The Lake Champlain Committee (LCC) has trained citizen volunteers to monitor for cyanobacteria at lakeshore locations. Volunteer monitors, along with staff from the Vermont departments of Health and Environmental Conservation, file weekly online reports that are then displayed on the Cyanobacteria Tracker Map. The program helps citizens, along with health, environmental and recreational officials, assess the safety of our beaches. It also provides important data to help us further understand when and why blooms occur. Harmful cyanobacteria has not been observed in Lake Fairlee but changes in environmental conditions may increase the potential for future blooms.
Volunteers take an annual training to learn about cyanobacteria and how to monitor for it. They typically monitor from the second week of June through the first week of September and provide weekly reports to the Department of Health’s CyanoTracker.
Volunteers interested in participating in this important program should reach out to one of the listed contacts above.
Volunteers take an annual training to learn about cyanobacteria and how to monitor for it. They typically monitor from the second week of June through the first week of September and provide weekly reports to the Department of Health’s CyanoTracker.
Volunteers interested in participating in this important program should reach out to one of the listed contacts above.
Watch this Video: How to Identify Cyanobacteria
Example of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). Photo courtesy of the EPA.