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Lake Champlain Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Office
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Biologists inventory fish downstream of a culvert that was replaced to improve natural stream flow and fish passage on
Roaring Brook. Credit: Erika Edgley, The Nature Conservancy - Adirondack Chapter
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Winnoski River Atlantic salmon
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An undersized culvert on Jay Mountain Rd in Otis Brook, Jay, NY is preventing Eastern brook trout from
migrating upstream
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We replaced the culvert on Otis Creek with an open bottom culvert which reconnected 1.5 miles of stream to brook trout and other native fish, while also creating greater flood resiliency
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Great blue heron overlooking one of Vermont's treasured wetlands. Credit: NRCS
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Welcome to the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO). Our office was established through provisions in the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 and through the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lake Champlain Basin Program Act of 2002. We protect, restore and manage fish and wildlife, and their habitats in the Lake Champlain, Connecticut River and Hudson River watersheds, and across Vermont.

  • We restore healthy habitats in rivers, wetlands and upland areas for fish and wildlife.
  • We help local farmers improve their lands for both wildlife, water quality and sustainable agriculture.
  • We also improve aquatic connectivity by removing dams, ensuring passage at others, and upgrading culverts and bridges to ensure passage and improve resiliency to future floods.
  • We strategically assess and control the spread of parasitic sea lamprey, to prevent its devastating effects on native fishes.
  • We assess fish populations, conduct research and work with hatcheries to evaluate the effectiveness of stocking and other conservation actions to restore land-locked Atlantic salmon and other priority fish species.

Our goals are to improve the health of our lakes, rivers and watersheds, and to increase the diversity, distribution and abundance of ecologically and economically important fish and wildlife.

 

All of our work is conducted through partnerships with others including the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited, universities, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), recreational anglers, farmers and other landowners and many other partners.

 

We facilitate the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative with the VFWD and NYSDEC, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and we are key partners in the Lake Champlain Basin Program. We work closely – as part of the Western New England Complex – with these three national fish hatcheries in western New England, helping to restore native fish in Lake Champlain, the Great Lakes and the northeastern United States:

Berkshire National Fish Hatchery

Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery

White River National Fish Hatchery

We also work with the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge to conserve and restore habitat on refuge lands and in the Missisquoi River watershed.

 

Contact Us

Andrew Milliken, Complex Manager
Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Office
11 Lincoln Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452-3151
Office: (802) 662-5301
Fax: (802) 872-9704
andrew_milliken@fws.gov

Staff directory

Main Office: (802) 662-5300

News and Information

2020 Program Fact Sheet - LCFWCO Station

2020 Program Fact Sheet - Wetland Riparian Restoration

2020 Program Fact Sheet - Aquatic Connectivity

2020 Program Fact Sheet - River Run Salmon Restoration

2020 Program Fact Sheet - Sea Lamprey Control

2020 Program Fact Sheet - Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery

2020 Program Fact Sheet - White River National Fish Hatchery

 

Sea Lamprey Control Information

Students Stock Salmon in 2020

International Year of the Salmon 

Winooski River Summary of Steelhead Lifted -   April 29 2020 (PDF)

Fish Reports

Partners for Fish and Wildlife in Vermont (PDF)

National Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Northeast Region Fish and Aquatic Conservation

National Fish and Aquatic Conservation

North Atlantic Conservation Planning Atlas

Les lamproies beintot eliminees du ruisseau Morpions (News story)

Scientific Publications

Multimedia Newsroom

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Lake Champlain Landlocked Atlantic Salmon Blog Series

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Last updated: June 24, 2020
    Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
    11 Lincoln Street
    Essex Junction, VT 05452-3151
    (802) 662-5300
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