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Annual Report

October 2008 to September 2009

PROGRESS 2009

LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN PROGRAM

ABOUT US

About the Lake Champlain Basin Program

The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) was created by the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990. Our mission is to coordinate the implementation of the Lake Champlain management plan, Opportunities for Action. Program partners include New York, Vermont, and Québec, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, and local government leaders, businesses, and citizen groups.

The Lake Champlain Steering Committee leads the LCBP. Its members include many of the program partners, and the chairpersons of technical, cultural heritage and recreation, education, and citizen advisory committees. The LCBP’s primary annual funding is received through a EPA appropriation under the Federal Clean Water Act. Visit www.lcbp.org to learn more.

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The LCBP main offi ce is located in Grand Isle, Vermont—a short walk from the Grand Isle-Plattsburgh Ferry. We also operate a Resource Room within the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain (top fl oor of ECHO) on the Burlington waterfront that is open daily.

54 West Shore Road Grand Isle, VT 05458Phone: 800/468-5227 (NY & VT) or 802/372-3213Resource Room: 802/864-1848 option 6www.lcbp.org

Most of the LCBP staff can fi t in Program Manager Bill Howland’s boat! Visit our website for a full staff list.

COVER: LCBP funded the Wayside Exhibits at the Clinton County Community College overlook.

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Many Works in Progress

Over the past year, the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) launched several major new projects while maintaining progress with continuing tasks to implement the management plan, Opportunities for Action. From October 2008 through September 2009, the LCBP Steering Committee partners, staff and advisory committees worked on revising the Plan itself, so that when it is approved in 2010, the Plan will refl ect updated jurisdictional commitments throughout the Lake Champlain watershed.

Congressional support for the EPA Lake Champlain appropriation has been led by US Senator Leahy each year. The EPA coordinated the broad stakeholder effort that developed the initial version of Opportunities for Action and continues a federal leadership role on the Lake Champlain Steering Committee. Increased support from the International Joint Commission for an assessment of phosphorus pollution sources, and a robust program of Champlain Quadricentennial interpretation and events supported by the National Park Service, refl ects new stewardship funding initiatives by Senator Leahy, with the support of our full Congressional Delegation. The Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership management plan has been developing steadily and will be released for public comment in winter of 2010. Education and outreach staff also engage tens of thousands of people each year with current information about the Lake and its stewardship.

INTRODUCTION

Looking towards the Adirondack mountains from Burlington Bay.


TECHNICAL INITIATIVES

Responding Quickly to New Aquatic Invasive Infestations

The Lake Champlain Basin Rapid Response Action Plan for Aquatic Invasive Species was approved by the LCBP Steering Committee in May 2009. This plan ensures that appropriate protocols, trained personnel, equipment, permits, and other resources are in place to contain and potentially eradicate newly detected nonnative aquatic invasive species (AIS) as they are reported in the Basin.

To date, 49 nonnative species are known to occur in Lake Champlain, many of which are invasive. About 148 species are present in the Great Lakes watershed, which is the primary source of AIS infestations of Lake Champlain. The plan calls for a task force comprised of members from Québec, New York, and Vermont to implement and oversee rapid response actions. The action plan can be downloaded from www.lcbp.org/ans-spread.htm.

The LCBP also is collaborating with the New York State Canal Corporation to reduce the introduction of AIS through the Champlain Canal.

Informing Boaters about Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species

Seven LCBP Lake Stewards were stationed at heavily used Vermont and New York boat launches from Memorial Day to Labor Day in 2009. They greeted lake users, collected basic survey information and conducted courtesy invasive species inspections on 6,729 boats. Of the 572 organisms collected during voluntary inspections, 326 were identifi ed as aquatic invasive species. About 4.8% of the total inspections resulted in removal of an aquatic invasive species from a boat or trailer. LCBP Lake Stewards also staffed information tables at fi shing derbies and other events throughout the region. In this continuing program, LCBP staff worked with staff from the Lake George Association, the Paul Smith’s Adirondack Watershed Institute and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation steward programs to ensure a coordinated effort. Learn more about this and other invasive species prevention programs at www.lcbp.org/nature.htm.

The LCBP teamed up with staff from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Champlain Sea Grant, University of Vermont, and the New York and Vermont environmental conservation departments to assess the extent of invasive Asian clam within the Champlain Canal.

LCBP Lake Steward Brenna Ryan discusses invasive species with a boater at Wilcox Dock in Plattsburgh, NY.

