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Government Agencies
The Lake Champlain Ecosystem Team
The mission of the Lake Champlain Ecosystem Team is to protect, enhance and conserve fish and wildlife resources in the Lake Champlain watershed for public benefit by managing Fish and Wildlife Service lands, supporting fish and wildlife restoration, providing technical expertise in fish and wildlife conservation and management, enhancing interagency cooperation and partnerships and better informing the public about fish and wildlife resource issues.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mission is, working with others, to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast Region encompasses 13 states from Maine to Virginia. More than 66 million people, about a quarter of the nation's population, live within this area, where the Service's nearly 1,000 employees work in the regional headquarters, field offices, national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Many of these 140 facilities are open to visitors and provide exciting opportunities for wildlife-dependent education, recreation and interpretation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides financial and technical assistance to private landowners interested in restoring degraded wildlife habitat on their property.
U.S. Department of the Interior
As the nation's principal conservation agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. From its establishment in 1849, the Department has managed many varied programs including Indian Affairs, administering land grants, improving historic western emigrant routes, marking boundaries, and conducting research on geological resources.
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
The mission of the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife is the conservation of fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the people of Vermont. In order to accomplish this mission, the integrity, diversity and vitality of all natural systems must be protected.
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation administers most of the Agency's regulatory programs plus several voluntary pollution and waste reduction programs. Program areas include: air quality, environmental assistance, public facilities engineering, geology, environmental permits, solid waste, hazardous waste, surface water quality, watershed planning, stormwater management, drinking water supply.
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
NYS DEC Region 5 includes: three-quarters of the Adirondack park; two million acres of Forest Preserve land; more than 3,400 lakes and ponds ranging in size from high altitude ponds of an acre or less to water bodies the size of Lake Champlain; 856 miles of Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers; and over 530,000 year-round residents in 6 cities, 36 villages and 117 towns.
U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division
The organization of the Biological Resource Discipline (BRD) is an outgrowth of the BRD mission -- to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources.
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The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) is a federal, state and local initiative to restore and protect Lake Champlain and its surrounding watershed for future generations.
Organizations
Vermont Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
Welcome to The Nature Conservancy of Vermont's home page! Here you'll find information on the many ways we're working with the people of the state and the nation to help preserve the diversity of living things by protecting the habitats -- land, water, and air -- in which they live.
Adirondack (New York) Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
The Adirondack Nature Conservancy & Adirondack Land Trust (ANC/ALT) uses a variety of tools to protect land—primarily acquisition of fee title and conservation easements. Sometimes we retain ownership (when special management is needed), and sometimes we act on behalf of New York State to add important parcels to the Forest Preserve. We currently own and manage approximately 9,000 acres as nature preserves.
University of Vermont Natural Areas Center
The Natural Areas Center at the University of Vermont was established to promote and integrate activities and programs at the University related to natural areas and land conservation. The mission of the Center is to provide educational opportunities, research support, professional development, and outreach services to individuals and groups both within and beyond the University concerning the protection and management of natural areas and other conservation lands.
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