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Celebrate family, friends & fishing with LCI!
Registration now open for the 33rd Annual
LCI Father's Day Derby presented by Yamaha.
Sign up online today and save 25% over retail registration prices. Register by March 31st and we'll enter YOU in the Early Bird Drawing for a Jay Peak Vacation package! Plus, save up to 25% off retail prices! But hurry, these deals will go away as quickly as the snow when it rains! |
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LAKE CHAMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS
ON THE HOOK * April 2014
LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEWS FOR ANGLERS & BOATERS
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Did you know there are two Lake Champlain newsletters?
Looking for science and conservation news? Then check out LCI's other monthly email newsletter, 'The Straight Pipe!'
To subscribe to 'The Straight Pipe,' click here and enter your email address. Simply follow the directions to update your subscription!
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Ice shanties must be removed before the ice weakens |
Vermont state law requires that ice fishing shanties must be removed from the ice before the ice becomes unsafe or ice loses its ability to support the shanty out of the water, or before the last Sunday in March (the 30th this year), whichever comes first. Read thepress release here!
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NY DEC reminds anglers to remove fish shanties
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Reminder: Ice anglers must have removed all ice fishing shanties on the ice by March 15. From the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. More here!
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Boat launch stewards needed!
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The Lake Champlain Basin Program and New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) are seeking part-time boat launch stewards to deliver interpretive invasive species spread prevention messages to boaters on Lake Champlain during the summer of 2014. For more information click here!
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Three of Vermont's largest fish of 2013 are new state records
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Anglers have been entering impressive catches in Vermont's record fish program every year since records were first kept by the Fish & Wildlife Department in 1969, and 2013 was no exception. Three of the largest fish entered last year also qualified as new all-time state records. See them here!
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April 2014 | Fisheries vulnerable when they rely on hatcheries
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 This month, Wayne Laroche explores how wild fish compare to hatchery-raised fish. Are hatchery fish stronger or weaker than wild fish? Can hatchery fish keep Lake Champlain's fisheries strong long-term? Click here to explore these questions...
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Find LCI at these upcoming events!
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Here are a few of the places you'll find LCI over the next couple of months:
April 5: UMall Mascot March w/ Bobber Bob! S. Burlington, VT Learn more!
April 5: Friends of LCI Dinner - Email info@mychamplain.net for info!
April 11-13: Vermont Campground Show, Barre, VT Learn more!
April 12-13: Vermont Home & Garden Show, Essex, VT Learn more!
May 4: Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival, Rockingham, VT Learn more!
May 10: Burlington Kids Day, Burlington, VT Learn more!
May 21: WVPD event, Burlington, VT - info coming soon!
May 21: Colchester Fun & Safety Night, Colchester, VT - info coming soon!
May 21-22: Vermont Business Expo, Burlington, VT Learn more!
May 24: Essex Memorial Day Parade, Essex Jct., VT Learn more!
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VIDEO: LCI/Miss Vermont partnership featured on PEGTV
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NEW! Sign-up with GoodSwipe to Help Lake Champlain
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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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Use GoodSearch for Shopping, Dining
& Internet Searching and help Lake Champlain!
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Shop online, eat dinner out,
and search the internetall in the name of a healthier Lake Champlain!
Learn how!
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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.
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 The Alchemist has renewed their Signature Level membership, demonstrating their continued commitment to LCI's mission and work! The Alchemist is a small, family run brewery specializing in fresh, unfiltered IPA. They currently focus on brewing Heady Topper. Find them online!
Trowel Trades Supply began serving the needs of residential fireplace masons and has expanded to include drywall supplies and landscaping products. Their mission is "to lead, not to follow; to deliver excellence and to set the standards in product selection, technical expertise and customer service." Find them online!
Click here to see all of LCI's business members!
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Spring bass fishing tip for your friends at Yamaha
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For pre-spawn bass, try fishing backwards.
Each spring when he's searching for pre-spawn bass, Matt Herren uses a fish-finding process he occasionally describes as "fishing backwards." The Yamaha Pro first locates prime spawning flats bass will be moving to, then moves out to slightly deeper water and structure where he believes bass will staging immediately prior to their move into the shallows. Keep reading...
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Youth camp registration is open!
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On behalf of Community Sailing Center, we are pleased to announce that summer youth camp registration is open! For all the details click here!
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Vermont Trout Unlimited launches fourth annual Fly Fishing Summer Camp for teens
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 Vermont Trout Unlimited announces year four of their fly fishing camp for Vermont teens, ages 13 to 16, to be held Sunday June 22nd through Thursday June 26th at Quimby Country Lodge & Cottages, in Averill, Vermont. Click here for more info!
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Researchers identify new Burbot spawning behavior
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It's a winter's night on Lake Michigan. Underwater in the shallows, the eel-like and lowly burbot gather in a brown writhing mass to spawn. With their serpentine bodies and dangly chin barbels, it's not a pretty picture, but the activity ensures the species' survival as one of the top predators in the food chain along with lake trout. Read the entire article here!
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Oil Spill chemicals cause heart defects in tuna
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Tuna eggs exposed to crude oil from a massive BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 hatched into fish with heart and fin defects, a new study shows. Read more here!
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Hatchery fish swim more slowly
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Hatchery fish are more likely to swim more slowly than their wild counterparts, a new finding that scientists hope will influence fisheries policy. Researchers from Washington State University studied 100 fish from five different lines of rainbow trout. Continue reading!
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Great Lakes scientists use acoustic telemetry to reveal the secret lives of fish
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Through support from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission is using innovative acoustic telemetry technology to unravel the mysteries of fish behavior. Using acoustic telemetry, scientists can track the movements of fish with remarkable precision. Read more!
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America must kill this fish
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The highly invasive Asian carp has been spreading in the US, and new technologies might be the only way to deal with this problem. Continue reading... |
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April Edition | The Largest North American mammal
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ECHO After Dark Free Event - Dr. Ruha Benjamin
April 2, 2014 5:30pm - 7pm
Culturing Race, Power, and Biology in the Petri Dish
In this talk, Dr. Benjamin asks how the humanities and social sciences can contribute to our understanding of the life sciences. She considers how the sciences are a form of storytelling that incorporates metaphors which can help us see particular aspects of the world we inhabit. Learn more here!Friends of LCI Dinner April 5, 2014 6:00pm - 10:00pm A group of LCI volunteers are putting together a dinner event to raise funds for LCI's work! Tickets are only $30 each. It'll be a fun night with door prizes, raffles, a great dinner, speakers, and a lot of fantastic conversations. Email info@mychamplain.net for more details.
Let's Go Fishing Instructor Workshops
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April 5, 2014
One more great instructor workshop is scheduled for Spring 2014! Come join other enthusiastic participants and learn how to educate kids and their families about the importance of fishing and clean water! Space is limited, so register early! Click here to learn more and register!
2nd Annual Lund Boats LCI Champlain Basin Derby
April 12, 2014 - March 2015
Fish around the entire Lake Champlain Basin for almost an entire year starting April 12 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...
FNLC Tyler Place 2014 Dinner
May 22, 2014
The Tyler Place in Highgate Springs is graciously hosting the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain Evening Dinner on Thursday, May 22nd.
Join the group to discuss food, water, land use, and solutions to restoring clean water in our rivers and lakes. Register here!
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