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Monitoring for Blue-Green Algae and Other Water Quality Indicators

Scientists from the University of Vermont Rubenstein Lab were funded by the LCBP to sample blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms for toxins. Sampling was conducted throughout the Lake, including Missisquoi Bay, St. Albans Bay and Burlington Bay, and wherever blue-green algae mats were found. Rubenstein Lab staff also worked with the Vermont and New York Departments of Environmental Conservation to monitor fi fteen water quality stations lakewide through the Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Program for Lake Champlain, which also is funded and coordinated by the LCBP. Eighteen shoreline sites were sampled by Lake Champlain Committee volunteers, with funding from another LCBP grant. The UVM Rubenstein Lab provides this data to the Vermont Department of Health to inform public health advisories for blue-green algae blooms on the Lake. The Québec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks (QCMDDEP) tests for blue-green algae on Missisquoi Bay as well, continuing a project begun in 1999. Technical reports for each monitoring season are published by the LCBP. These reports and weekly updates on blue-green algae are found at www.lcbp.org/bgalgae.htm.

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

The LCBP and the US Fish and Wildlife Service Lake Champlain Project, received a $500,000 allocation through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2009 appropriation. This new funding will assess the feasibility of a barrier to prevent the spread of the spiny water fl ea and other aquatic invasive species. Spiny water fl ea is already established in the Great Sacandaga Lake, which is connected by water to the Champlain Canal. The funds will also provide technical assistance for wetland restoration to implement riparian, in-stream, and wetland habitat improvements, and to clean-up debris and toxic substances from Law Island in Colchester, VT. Some projects are underway, and work on others will begin in the winter of 2010.

Testing a large blue-green algae bloom on Missisquoi Bay for the presence of toxins. (Photo: QCMDDEP)

The invasive spiny water fl ea, shown above clumped on a fi shing line, are not yet in Lake Champlain. (Photo Jeff Gunderson/ Minnesota Sea Grant)

LOCAL GRANTS: The federal EPA appropriation allowed the LCBP to award a total of $91,000 for Pollution Prevention/Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention and Organizational Support grants in 2008. More details on page 14.



Reducing Phosphorus Runoff from Small Farms into Missisquoi Bay

Agricultural runoff has contributed to the high phosphorus levels and excessive algal blooms in Missisquoi Bay. Beginning in 2007 with funding received from the International Joint Commission (IJC), the LCBP was tasked with completing nutrient management plans on 30 small farms to reduce phosphorus runoff within the Vermont portion of the watershed. The two year project was completed in July 2009 by Bourdeaus’ and Bushey, Inc. working with a University of Vermont Extension Field Crop and Nutrient Management Specialist.

Farmer involvement in this program was voluntary, and because there were no regulatory compliance aspects of the project, implementation of the best management practices identifi ed also was voluntary. The 30 nutrient management plans completed adhere to the USDA-NRCS 590 standard. The project grant paid for soil and manure samples, farm consultations, and plan development. Farmers were asked to learn about nutrient management, meet with fi eld staff for data collection, keep a record of their fi eld activities, and consider implementing practices that would reduce phosphorus (P-index) scores or reduce farmstead facility water contamination. Farm records from 2007 and 2008 were compared to determine changes in farm practices. The total P-index among participating farms is estimated to have decreased 8% between 2007 and 2008.

Identifying Critical Source Areas of Pollution in the Missisquoi Watershed

In August, 2008, the International Joint Commission (IJC) was asked by the US and Canadian federal governments to coordinate a research program in collaboration with the LCBP that would identify critical sources of phosphorus to Missisquoi Bay. To help target limited resources to reduce phosphorus pollution, this ongoing project will: identify areas of the Missisquoi Basin that contribute disproportionately large amounts of nutrient pollution to the Bay (critical source areas); acquire and compile data and imagery to support the critical source area (CSA) analysis; and monitor water quality and meteorology in the Basin over a two-year period at several sites.

In early 2009, the LCBP conducted a series of public workshops to help guide the project. Topics of the workshops included: possible monitoring approaches and locations, potential models to use for CSA identifi cation, and available, relevant data for the region. Several short-term monitoring stations have been established within the Missisquoi watershed, in partnership with the US Geological Survey, and data are now being collected. LCBP staff began collecting water quality samples from fi ve new sites in December 2009. In January 2010, a request for proposals will be issued to begin a geo-spatial modeling effort to identify sources of nutrient pollution within the Basin. LCBP partners in the Vermont Agencies of Natural Resources and of Agriculture and the Center for Clean and Clear have been closely involved in this work, as have Québec partners from the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. For more information, visit www.lcbp.org/ijc.htm.

