Dear Friends:

I am sitting at my kitchen table as I write this, welcoming the rainy morning.  Like many of you, our summer has been extremely busy.  My husband described it yesterday as, "Trying to fit 6 months of activities into 3 months."  

I have wanted to send out a news update for the past few weeks, but as you know from our event emails, we have been going full tilt since April.  On the sidebar I have included links to our Facebook Galleries where you can see all of the pictures from our events this spring and summer.

In addition to organizing these various awareness and fundraising events, FNLC has been involved in many conversations about the Critical Source Area Study done in 2011 and the petition to the Secretary of Agriculture form the Conservation Law Foundation. Pixley Hill, FNLC Founding Member, Kent Henderson, FNLC Chair, and I testified at the public hearing held in St. Albans on July 18th.  

A full copy of the petition can be found here, recording from the hearing can be heard by clicking here, the article FNLC submitted prior to the hearing can be found here.  If you would like to submit your own testimony, please do so by emailing  Laura DiPietro by August 18th, 2014 at 4:30pm. 

FNLC continues to work with farmers, municipalities, and landowners to develop solutions to our water quality issues in Lake Champlain.  We hope to keep you engaged in this conversation with us.  Our project list is as long as our events list and we will provide you with an update on all of our current projects in September. Also, stay tuned for a Green Infrastructure/ Stormwater Tour we are planning. 

We hope to see you at the Annual Run & Walk for the Lake on September 7th.  If you would like to volunteer, please send me a note [email protected].  

Sincerely,

Denise Smith

Executive Director