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Great Lakes Fishery Commission – Lake Memphremagog Partnership Report 2025
Strengthening Partnerships to Grow our Impact
Bi-national stewardship priorities for Lake Memphremagog, including challenges of pollution abatement, fisheries management, native species restoration, invasive species management and spread prevention are very similar to those faced by the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. For all of these bi-national tributaries to the Saint Lawrence River ecosystem conditions do not recognize borders and cooperative management is needed so that our two countries share environmental successes rather than failures.
The Deeper Dig: How flooding affects Vermont’s wildlife and ecosystems
Vermonters are still coming to terms with the devastating toll of this summer’s flooding, which inundated downtowns, destroyed homes and businesses, and caused two confirmed deaths. Considered from almost any angle, the impact of this extreme weather on the state has been massive.
Valley Brook, Morgan, Vermont Restoration Project Phase 1
The Memphremagog Watershed Association was recently awarded nearly $143,000 from the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Quality Formula Grant program to complete stream and floodplain restoration work on Valley Brook in Morgan. Phase 1 of the restoration project will begin in August, and shortly thereafter a transformation will take place on the property off Valley Road. As part of a farm retirement and conservation effort, the former dairy operation will be decommissioned and converted into a VT Fish & Wildlife Department Streambank Management Area (SMA) for use by the public for fishing, hunting, trapping, and wildlife viewing.
