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What We Do

Mission Statement

The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Complex operates through partnerships -- with private landowners, with Federal, State and local government agencies and with nongovernmental organizations. Through these partnerships, our capabilities are greatly enhanced. Each of our partnerships involves Federal obligations based on a foundation of trust and shared responsibilities. We implement fish and wildlife conservation in the following four ways, which are equally important:

• By producing quality landlocked Atlantic salmon for the Lake Champlain Restoration Program, incubating sea run Atlantic salmon eggs to produce fry for the Connecticut River Restoration Program, assessing the performance of stocked landlocked salmon and restoring habitat for interjurisdictional salmonid restoration and management.



• By providing technical expertise on the following:
  
  
  • Sea lamprey management in United States and Canadian waters.
  • Lake sturgeon studies.
  • Native mussel conservation.
  • Sportfish management.
  • Zebra mussel programs.
  • Cormorant management.
  • Migratory bird conservation.
  • Recreational fisheries management at Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Fish passage on tributaries to Lake Champlain.


• By carrying out restoration and enhancement projects on riparian, wetland and sensitive species habitats with private landowners, nongovernmental organizations and other agencies.



• By educating citizens and fostering information exchange among government and nongovernmental organizations in the Adirondacks, Green Mountains and Lake Champlain lowlands about the importance of the area's fish and wildlife heritage.

Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office Objective:

The primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office is to promote conservation of fish and wildlife resources in the Lake Champlain watershed through intra agency and interagency cooperation, conservation education and implementation of legislatively mandated authorities for direct fish and wildlife conservation activities. The Service's Lake Champlain Office consists of full-time staff working in six sections:

1. Nuisance Non-native Species
   
   • A Comprehensive Evaluation of an Eight Year Program of Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Champlain
2. Native Aquatic Species
3. Wildlife
4. New York Substation
5. Vermont Substation
6. Information and Outreach