After working since 1972 to restore wild lake trout in Lake Champlain a coalition of state and federal agencies have declared ...

Severely affected by overfishing and habitat destruction in the 1800s, the lake trout in the lake have benefitted from a restoration program that cooperating fish and wildlife agencies have run since ...

Lake Champlain is 125 miles long and has more than 587 miles of shoreline. It’s also home to 318 species of birds, 81 fish species, and a mysterious monster affectionately known as Champ.

In a rare conservation success story, Lake Champlain's native lake trout thrive, leading to an end of stocking program this spring.

Lake Champlain is 125 miles long and has more than 587 miles of shoreline. It’s also home to 318 species of birds, 81 fish ...

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The lake trout population has been restored in Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced on Tuesday.

Volunteers waited to form a bucket brigade to transfer the salmon. DEC Lake Champlain Fish Biologist Nicole Balk explained what would happen “We’re moving fish from the trucks to the net pens.

Lake trout populations in Lake Champlain are now self-sustaining, eliminating the need for stocking. This success follows a decades-long program to control sea lamprey, a parasitic fish harming ...