Recently drafted management plans for each lake provide a blueprint for action. Vermonters developed these plans in cooperation with the people and governments of New York and Quebec, with whom we share these waters. We are fortunate in Vermont to have northern lakes and rivers that are relatively clean and healthy. The future condition of our two largest lakes and their tributaries will be determined by the individual choices made by thousands of people and businesses in the watersheds and by continued strong interstate and international partnerships. For tens of thousands of Vermonters, Lake Champlain is the principal water resource in their lives.
Winter brings the shanties and the tradition of weekends devoted to ice fishing.
Throughout the year, we admire the Adirondacks silhouetted against magenta sunsets. Despite its beauty and the value of its resources, Lake Champlain's water quality has suffered as settlement and industrialization increased within its basin. An Evolving Plan for the Future of the Lake Champlain Basin1, a report released in October, 1996. Their work was done under the auspices of the Lake Champlain Basin Program, in which the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is a partner. Human Health Lake Champlain is relatively clean compared to more industrialized water bodies, such as the Great Lakes.