Funding this award will help to implement the lake champlain management plan in the vermont portion of the lake champlain basin as identified in clean water act section 120

These projects will help improve and/or evaluate the water quality and ecological health of the lake champlain basin by conducting lake champlain's long-term water quality, biological, and cyanotoxin monitoring program, coordinating with the lake champlain basin program, strengthening flood resiliency, support for municipal separate storm sewer system permitting and assistance, and water chestnut mapping and removal. Work to support implementation of the 2016 lake champlain total maximum daily load for phosphorus will also address loading through BMP implementation, wastewater treatment facility asset management planning, enhanced agricultural practice implementation, and the planning, design, and construction of stormwater infrastructure at public schools and vermont state colleges in the lake champlain basin.activities:activities to be performed with this award include continuation of vermont's participation in the lake champlain's long-term water quality, biological, and cyanotoxin monitoring program, lake champlain basin program coordination, priority wetland acquisition, and water chestnut mapping and removal. Subrecipient deliverables, which will also benefit all residents of the lake champlain basin, include addressing phosphorus loading through BMP implementation, continued support of priority wetland restoration and conservation, enhanced agricultural practice implementation, and the planning, design, and construction of green stormwater infrastructure at public schools and vermont state colleges in the lake champlain basin.subrecipient:subaward activities implemented through this cooperative agreement include grants to vermont municipalities to support implementation of municipal separate storm sewer systems; support to implement the green schools program; and grants for vermont department of environmental conservation pollution control grants and clean water funded projects. Outcomes:anticipated deliverables include data collected to analyze long-term water quality trends for lake champlain data to evaluate successes of OFA strategies/goals, progress towards the lake champlain phosphorus tmdl implementation plan, and management activities around the basin; reduction in water chestnut presence to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species; support for municipal separate storm sewer system to offset the costs of permit compliance for communities and the regulated three-acre community, a vermont state permit program, who must develop and implement stormwater treatment practices to reduce phosphorus loads in the lake champlain basin; onsite wastewater treatment system education program to bolster the understanding and skills of the state's onsite wastewater professionals (licensed designers, installers, technology service providers, pumpers, and equipment providers) in the areas of innovation and advancements in the design, operation, and maintenance; evaluation of stocking contribution and create a defined procedure which will be used by vermont fish and wildlife department in the future to help manage walleye in lake champlain; continued support of vermont's lake wise evaluator training, natural shoreland erosion control trainings, and best management practice installation site identification to improve lake water quality and shoreland habitat; support for vermont's farm agronomic practices program, engineering services, technical assistance, and farmstead best management practices program, and conservation reserve enhancement program to improve water quality through implementation of production area and best management practices that will reduce nutrient loading; and construction of stormwater practices at vermont public schools and colleges to reduce phosphorus loading from developed lands and INC