After a heavy rain, a large plume of runoff fl ows into Missisquoi Bay from the Missisquoi River.

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Partnering with the US Army Corps of Engineers

Under Section 542 of the Water Resource and Development Act, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the LCBP have established a joint program (based on Opportunities for Action) to bring USACE technical support to important large tasks in the watershed. LCBP screens and prioritizes applications for support by local governments, and the USACE implements the tasks in partnership with the local applicant. There is a local cost share. Five new projects were initiated in 2008-09, many of which focus on urban stormwater problems. These urban projects add to progress made with the agricultural work in the more rural regions the watershed. For further information visit www.lcbp.org/grantwac.htm.

Watershed Restoration Projects underway in the Lake Champlain Basin through the USACE/LCBP program. (Graphic courtesy of USACE)

Many of the USACE/LCBP projects address pollution from stormwater runoff.


EDUCATION & OUTREACH INITIATIVES

Reaching Out to More than 28,000 Visitors in LCBP’s Resource Room

To share current Lake and watershed information with students, teachers and adult guests, the LCBP funds and staffs the Resource Room at ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain on the Burlington, VT waterfront. This year, LCBP staff interacted with more than 28,000 guests, nearly 25% of ECHO’s total visitors. To update the Resource Room for the Quadricentennial, LCBP staff created an exhibit of Abenaki artifacts and replicas that supplemented the Indigenous Expressions exhibit in ECHO. Another exhibit titled What Did Sam See? interpreted the natural resources that Samuel de Champlain may have witnessed on his 1609 exploration.

LCBP Resource Room staff also train volunteers, maintain a curricular and research library, maintain two computer stations for visitor use, and provide other hands-on exhibits about the Lake. The Resource Room is staffed by the LCBP seven days/week; it is located on the top fl oor of ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. For further information, visit www.lcbp.org/reroom.htm.

Bringing the Lake to 70 Schools and Community Programs

LCBP outreach staff completed more than 70 free watershed presentations to schools and community groups during the past year. Programs included watershed model demonstrations, slide shows about water quality and lake issues, and hands-on activities about the values of wetlands. The LCBP provides opportunities for teachers and students to learn more about the Lake through our website and at our Resource Room. Learn more at www.lcbp.org/programs.htm.

Education staff Laura Hollowell explains the watershed model at the Winooski Valley Park District Conservation Field Day.

A teacher is shown the watershed model at the Resource Room by LCBP Education staff Cynthia Norman. Teachers may borrow the model or have a free class presentation by LCBP staff.

LOCAL GRANTS: The federal EPA appropriation allowed the LCBP to award a total of $34,500 for Education & Outreach grants in 2008. More details on page 15.

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Teaching 800 Students through Professional Development Training for Educators

A Watershed for Every Classroom (WEC) is a year-long professional development experience for educators in the Lake Champlain Basin initiated by the Champlain Basin Education Initiative (CBEI) partners. WEC offers teachers both inspiration and knowledge of place-based curriculum and service learning principles. At the heart of this approach is the belief that students immersed in the interdisciplinary study of their home place are more motivated to care for their watershed.

In 2008-2009, ten New York, Vermont and Quebec educators participated in an eleven-day training which included exploring shoreline geology, sampling river and lake water quality, canoeing tributaries, and exploring farms and island habitats. These educators taught more than 800 students during the past year. Twenty-seven educators also participated in CBEI alumni workshops. Primary funding for CBEI is through LCBP’s EPA appropriation, but enrollment fees and additional small grants also pay for program expenses. Learn more at www.lcbp.org/cbei.htm.

Partnering Across the Border

The LCBP has worked with the Missisquoi Bay Basin Corporation in Québec to fund English versions of the four “Clear Water Musketeers” curriculum booklets. The fourth booklet in the series, which addresses water quality, was published in 2009 for use in thirteen English and French speaking elementary schools. More than 600 students across the border have been introduced to Musketeers Aqualine and Riviero as they guide students through issues affecting the Missisquoi Bay Basin. Québec educators and staff also have participated in the CBEI educator workshops.

Getting the Word Out: “Don’t ‘P’ on Your Lawn!”

