Lake Champlain and Algae
Vermont Natural Resources Secretary George Crombie appointed the state's first "lake czar," who will oversee the cleanup of Lake Champlain. Julia Moore, who had been working as a regulatory analyst at ANR, will lead the cleanup.
Crombie and Gov. Jim Douglas also announced $46,000 in grants to organizations that come up with plans to clean the northern part of the lake by reducing or removing sources of non-point pollution.
Moore will report directly to Crombie, and will oversee the new Center for Clean and Clear, designed to create a "formal, unified approach to Lake Champlain pollution" between ANR and the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
The Clean and Clear team also will include officials from the University of Vermont, federal farm agencies and the University of Vermont Extension. The team is being asked to quantify the sources of algae-feeding phosphorus pollution and determine which ones offer the biggest payoff when cleanup dollars are spent.
June 4, 2007 10:51 AM | Category: Cleanup