Stocking began back in 1972, but controlling sea lamprey started 18 years later. Sea lamprey is an invasive parasitic species ...

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 ...

That means DEC, along with its partners in the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ...

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 also home to 318 species of birds, 81 fish species, and a mysterious monster affectionately known as Champ. Lake Champlain is a great lake for boating, fishing, and paddling, but ...

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

A 50-year mission to restore wild lake trout in Lake Champlain reached a milestone this spring as state and federal agencies ...

The restoration is the result of a decades-long fish stocking program. Lake Champlain’s native lake trout were extirpated by the late 1800s. In 1972, NYSDEC, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife ...

The Vermont walleye fishing season opens on Saturday, May 3, marking the return of some of the best walleye fishing in New ...

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 ...