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Cyanobacteria Monitoring

Program Contacts: Peter Isles
LFA Contacts:  Sean Brown and David Forbes
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.
Watch this Video: How to Identify Cyanobacteria
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Example of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). Photo courtesy of the EPA.
The Lake Fairlee Association, Inc.
PO Box 102
Fairlee, VT 05045
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  • Home
  • Membership
    • Become a Member Donate
    • Endowment & Reserve Funds
    • Board Members >
      • Treasurer Position Summary
    • Finances
    • Being a Good Lake Neighbor
    • LFA Bylaws
    • LFA Archives 2007-17
  • LAKE HEALTH
    • Active Lake Monitoring >
      • Lay Monitoring Program
      • LaRosa Partnership Program
      • Cyanobacteria Monitoring
      • Greeter Program
      • Spring Phosphorus
      • Sidenote: Lake Fairlee phosphate - too much of a good thing
    • At Home by the Water - Caring for Lake Fairlee and Its Watershed >
      • Lakeshore Landscaping Guide
      • Shoreland Plant List
      • Renter Guidelines
      • Contractor Tips
      • Additional Resources
    • Facts About Milfoil >
      • Milfoil Treatment
    • Lake Wise Program
    • Lake & Watershed Action Plan
  • NATURE & HISTORY
    • Nature of Lake Fairlee
    • Nature Associates
    • Community History
    • Camps & Camp History
  • Local Activities
  • TOWNS
    • Thetford, Fairlee, West Fairelee
    • Treasure Island Advisory Committee
    • Tri-town Commission
  • Photo Gallery