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Lake Champlain advisory committee asks Legislature for funding and actions on flood resilience, agriculture and septic systems
Summary
Denise Smith, chair of the Lake Champlain Citizens Advisory Committee, told the Natural Resources & Energy committee the group’s 2025 action plan emphasizes nature‑based flood mitigation, aquatic connectivity, and targeted investments to protect water quality and community resilience.
Denise Smith, chair of the Lake Champlain Citizens Advisory Committee, told the Natural Resources & Energy committee the group’s 2025 action plan emphasizes nature‑based flood mitigation, aquatic connectivity, and targeted investments to protect water quality and community resilience.
Smith said the committee — one of three citizen advisory committees for Lake Champlain that also work with New York and Quebec counterparts — is focused this year on projects that reduce runoff, retain water upstream of developed areas, and help communities adjust to more frequent, intense storms. "What we do for Lake Champlain ... also impacts all of the other water bodies in the state of Vermont," she said.
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