On Tuesday June 8th, our district's legislators came to Lake Carmi for a boat tour of the lake. We were joined by Oliver Pierson, head of the Vermont DEC's Lakes and Ponds Program and Andrew Schroth, Associate Research Professor of Geology and BREE Lake-Watershed Team Leader.

During the boat ride, we had the opportunity to discuss our objectives, priorities and the importance of the work being done in the watershed. We were also able to show them the in-lake aeration system and explain how it works to reduce the release of legacy phosphorus from the bottom of the lake. During the ride, we stopped by the UVM Buoy at the center of the lake which has been invaluable to our clean water work. The buoy sends real time data from throughout the entire water column several times a day and uploads it to a website.
​The data can be found at this link: http://epscor.uvm.edu/LakeCarmi/

We would like to thank our legislators and all of our partners for their continued investment into Lake Carmi. We could not do the work we do without the amazing support that we receive from our elected officials and partners at DEC and UVM. We would also like to extend special thanks to Representative Lisa Hango and FWC President Rob Evans for organizing the event, as well as John Costa and David and Diane Larose for offering their boats and taking us on this wonderful tour of Lake Carmi.