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Recruiting and Training for Cyanobacteria Monitors
From the Vermont DEC Website:
Help us monitor for cyanobacteria blooms this summer by becoming a trained monitor! The official cyanobacteria monitoring season will begin on June 26. Monitors will receive a training from DEC staff on how to recognize and report blooms, and commit to monitoring a location on a lake every week for 12 weeks or more on the same day of the week.
Watercraft Decontamination Station at the Newport City Dock
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Lakes and Ponds Program is excited to announce that this summer thanks to help and support from Memphremagog Watershed Association, VTDEC will be hosting a pilot watercraft decontamination station at the Newport City Dock near the Gateway Center, located on Lake Memphremagog. This pilot station will be located at 110 Fyfe Drive,…
Vermont DEC seeks lake ice observations from the public
As Vermonters patiently wait for spring temperatures, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invites the public to report when Vermont’s lakes and ponds lose their ice cover.
Also known as the “ice-out date,” this date marks when lakes or ponds become ice-free from shore to shore. Tracking ice-out dates helps DEC scientists decide when to begin seasonal water quality sampling efforts.
