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Tag: lake champlain
Northbound and Around: Scuba in Lake Champlain
While many of us think of a trip to the lake as a chance to get some sun, catch a fish or just admire the view our reporter Kevin discovers more is going on below the surface of the lake. Taking his first ever scuba diving lesson, he finds a whole new world beneath the…
Beauty Isn’t Only Tree Deep
I never get tired of staring out over a beautiful Adirondack vista. Who ever could? What could be better than landscapes of the high peaks, white birch and fluttering red cardinals in an ever changing tableau of green springs, flaming foliage and pure white snows. This beauty has brought poets, painters and philosophers, even an…
Lake Invaders
This week we talk with two experts about the on-going battle to keep invasive species out of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Park. Meg Modley, who is an Aquatic Invasive Species Management Coordinator with the Lake Champlain Basin Program, and Brendan Quirion, who is the Program Director for the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, join…
Invasive Species – Bonus Interview
Watch our extended interview with Meg Modley and Brendan Quirion where we discuss efforts to combat Asian Clams, as well as worries the invasive species may soon find its way to Lake Champlain.
Raising the Spitfire
Nautical Archeologist Art Cohn recommends in a new book a plan that would raise Benedict Arnold’s Revolutionary War gunboat, Spitfire, from the bottom of Lake Champlain. The multi-year, multi-million dollar recommendation would preserve the historic gunboat over several years at a Lake Champlain Maritime Museum conservation lab with plans to then make the gunboat the…
Sunken Treasures
A new exhibit on display through April 28th at Plattsburgh City Hall tells the history of some of the most famous shipwrecks in the Great Lakes & waterways of New York. “The Great Shipwrecks of New York’s Great Lakes showcases a dozen shipwrecks spanning more than two centuries. From the oldest intact war ship in…
Great Lakes Shipwrecks Exhibit extended interview
Watch our extended interview to hear more about other Sea Grant projects, including stopping the flow of micro-plastics which may be threatening fish in Lake Champlain. Also, learn about efforts to protect historic shipwrecks by creating underwater sanctuaries and preserves. To learn more: www.seagrant.sunysb.edu