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Mark Mitchell Joins Lake Champlain Sea Grant as Lakes Monitoring and Community Outreach Coordinator By Shari Halik July 09, 2021
Watershed Kits for Loan From Many Local Libraries By Lisa Halvorsen, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Extension July 08, 2021
Rise in Restoration Plantings in Vermont Reveals Shortage of Native Tree Stock By Lake Champlain Sea Grant Staff July 07, 2021
Hinesburg, Shelburne Endorse Raise the Blade Campaign By Linda Patterson, Land Use Planning & Water Quality Educator July 02, 2021
Lake Champlain Sea Grant’s Kris Stepenuck Promoted to Extension Associate Professor By Lake Champlain Sea Grant June 16, 2021
Rising Demand for Aquaculture in the Lake Champlain Basin By Theo Willis, Aquaculture Education Specialist June 08, 2021
Ongoing Riparian Buffer Study Plots Planted with Native Tree Species By Stever Bartlett, Graduate Student June 07, 2021
New Conservation Fellowship Strengthens Partnership with Audubon Vermont By Audubon Vermont May 12, 2021
![Mark Mitchell by lake in New Zealand and view of Lake Champlain in Vermont](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/MarkMitchellLake1200x400.jpg?itok=2VRZmDbR" "After a year working in New Zealand, Mark Mitchell returned to Vermont to join Lake Champlain Sea Grant.")
![Three woman hold STEAM Kit contents and kit contents spread on library table](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/SteamKits1200x400.jpg?itok=KwbgtLBQ" "Ashley Eaton of Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Kate Belluche of Fletcher Free Library & Caroline Blake of Lake Champlain Sea Grant coordinated STEAM Kits and distribution to local libraries.")
![People working in seedling nursery](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/ChamplainValleyNativePlantRestorationNursery1200x400.jpg?itok=Vne7qYej" "Volunteers work at the Champlain Valley Native Plant Restoration Nursery. Photo courtesy of Hilary Solomon.")
![Raise the Blade sign in front of Hinesburg town office](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/HinesburgTownHall1200x400.jpg?itok=Yt2BFUMR" "The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont, with support from the Hinesburg Conservation Commission, recently joined a growing list of participants including the Town of Shelburne in endorsement of the Raise the Blade lawn care campaign for stormwater management.")
![Lake Champlain pink sky](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/Lake_Champlain_SallyMcCay1200x400.jpg?itok=DMup9zCM" "Lake Champlain by Sally McCay, ¶¶Òõ̽̽")
![Rain boots and shovel digging into lawn, rock garden, bee on yellow flower](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/RainGardenManual1200x400.jpg?itok=s_fqfzKr")
![Kris Stepenuck](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/KrisStepenuck1200x400_0.jpg?itok=fHSVfJyT")
![Man in back of pick-up truck pours water from small bucket to large container and trout in a pond](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/AquacultureVermont1200x400_0.jpg?itok=-7z3TjVp" "Matt Danaher of Danaher Fisheries of Shrewsbury, Vermont loads a stocking truck with trout. Trout in a pond by Katharina N, Pixabay.")
![Oak seedling planted in field, woman in raincoat planting seedling, grassy field plots with flagging](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/SteverBartlettPlanting1200x400.jpg?itok=MEzAeggq" "Photo 1: One of 1,440 native tree stems planted at Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area. Photo 2: ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Dr. Kris Stepenuck, Lake Champlain Sea Grant Extension leader, plants a seedling. Photo 3: The reed canary grass outside the treated plots at the top of the photo is over 1 meter tall and tells the story of how the invasive grass can successfully shade and outcompete tree seedlings.")
![Cassie Wolfanger holding a snapping turtle and a painted turtle](/seagrant/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/images/news/Cassie1200x400_0.jpg?itok=hVsaYckM")