Although phosphorus-based lawn fertilizers are legal in Vermont and New York, local studies have shown that they are not needed for healthy lawns, and lawn care experts recommend using phosphorus-free products. Collaborating with state and nonprofi t partners, the “Don’t ‘P’ on Your Lawn” campaign, now in its third year, reached out extensively to retailers in 2009. Nearly 60 retailers now report selling phosphorus-free fertilizers. A 2009 Vermont Agency of Agriculture report to the State Legislature indicated that non-farm phosphorus fertilizer sales have dropped from 294 tons in 2003 to 161 tons in 2007. To learn more about this program visit www.lawntolake.org.

A local teacher learns how to teach using a secchi disk to measure water clarity. (J. Silverman Photo)



Exchanging Information Among Watershed Groups

Each year, the LCBP hosts a meeting for the more than 30 local river, lake and watershed associations to provide information exchange and support for their administrative and technical needs. Through their efforts, more than 1,000 volunteers are improving habitat, stabilizing streambanks, managing invasive species and increasing recreational access, all of which are goals of the management plan for Lake Champlain. Since many groups have limited funding and staff, the LCBP provides small stipends to each group attending the meetings—costs that are otherwise not covered by grants. Learn about watershed groups at www.lcbp.org/watersheds/assoc.htm.

Recognizing Farmers Who Are Good Watershed Stewards

During this fourth year of recognition, the 2008 Lake Champlain Farm Award was presented to three outstanding farms in the watershed. Each year, nominations are sought for farmers who take environmental conservation to heart, working above and beyond the minimum effort required to protect the watershed, while keeping their farms economically viable. This year’s recipients were:

• Boomhowers’ Bittersweet Valley Farm, Fairfi eld, VT, a 60 cow organic dairy farm.

• La Ferme Asnong et Hélène Campbell in Pike River, Quebec, the fi rst grain farm to receive the award.

• Everett Orchards, Peru, NY, the fi rst apple grower to receive the award.

To learn more about these farms and their practices visit www.lcbp.org/farm_award.htm.

Keeping Up with Online Communication and Social Media

More than 120,000 pages were viewed on LCBP’s website in 2009. The site is very popular with students and teachers researching Lake issues. Other key features include a database of more than 675 grants awarded to date, and a publications database with more than 200 documents. In addition to the program’s main website, LCBP staff maintain the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership and Lawn to Lake websites. The Casin’ the Basin E-news reaches more than 2,500 subscribers. In 2009, the LCBP created a YouTube video channel, a new Twitter feed and a blog of unique questions asked about Lake Champlain. The blog already receives more than 300 visits/month. Visit us at www.lcbp.org.

Members of the Boomhower family pose with their new farm award sign and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas at the Vermont Dairy Banquet.

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CULTURAL HERITAGE & RECREATION

Implementing the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership

In November 2006, the communities along the interconnected waterways of Lake Champlain, Lake George, the Champlain Canal and the upper Hudson River were designated a National Heritage Area (NHA) by the United States Congress. The new Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP) is one of only 49 places in the country with this distinction. The LCBP, having been named the managing entity of the CVNHP, is responsible for developing the new management plan for the area, although the existing heritage chapter in Opportunities for Action is considered an approved interim plan.

The National Park Service, which administers the National Heritage Program, has named Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park as its offi cial liaison to the CVNHP. Park staff work closely with the LCBP in negotiating the planning process that requires compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. Plan development steps include involving the public, evaluating alternatives for cultural heritage themes and assessing their potential environmental impact, and selecting a preferred alternative.

Using the results of public meetings held in 2008, the LCBP created a Preliminary Planning Framework in April 2009. The framework document illustrated the intent of the authorizing federal legislation and refl ected the initial public guidance. It was introduced at fi fteen public sessions to the 151 people in attendance. The LCBP Steering Committee will continue working on the plan and obtain more public input in late winter 2010. To learn more, visit www.champlainvalleynhp.org.

Interpreting Natural and Cultural Resources through Wayside Exhibits

Wayside Exhibits tell unique local stories of the Lake Champlain region. They feature nature trails, heritage walks, tales of battles that shaped our region, and recent projects to clean-up the Lake, restore rivers and prevent pollution. The LCBP provides organizations with in-kind design and translation services to support interpretive efforts, and to encourage a unifi ed exhibit design. New exhibits installed in 2009 are located at Clinton County Community College, Otter View Park in Middlebury, Potash Brook in South Burlington, and along Lake Champlain Byways in Chittenden County. A total of 169 exhibits have been created to date in the Basin. Visit www.lcbp.org/wayside to see them all online.

LOCAL GRANTS: The federal NPS appropriation allowed the LCBP to award a total of $365,680 in 2008/2009. Grants categories included CVNHP Partnership and Quadricentennial grants. More details on pages 16-17.


