{"id":993,"date":"2021-08-11T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.seagrant.w3.uvm.edu\/2021\/08\/11\/learn-about-lake-champlain-on-the-colchester-causeway\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:49:16","slug":"learn-about-lake-champlain-on-the-colchester-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2021\/08\/11\/learn-about-lake-champlain-on-the-colchester-causeway\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About Lake Champlain on the Colchester Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tDid you know the eastern spiny softshell turtle species lives\u00a0<em>nowhere else on earth<\/em>\u00a0except in the northeastern part of Lake Champlain and in the Lamoille River? Did you know washing an average-sized load of laundry can release over 700,000 microfibers into our waterways?<\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou can find out more about the eastern spiny softshell turtle, about microplastics in our waterways, and much more about Lake Champlain each Friday through August 27 from 12-3pm on the Colchester Causeway. Lake Champlain Sea Grant is partnering with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmotion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local Motion<\/a>\u00a0to bridge recreation and science at the Colchester Causeway\/Island Line bike ferry crossing this summer. Here&#8217;s how to find us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtbikeped.org\/\">www.vtbikeped.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMeet up with Lake Champlain Sea Grant staff who will\u00a0be on hand\u00a0to provide\u00a0educational information\u00a0about local water quality and stories of Lake Champlain.\u00a0You can learn about the lake&#8217;s natural and cultural history, geology, and ecology, its challenges, and recreational and stewardship opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLake Champlain Sea Grant staff have put together several fun and intriguing \u201cLittle Lake Lessons\u201d for Causeway visitors. Take a bike ride on the Causeway on a Friday afternoon to learn more or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/causeway\">www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/causeway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson One \u2013 It\u2019s All About Poop:<\/strong> Learn how beach managers test for certain bacteria to determine if water\u00a0is safe for swimming.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Two \u2013 Formation of Lake Champlain:<\/strong> Understand the geologic history of the lake and how it evolved from Lake Vermont and later the Champlain Sea.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Three \u2013 Microplastics in Our Waterways: <\/strong>Find out how you can help reduce microfibers in our waterways by how you wash your clothes.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Four \u2013 Know Your Native Land: <\/strong>Learn about the first inhabitants of the region and how water or \u201cnebi\u201d plays a role in Abenaki people\u2019s lives.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Five \u2013 Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles: <\/strong>Discover the biology of this endangered turtle and how you can help in its conservation.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Six \u2013 Birds on Lake Champlain: The Common Tern: <\/strong>Find out about the nesting and activities\u00a0of this endangered\/threatened\u00a0bird species and how to help continue its recovery.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong>Lesson Seven \u2013 Mercury in Fish: <\/strong>Learn about the dangers of mercury and the guidelines for safe consumption of fish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tLake Champlain Sea Grant is a partnership between University of Vermont Extension, the State University of New York Plattsburgh, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. To learn more, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\">www.uvm.edu\/seagrant<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know the eastern spiny softshell turtle species lives\u00a0nowhere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1314,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions\/1314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}