LAKE CHAMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS
    THE STRAIGHT PIPE * December 2013 
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Chemical-free lamprey control for Lake Champlain
The Sea Lamprey Barrier in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge has been finished and tested. After this installation, the barriers are being removed for the winter and reinstalled in late March to block spawning adult sea lamprey for the first time in 2014. Watch the video to learn more!

Loon nest-warning sign campaign

One factor contributing to the successful recovery of Vermont's loon populations is the use of floating nest-warning signs. The signs help people avoid disturbing loons during the nesting season, which can cause the adults to abandon the nest. A campaign is underway to help raise funds to replace these old and damaged signs on 48 lakes and ponds around the state. You can support the loons on your favorite lake or pond by visiting the Vermont Loon Recovery Project's Loon Nest-Warning Sign campaign and making a donation.   

Locals support underwater cable project
The applicant, Transmission Developers Inc., wants to build a $2.2 billion, 333-mile-long, high-voltage, direct-current transmission line to be buried underwater and in railroad and highway right-of-ways between the Canadian border and New York City. Continue reading... 
114th annual Audubon Christmas bird count
The longest-running citizen science survey in the world, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2013 to January 5, 2014. Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout North America will brave winter weather to add a new layer to data that has shaped conservation and Congressional decisions for over a century. Find out how to participate in the Basin and beyond...
Your chance to tell them what you think about the state of your lake - next week!
Lake from Mnt Philo Tired of a dirty lake and the stink in the air from algae blooms?  Tired of a vacation day with the family ruined because of nasty water and a closed beach?  Join LCI's James Ehlers and Ross Saxton at the public meetings coming up to tell the State of Vermont and EPA what you think about the state of your lake. Find the meeting locations and times here...

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December 2013 | Lake Champlain: Water Temperature Affects Fish Behavior
Ever wonder where the fish go or how they react when the water temperatures drop?  Find out how water temperature influences Champlain's fish in this month's 'Think You Know Champlain?' Click here to find the article...
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Unique gifts for your friends and family!
   
Be a holiday hero and a Lake Champlain hero simultaneously! How, you might ask? Fill your gift lists with one-of-a-kind presents from LCI's holiday store.

Choose from Lake Champlain beachstone jewelry, LCI gear, "adopt" a stuffed Champlain frog, loon, or fish, and more!

Thank you, Vermont Home & Marine!
Thanks to Vermont Home & Marine in Williston, VT for winterizing Champlain's Ark, LCI's pollution prevention boat! Jim and his crew have many boats, ATVs, and snowmobiles for sale year-round while providing marine engine service.  Visit them on Industrial Ave in Williston or online at http://www.vthomemarine.com.
NEW! Sign-up with GoodSwipe to Help Lake Champlain
Now through everyday purchases with your debit or credit card at more than 50,000 stores around the nation, a percentage of your purchase can be donated to LCI! Learn how to sign-up here...
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LCI Business Members support the work that you and LCI are so passionately involved with. These businesses recognize the vital importance of clean waters and healthy fisheries to our local and regional economy, communities, and health.

PT360
(Sustainer Member)
Comprised of members with superior expertise in a progressive array of treatment techniques, PT360's physical therapy skills are most effective when shared and used in harmony to maximize your recovery. This is done through a shared commitment to working collaboratively. PT360 empowers their patients to take ownership of their health, and its staff to ensure each patient receives the best care possible. Learn more about PT360!

Cabot Creamery Cooperative
(Sustainer Member)
Cabot is a cooperative of 1,200 dairy farm families located throughout upstate New York and New England. Cabot manages four plants in three states, employing over 1,000 people, who make the best dairy products on the planet. Award-winning cheeses made with love and pride in Cabot and Middlebury, Vermont and Chateaugay, NY. The best premium butter churned with care in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Find out more about Cabot!

SEABA (Sustainer Member)
Widely known for their Art Hop, SEABA's (South End Arts and Business Association) growing focus is the promotion and development of the South End Burlington community - a community that is directly impacted by the health of Lake Champlain. Check out their many events, including the upcoming Holiday sHop featuring hundreds of locally made products. www.seaba.com


Forcier Consulting Engineers
(Partner Member)
Forcier Consulting Engineers, PC, is an engineering firm offering consulting and engineering services for Renewable Energy and Composting Systems and Projects, including studies, designs, permitting assistance, construction observation, cost opinions, and expert witness testimony. Find out more about Forcier Consulting Engineers!


Play Dog Play (Partner Member)
Play Dog Play is a locally inspired, family owned and operated doggie daycare, boarding facility in Burlington's South End. Their retail store is fully stocked with premium dog foods, treats, toys and chews. Self-service wash stations are available too! Find out more about Play Dog Play!



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Rain or shine, campers have a blast at Green Mountain Conservation Camps
It was another great year for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Green Mountain Conservation Camps (GMCC), Buck Lake in Woodbury and Edward F. Kehoe in Castleton. Read all about it!
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Rich pay less for clean water, critic says 

When it comes to paying for clean water in South Africa, the rich are not shouldering their fair share of the burden, according to an environmental group. 

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says the brunt of these water costs fall on the poor.  Keep reading... 


EPA releases report on importance of water to economy

This report is intended to help raise the awareness of water's importance to our national economic welfare, and to summarize information that public and private decision-makers can use to better manage the nation's water resources. Check out this report! 

Blissed-out fish on Prozak

U.S. waterways are a pharmaceutical soup, and that soup is becoming more difficult to identify and filter everyday. The author writes about "why we can't get our water supply free of drugs." Read on...   

Senate bill revives infrastructure bank idea
Clogged Pipe

Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) are reviving a push to create a national infrastructure funding bank in a new bill unveiled recently. Warner and Blunt's bill would create an "infrastructure financing authority" that would receive $10 billion in initial funding. Read about the supporters and opponents...  

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The world's most beautiful sewage plant?

Who is the fairest wastewater treatment plant of them all? It may be the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York, according to a recent commentary. The plant is "the world's most beautiful wastewater treatment plant. Let this wastewater treatment plant show you how to live." Find out why!  

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December Edition | Staying safe on the ice
As our lakes and ponds start to freeze soon, Thomas gives us some safety tips for venturing out on the ice. Ice fishing can be fun, buy it can also be dangerous if you're not prepared. Check out Thomas' tips here...
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Champlain Basin Derby
 
Now - March 2014 
Fish around the entire Lake Champlain Basin from now until March 2014 for your chance to win cash while exploring our region's spectacular network of streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. You never know what you'll catch! Sign up today... 
 
Lake Champlain Clean-up public meetings
December 2-11
Join LCI and other partners to discuss the updated plan for preventing phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain!
Click here for the meeting schedule and more info...

Winter Doe Camp 2014
February 28-March 2, 2014

Winter Doe Camp is a women's weekend retreat for outdoor skill development, adventure, health and just plain fun. Participants can camp out or stay in heated cabins at night, enjoy great meals and play in the snow all day. Spend the weekend learning winter outdoors skills while staying near the shores of Lake Morey in Fairlee, VT!   

Click here for more info and to register!

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International, Inc.                          

531 Main Street

Colchester, VT 05446

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