CULTURAL HERITAGE & RECREATION

Sharing Lake Stewardship Aboard the Lois McClure

With LCBP coordination, funds were provided to support the “Discover 1609” voyage of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica canal schooner the Lois McClure to twenty ports of call in New York and Vermont. From Rouses Point, NY to Waterford, NY, the schooner served as a compelling venue for presenting 400 years of Champlain Valley history in the “Making of Nations” and as a “Corridor of Commerce”—two themes identifi ed in the CVNHP authorizing legislation. LCBP allocated both Champlain Quadricentennial NPS funds ($100,000) and Lake Champlain USEPA funds ($150,000) toward this voyage.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum staff and volunteers, working with LCBP and NPS staff, greeted more than 25,000 people aboard the vessel during the “Discover 1609” voyage offering heritage interpretation and Lake stewardship information. An NPS bilingual interpreter (French-English) was onboard the Lois McClure throughout the summer season. LCBP staff also assisted the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum with interpretive materials for a “Discover 1609” exhibit at Burlington International Airport. To learn more about the Lois McClure visit www.lcmm.org/our_fl eet/lois_mcclure.htm.

Colchester, VT on July 4th was one of twenty ports-of-call in New York and Vermont for the vessel Lois McClure in 2009.

LCBP supported the development and funding of many Quadricentennial programs in 2009.

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LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS

LCBP Local Implementation Grants in High Demand

The LCBP awarded $125,000 in local grants supported by the 2008 EPA appropriation, with 56 organizations requesting $379,354. The Lake Champlain Steering Committee will award additional grants in winter 2010 utilizing up to $131,000 of the 2009 EPA appropriation. The 2009 requests for 76 projects totaled $553,422. In addition, $365,000 was awarded in partnership with the National Park Service to 41 projects. Total requests for the NPS funding exceeded one million dollars.

Pages 14-17 of this report list the grants awarded in this past fi scal year. More details about the grant projects are in the “Local Grant Abstracts and Contact Information Appendix (2009)” and in our online grants database: www.lcbp.org/grant_search.aspx.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN PROGRAM LOCAL GRANTS BY SUB-BASIN, 1992 TO 2009

LAMOILLE$131,79726 Projects

WINOOSKI$1,148,401199 Projects

OTTER/LEWIS$454,64096 Projects

MISSISQUOI$263,91141 Projects

SARANAC/CHAZY$442,597

71 Projects

BOQUET/AUSABLE

$726,007132 Projects

POULTNEY/METTOWEE

$388,06899 Projects

GRAND ISLE$40,434

14 Projects

LCBP Local Implementation Grants are helping to fund the Intervale Conservation Nursery, which grows native saplings for stream bank restoration plantings. (Photo Intervale Center)



2008 Pollution Prevention or AIS Spread Prevention Grants Awarded

LCBP Funding from the USEPA

Organization Project Amount

AuSable River AssociationBiological Control of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) West Branch Ausable Watershed

$1,597

Cross Vermont TrailBenton Conservation Park - Erosion Control Design and Implementation

$8,713

Friends of the Mad River United Against AIS in the Winooski Basin $9,000

Intervale Center Intervale Conservation Nursery $7,500

Lake George Association Lake George Watershed Lake Steward Program $7,500

Lewis Creek AssociationEuropean Frogbit Spread Prevention and Removal Plan for Thorp & Kimball Brook Wetlands, Town Farm Bay, Lake Champlain

$6,200

Paul Smith’s CollegeWatershed Stewardship Program – AIS Spread Prevention and User Education Efforts

$7,500

Poultney-Mettowee NRCD Nutrient Management and Assessment Program $10,000

Town of Plainfi eld Plainfi eld Village Rain Garden $3,390

UVM Rubenstein LabLow Impact Development Demonstrations throughout Chittenden County

$10,000

Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District

Flat Rock Road Stormwater Mitigation Project $9,600

TOTAL AWARDS $81,000

2008 Organizational Support Grants Awarded



AuSable River Association Redesign and Partial Rebuild Website $1,400

Friends of Northern Lake Champlain

Board of Directors Capacity Building $1,350

Friends of The Winooski River

Friends of the Winooski River Communications and Outreach $1,600

Intervale Center Intervale Conservation Nursery $2,000

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

GIS Integration Program $1,650

The Fund for Lake George Building Permit Analysis $2,000


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2008 Education and Outreach Grants Awarded



