Resources

Dr. Eric Leibensperger, Associate Professor in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at SUNY Plattsburgh is leading a research project, with funding from Lake Champlain Sea Grant to collect continuous surface weather and lake water temperature data.

A map and descriptive self-guided bicycle tour of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in the city of Rutland, Vermont.

Lake Champlain Sea Grant strategic plan for 2018-2021

Results from a survey of marinas on Lake Champlain related to their interest and willingness to distribute educational materials about clean boating to recreational boaters.

This scientific journal article by Stephanie Hurley and others describes the application of inflow and outflow monitoring infrastructure to measure pollutant mass load reduction by roadside bioretention systems. This research describes the innovative infrastructure used at the University of Vermont (UVM) Bioretention Laboratory and provides enough detail to be replicated or adapted to other bioretention settings.

This scientific journal article by Stephanie Hurley and others evaluates the nutrient leaching potential of different compost products. This research highlights the importance of saturation as an influencing factor on the nutrient leaching potential of different composts and compost-amended bioretention soils. The study found that all seven compost products that were analyzed leached ammonium and phosphate at increasing concentrations over time, from 10 min to 10 days of saturation. This suggests that compost applications in wet settings, such as within green stormwater infrastructure, riparian areas, and floodplains have a greater chance of leaching soluble nutrients.

Efforts to improve water quality and ecosystem integrity in the Lake Champlain Basin rely on the programs and support of a number of U.S. federal agencies. These agencies play a pivotal role in implementing the goals of the Lake Champlain management plan "Opportunities for Action." They provide financial and technical support to state and local partners, and implement key projects of their own to restore and protect the Lake and its watershed.

Road salt (sodium chloride) has been used as a method to manage icy winter roads since the 1940s. Researchers from across the country investigated the long-term trends of road salt use on 371 freshwater lakes across North America.

This poster displays research by Danielle Garneau and her students at SUNY Plattsburgh to examine the distribution of microplastics from long-term monitoring zooplankton samples within Lake Champlain collected 1992-2016. This research was funded by Lake Champlain Sea Grant.

Discusses the role of stream restoration in nutrient management and provide recommendations for practice and future research.