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Senator Patrick Leahy: USDA Secretary Vilsack - Lake Champlain Water Quality Initiatives 08/28/2014

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visits Vermont to announce significant funding related to improving water quality through conservation-related practices on Vermont farms.

Leahy is the most senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and one of the architects of the recently enacted Farm Bill, which includes a variety of land conservation and water quality initiatives. Vilsack on Thursday will join Leahy and other Vermont leaders at ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain on the waterfront in Burlington, for the announcement at 9 a.m.

Immediately following the announcement Vilsack hosts a national press availability by conference call from the Leahy Center to announce the rollout of the dairy margin insurance program that was created in the 2014 Farm Bill. That initiative was also led by Leahy in the Agriculture Committee’s work on the Farm Bill, in efforts joined by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Peter Welch.

Leahy Environmental Summit, Keynote Address by Robert Kennedy Jr. 05/30/2013

Robert Kennedy, Jr., who is the president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, is the keynote speaker on the second day of the the two-day Leahy Environmental Summit, at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center on the shores of Lake Champlain, VT. He speaks with eloquence and passion.

Senator Patrick Leahy: New Lake Champlain Funding 03/02/2012

Senator Patrick Leahy announces significant new funding for water quality, fisheries and ecosystem restoration work on Lake Champlain during the coming year. The federal dollars, just recently confirmed, are part of the FY2012 budget. Leahy is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the funds he secures for Vermont have long been the main engine for cleanup efforts involving the Lake and its watershed.

After the Storm: Chittenden County 04/12/2005

CCTV Productions produced this video for the Chittenden County Regional Storm Water Education Project. For more information visit www.smartwaterways.org.

Governor Jim Douglas: Gov. Douglas & Quebec Premier Charest 08/03/2004

Gov. Jim Douglas and Quebec Premier Jean Charest Press Conference on the Status of Bilateral Agreements of General Cooperation and the Management of the Waters in Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog.

Regional Tech Academy 1st Board Mtg. 03/29/2004

Lake Champlain Regional Technical School District Governance Board Meeting.

TOXICS IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN 08/04/1992

Channel 17 Live Show

Lauren-Glenn Davitian discusses Toxics in Lake Champlain

LAKE CHAMPLAIN JOURNAL - L.C.I. FISHING DERBY 05/28/1992

Channel 17 Live Show

Lake Champlain Journal Fishing Derby

LAKE CHAMPLAIN JOURNAL - GRAND ISLE FISH HATCHERY 04/30/1992

Lake Champlain Journal - Discussion of the Fish Hatchery System

LAKE CHAMPLAIN JOURNAL #4 - ZEBRA MUSSELS 03/26/1992

Channel 17 Live Show - Lake Champlain Journal Zebra Mussel

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!