CLF Takes Another Major Step Towards a Cleaner Lake Champlain

After a two-year process, CLF and the VT Department of Agriculture have reached an agreement to help curb polluted runoff from local farms.

Today marks the end of a two-year process CLF initiated to address farm runoff to Lake Champlain. Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Ross, has signed the revised decision that lays out the framework for farmers to implement Best Management Practices to help meet our clean water goals.

The new program negotiated by the Agency of Agriculture and CLF is critical to achieving the unprecedented phosphorus reduction targets set out in the pollution budget for Lake Champlain. It also provides a timeframe of implementation that allows farmers to plan ahead for any steps that they might have to take to reduce runoff from their operations.

Click here to read more about the new agricultural program negotiated by CLF.