The Ticonderoga Historical Society invites the public to the third in its series of free movie nights on Friday July 7 at 7 p.m. at the Hancock House. The featured film will be “The Lost Battalion,” a true story about the hardships suffered by the nine companies, roughly 550 men, of the United States Army 77th Infantry Division, comprised mostly of men from New York. The battalion was cut off and surrounded by German forces in the Argonne Forest during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of … [Read more...]
Celebrate 10 Years of Lakeside School this Weekend!
Since 2006, the Essex Community has nurtured Lakeside School - growing us from a preschool in an Essex church basement, to an early childhood leader with programs for birth to grade three all themed around farm and forest exploration. Help Lakeside School celebrate 10 years of extraordinary education at our annual Spring Fling Fundraiser - Saturday, May 20 from 5 to 8pm at the College for Every Student conference hall in downtown Essex. Enjoy delicious farm to table food from the up and coming … [Read more...]
Lake Champlain Boathouse Blues
Welcome to spring in the Champlain Valley. And to Rosslyn's annual spring drama: the Lake Champlain boathouse blues! Over the last month lake water level has been rising, rising, rising. And rising some more. In fact, it's even risen since I started drafting this post. (Current level a little further down.) Boathouse Blues Begin Until recently I was singing the end-of-ski-season rag and the dandelion ditty while quietly hoping that Lake Champlain water levels would rise enough to hedge … [Read more...]
Champlain Valley Film Series to Show CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
The Champlain Valley Film Series will present the film Captain Fantastic on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall. You'll love this heartfelt comedy about a family's journey from their forest paradise to the mainstream world. Viggo Mortensen gives the performance of his career as a charismatic, devoted father who home-schools his six kids off the grid. "Not just one of the year's best movies, but one of the best cast and best acted." - New York Post Tickets are … [Read more...]
Boaters Watching Lake Champlain Water Levels (WPTZ)
At 95.3 feet, the surface level of Lake Champlain is about a foot and a half below normal, the National Weather Service said Friday. While the height is not near a record low, the impacts of the deficit are already becoming apparent... At the National Weather Service's office at the Burlington International Airport, meteorologist Andy Nash was keeping an eye on Lake Champlain's level, which was slightly above 95 feet at a Burlington measuring point Friday... Nash explained our low-snow winter … [Read more...]
Goff Preserve: Northeast Wilderness Trust Adds 27 Acres to Wildway
In May 2016, Northeast Wilderness Trust purchased the Goff Preserve in Essex, NY for permanent protection as a small but key piece in the heart of the Split Rock Wildway. These 27 acres are in the vicinity of other NWT-protected lands and advance the vision of a connected wildway from the High Peaks of the Adirondacks to Lake Champlain. A place of complex terrain, diverse woodlands, and superb wildlife habitat, the Goff Preserve also protects part of a regionally significant landscape. The … [Read more...]
EPA Issues Lake Champlain Phosphorus Pollution Levels (WAMC)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the phosphorus pollution limits for the Vermont segments of Lake Champlain. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports on what the limits mean for the lake.The EPA issued the final phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, for each of the 12 lake segments in Vermont on June 17th. A TMDL is the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can absorb to safely meet water quality standards.Phosphorus pollution is reaching … [Read more...]
High-Voltage Cable to be Buried in Lake Champlain (Shelburne News)
Last month, Vermont regulators approved a major power transmission project... known as the New England Clean Power Link, [that] will transmit hydroelectric power sourced in Canada to a converter station in Ludlow, where it will then be distributed as a renewable source of electricity... New England Clean Power Link (NECPL) has moved forward with virtually no resistance from the general public or environmental groups, a scenario most likely resulting from the project’s plan to bury nearly all of … [Read more...]
Ground Fire: Split Rock Wild Forest
This weekend we received reports from Rock Harbor residents that a helicopter equipped with a suspended apparatus (a "hanging basket") was flying back and forth between Lake Champlain and the Split Rock Wild Forest, ostensibly shuttling water from the lake and dropping it on a fire. Another Rock Harbor resident had spotted a fire near Snake Den Harbor on Thursday while boating. He reported it to the Coast Guard and was informed that a report had already been files and Forest Rangers had … [Read more...]
Wildway Overlook Trail
These photographs were taken on the Champlain Area Trails Wildway Overlook trail early in the morning on Wednesday, June 10, 2015. The trail is a short one mile or so from Brookfield Road in the town of Essex, New York. It is an amazing view of the great diversity we have in the landscape here from Lake Champlain to the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. This is an amazing cooperative between the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) and the Eddy Foundation to provide for public access on private … [Read more...]