Lake Champlain Basin Program to Host ‘Love the Lake’ Winter Speaker Series
Grand Isle, VT — The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, in partnership with NEIWPCC, invites the public to Love the Lake 2026, a winter speaker series featuring four presentations on environmental and cultural heritage topics. Free coffee and dessert will be provided. Please note that the location for the February 19th presentation with Teage O’Connor has been changed to the Rock Point Center in Burlington, Vermont.
February 12: What lives in Lake Champlain? Snorkeling to find out!
Graham Montague, underwater explorer and PhD student at the University of Vermont
February 19: The Connection Between Trees and the Lake
Teage O’Connor, Executive Director of Crow’s Path, in collaboration with the Wild Burlington Society
March 12: Wool and Water: Communicating Science with Fiber Art in the Lake Champlain Basin and Beyond
Michale Glennon, Senior Research Scientist at Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute
March 19: Vermont’s Revolution
Angie Grove, Executive Director of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
All presentations will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 54 West Shore Road in Grand Isle, Vermont, with the exception of Teage O’Connor’s presentation, which will be held at the Rock Point Center in Burlington, VT.
For more information and to register for virtual attendance, visit lcbp.org/events.
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The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program coordinates and funds efforts that benefit the Lake Champlain Basin’s water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources. The program works in partnership with federal agencies, state and provincial agencies from New York, Vermont, and Qu?bec, local communities, businesses, and citizen groups. NEIWPCC—a regional commission that helps the states of the Northeast preserve and advance water quality—serves as the primary program administrator of LCBP at the request of the Lake Champlain Steering Committee and administers the program’s personnel, finances, quality management and contracts. NEIWPCC is a program partner of LCBP. For further information, contact the Lake Champlain Basin Program, 54 West Shore Road, Grand Isle, VT at (802) 372-3213 / (800) 468-5227 or visit https://www.lcbp.org/.
Posted: February 11th, 2026 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.