Resources

In this talk, we introduce decision-support tools for evaluating the multiple, and sometimes incompatible, objectives of different decision-makers for management of floodplains. These tools, developed with Sea Grant support, aim to balance stakeholder objectives and refine the rankings of restoration projects developed under Vermont’s Functioning Floodplain Initiative. Because phosphorus attenuation is a critical objective amongst most stakeholders to meet clean water goals for Lake Champlain, research on the capacity of connected floodplains to capture flood-borne phosphorus is also described. These tools were designed to support a systems-based management approach that best meets multiple stakeholder objectives to promote consensus decision making and cost-effective implementation of nature-based solutions.

This research webinar with University of Vermont Graduate Student Destini Acosta examines her research with Spiny Softshell nesting habitat on the shores of Lake Champlain and outlines potential management decisions to conserve habitat for this species.

This storymap explains what residential stormwater management is, why it's important, and how to get involved in the Lake Champlain basin. It also outlines our residential stormwater certification program, BLUE BTV.

This peer-reviewed article published in 2023 was the result of the Lake Champlain Sea Grant funded project: Stormwater Subsurface Gravel Wetlands in Vermont. This information will be used to inform stormwater management in Vermont and beyond.

This article published in River Research and Application was published in July 2023 including Lake Champlain Sea Grant funded research by Kristen Underwood and Rebecca Deihl.

This two-page brochure describes how to set up an aquaponics system to grow fish and plants for food.

Lake Champlain Sea Grant and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation hosted this Abenaki Water Perspectives panel discussion with speakers Chief Don Stevens, Melody Mackin and Rich Holschuh. View both a full recorded version (1 hour and 25 minutes) and a short version that features the highlights (4 minutes).

Conservation Research Fellow Cassie Wolfanger with Audubon Vermont and Lake Champlain Sea Grant wrote this news story about Burlington, Vermont's Intervale Center and its on-farm habitat enhancement for biodiversity conservation with co-benefits of flood protection and climate change.

We teamed up with Peregrine Productions to create this video about an aquaponics farm in Vermont. Finn and Roots is housed in a 6,000 square foot greenhouse which raises fish and grows vegetables year round.

We teamed up with Peregrine Productions to create this video about an aquaculture shrimp farm in Vermont. Sweet Sound is Vermont's first shrimp aquaculture farm. The fish are raised in recirculating seawater at the farm and are available for retail and wholesale purchase weekly.