Resources

The Lake Champlain Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) is a coordinated multi-state and federal framework to reduce excess phosphorus loading. It mandates strict limits on municipal wastewater treatment facilities and nonpoint source pollution from agricultural, forested, and developed lands to prevent harmful algal blooms.

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The Lake Champlain Watershed Roadside Erosion Assessment and Inventory is a binational watershed management initiative used to identify and remediate erosional hotspots that contribute excess sediment and phosphorus into Lake Champlain. Local and regional planning boards regularly update these inventories to guide municipal water quality projects and target grant funding.

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The Rural Roads Active Management Program (RRAMP) Best Practice Manual is an environmental and infrastructure guide used by local municipalities (such as those in the Lake Champlain Basin) to manage, stabilize, and maintain rural unpaved roads while minimizing stormwater runoff and erosion.

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Opportunities for Action (OFA) is the comprehensive management plan for the Lake Champlain watershed, designed to restore and protect its water quality and ecosystem integrity. First signed in 1996, the plan is updated regularly by the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) in coordination with New York, Vermont, and Québec.

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Healthy waters begin at home. This guide provides practical tips homeowners can use to protect water quality throughout the Lake Champlain Basin. Learn how everyday actions—such as managing stormwater runoff, maintaining septic systems, conserving water, planting native vegetation, controlling invasive species, and creating shoreline buffers and rain gardens—can reduce pollution and help keep our lakes,…

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This plan identifies priority water quality challenges across the New York side of the Lake Champlain Basin and outlines watershed-based projects to reduce nonpoint source pollution. It serves as a roadmap for improving water quality through stormwater management, stream restoration, agricultural conservation, infrastructure upgrades, and other targeted initiatives that protect rivers, streams, and Lake Champlain.

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In 2024, the LCLGRPB updated the Lake Champlain Nonpoint Source Pollution Subwatershed Assessment and Management Plan, identifying 99 projects and programs. To assist implementation partners, an online mapper was developed as a comprehensive database of identified projects. It includes project narratives, funding sources, involved parties, and project locations with latitude and longitude coordinates.

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