Champlain Elementary SchoolHuman Effects on Lake Champlain through Run-off: A Local Student Study

$6,400

Friends of the Winooski River Stream Dynamics Education and Outreach $5,946

Missisquoi River Basin Association

Bugworks, A Macro-invertebrate Experience $4,385

Pride of TiconderogaEnhancing Public Access to Lake Champlain through Ticonderoga’s Boat Launch/LaChute River Corridor

$4,519

South Burlington Stormwater Services

Stormwater Disconnection Program $5,750

Winooski NRCDResidential Stormwater Management Education and Outreach in Chittenden County

$7,500


The City of S. Burlington created an online stormwater demo as part of their “Stormwater Disconnection Program” grant. View the demo online at www.lcbp.org/stormwater.

Lewis Creek Association pulled about seven tons of European Frogbit from wetlands nead Town Farm Bay on Lake Champlain, with funding from an LCBP grant. (Photo Christian Fischer)



2008 Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Grants AwardedLCBP funding from the National Park Service

AARCH The Architecture of the Champlain Valley $10,000

Burlington City ArtsChamplain Waterfront Festival - July 11th Signature Event Parade

$10,000

City of Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Heritage Guide $9,500

Fort Ticonderoga Association Waterways of War: Military Heritage of Champlain Valley $10,000

Kingdom County Productions Queen City Radio Hour - Champlain Celebration Editions $5,000

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Lois McClure Quadricentennial Tour $10,000

Local Motion Closing the Missing Link on the Island Line $5,000

Ndakinna Culture Center & Museum

Wabanaki Heritage Celebration 2009 $10,000

Rokeby Museum Rokeby Museum Farmstead Exhibits $4,000

St Albans For the Future Inc. St Albans Franco-American Heritage Festival $10,000

Winooski Valley Park District Smart Phones and Storytelling $5,485

UVM Fleming Museum Fleming Museum Quadricentennial Exhibition $10,000


Quadricentennial grants helped support the Burlington, VT Signature Event Parade (above), the Crown Point, NY Signature Event (upper right) and the Franco-American Heritage Festival in St Albans, VT (lower right).

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2008 & 2009 Quadricentennial Grants AwardedLCBP funding from the National Park Service

Addison County Chamber of Commerce French Heritage Day $5,000

American Association of Teachers of French

J’aime NY: A Bilingual Guide to the French Heritage of NYS $10,000

Battle of Plattsburgh Association Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration Parade $5,500

Burlington City Arts Waterfront Festival Signature Event Parade $25,000

Burlington City Arts Waterfront Festival Signature Event Free Pageant $17,750

Burlington City Arts Waterfront Festival Signature Event Free Programs $25,000

Champlain College When the French Were Here $5,000

City of Plattsburgh Improvements at the Champlain Park $10,000

Champlain College When the French Were Here $5,000

Clinton Community College The Legacy of the Lake and Its People $5,500

Clinton Community College Bluff Point Wayside Interpretive Sign Project $3,910

Essex Community Historical Society 2009 Champlain Quad. Commemorative Publication $25,000

Essex Community Historical SocietyFrom the Center of the World: A Celebration of Lake Champlain

$4,810

Island ArtsNative Ways and Franco American Days in the Champlain Islands: Island Arts’ Quadricentennial Celebration

$5,000

Lake Champlain Committee Festival of Nations Signature Event $10,000

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 1609: Navigating the Champlain Valley $5,000

Lake Champlain Maritime MuseumLCMM Participation in the Burlington International Waterfront Festival

$17,750

Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau 400 Reasons to visit New York’s Adirondack Coast $16,250

Lakes to Locks Passage Quadricentennial Audio/Video Interpretation Project $10,000

Lakes to Locks PassageThe NARROWS, An interpretive guide for boaters (French Translation)

$3,250

Mountain Lake PBS Dead Reckoning - Champlain in America $10,000

Rouses Point-Champlain Historical Society Lois McClure Visit to Rouses Point, NY $4,045

St Albans For the Future Inc. St Albans Franco-American Heritage Festival $5,000

St Michael’s College LC Native American Conference $5,000

Ticonderoga Historical Society Samuel de Champlain Monument Legacy Project $14,000

Town of Champlain Quad Committee Samuel de Champlain Monument Interpretive Panel $1,700

Vermont Folklife Center Pellerin Songbook Project $5,000

Vermont Public Radio Centennial Event Broadcast Coverage $2,500

Young Writers Project Young Writers Project Quad Project $5,000


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