, why the timing of phosphorus release and bloom activity shifted to earlier in the summer, and future management options.

In this video, Andres Torizzo and Nisha Nadkarni of Watershed Consulting and Eric Roy of the University of Vermont presents results from a Lake Champlain Sea Grant-funded project to conduct a two-year monitoring study on subsurface gravel wetland systems in Chittenden County, Vermont.

In this seminar Roxanne Karimi, an environmental health scientist specialized in mercury and heavy metals, compares mercury bioavailability and bioaccumulation patterns in Lake Champlain basins across seasons from the team's field research. They also discuss the implications of these patterns for fish consumption risks, including unique risks to subsistence anglers.

Restoration Roundup is a monthly podcast that invites guests from local government and nonprofit organizations to discuss the work they are doing in riparian forest restoration around the Lake Champlain basin. Season one of Restoration Roundup ran from September 2021 through September 2022. The podcast is part of the Watershed Forestry Partnership, a program housed within University of Vermont Extension and Lake Champlain Sea Grant.

Conservation Research Fellow Cassie Wolfanger with Audubon Vermont and Lake Champlain Sea Grant wrote this news story that describes what some of the scientific literature suggests for best native plants, strategic site locations, and ideal buffer structure and scale that are important for enhancing bird habitat in riparian areas.

This scientific journal article in Agriculture describes Lake Champlain Sea Grant-funded research by University of Vermont scientists who tested water flow and phosphorus export from tile drains on farm lands in Vermont, USA. This study highlights the impacts of current manure management and potential for climate change to increase phosphorus export from tile drainage.