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Clean Water Video Series
Learn about clean water restoration efforts and how you can help through these video shorts, developed by 2016-2017 ECO AmeriCorps Member Rachel Ross during her year of service with the Clean Water Initiative Program.
Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring
With over 800 lakes and ponds throughout Vermont, and 100 of those infested with aquatic invasive species, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) staff annually monitor and survey priority lakes and ponds along with aquatic invasive species (AIS) considered a severe threat. During the growing season, VTDEC staff routinely survey and monitor Vermont waters to:
Lay Monitoring Program
The Vermont Lay Monitoring Program (LMP) trains and equips volunteers (or Lay Monitors) 
to conduct biweekly lake water quality sampling from their boat using quality-assured methods approved by the EPA. Since the program's inception in 1979, the principal goals have remained the same:
Lay Monitoring Data
The Vermont Lay Monitoring Program is the volunteer statewide, lake monitoring program that has sampled more than 80 inland lakes and 30 stations on Lake Champlain since 1979. For more information, visit the Lay Monitoring page.