The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) was awarded a $15,604,872 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs – Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) to implement the Lake Champlain Basin Management Plan in Vermont. The key activities to be performed include: Continuing Vermont's participation in the Lake Champlain long-term water quality and cyanotoxin monitoring program, coordinating with the Lake Champlain...
This $15,151,278 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) funds a range of activities to improve the water quality and ecological health of the Lake Champlain Basin. The primary deliverables include: Coordinating state, federal, and local stakeholder input on Lake Champlain programs; advising on progress towards management plan objectives; reducing phosphorus inputs and toxic...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded an $11,693,189 project grant under the Geographic Programs – Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. The grant will fund activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027 to coordinate implementation of the Lake Champlain Basin Management Plan and assist the states of New York and Vermont in reducing phosphorus inputs, toxic contamination, and risks to human health...
This $2,666,667 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) will support the implementation of New York's portion of the Lake Champlain Management Plan. Key activities include: Implementing rural road best management practices to reduce nutrient loading and sedimentation in Lake Champlain Developing and supporting management decisions to improve water quality by reducing nutrient loading and...
This federal Project Grant award of $7,297,394 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 provides funding to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) through September 30, 2026. The award is made under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA #66.481), which aims to implement the Lake Champlain Basin Management Plan and assist New York and Vermont state efforts. NEIWPCC will coordinate various programs and activities to reduce phosphorus...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $733,334 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The grant funding will support DEC's implementation of New York's portion of the Lake Champlain Management Plan. Key activities include: Implementing rural road best management practices to remediate erosion and altered hydrology associated with forest trails and roads...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation a $1.2 million Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA #66.481). The grant will support implementation of New York's portion of the Lake Champlain Management Plan from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Key activities include developing and implementing rural road best management practices, onsite wastewater treatment system education and...
The University of Vermont received a $360,000 cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Central Program Planning Coordination and Support office. The funding supports the "Lake Champlain Legacy Phosphorus Assessment - Phases 1 and 2" project under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The University will conduct modeling and analysis to understand and predict the effects of conservation...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to the Lake Iroquois Recreation District. The funding will support the implementation of stormwater management and road condition improvements on Beebe Lane, a rural road near Lake Iroquois in Williston, Vermont. The key activities include crowning the gravel road, implementing stormwater best management practices, and mitigating mud season...
This $164,000 formula grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) supports the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation's (VT DEC) efforts to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state. Key activities include: Conducting statewide rotational river basin water quality assessments, field work, data compilation, and assessment report generation Developing a statewide...
This $15,366,267 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481) will fund a range of environmental initiatives in the Vermont portion of the Lake Champlain Basin. Key activities include:
Continuation of long-term water quality, biological, and cyanotoxin monitoring in Lake Champlain; coordination with the Lake Champlain Basin Program; flood resiliency capacity building; and water chestnut mapping and removal. The award will also support implementation of the 2016 Lake Champlain Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load through best management practice implementation, wastewater treatment facility asset management planning, wetland restoration and conservation, agricultural practice enhancement, and green stormwater infrastructure projects at public schools and state colleges.
A sub-award of $XXX,XXX to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will target agricultural phosphorus reduction efforts under the Vermont Lake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL Agricultural Management program.