Vtdiver2
Contributor
We could use your help fighting Sea Lamprey.
While New York has been successfully treating it's rivers, creeks and tributaries that feed into Lake Champlain, Vermont has had much more trouble with special interest groups who have had success fighting and preventing the same treatments on the Vermont side. As a result, the Lamprey problem on the Lake has gotten worse, and is affecting the fish population as well as the diving.
We are trying to use the same treatment methods that have proven effective in the Great Lakes, and I can personally attest to being attacked at depth by Lamprey wanting to latch onto me. Only bringing my fins up in front of me and licking at the Lamprey caused it to leave me alone. I can also attest to 2 other divers who have had to remove Lamprey from their drysuits.
Please take a look at this petition, sign it and help us fight this blight.
Balanced Lake Champlain Ecosystem Petition
While New York has been successfully treating it's rivers, creeks and tributaries that feed into Lake Champlain, Vermont has had much more trouble with special interest groups who have had success fighting and preventing the same treatments on the Vermont side. As a result, the Lamprey problem on the Lake has gotten worse, and is affecting the fish population as well as the diving.
We are trying to use the same treatment methods that have proven effective in the Great Lakes, and I can personally attest to being attacked at depth by Lamprey wanting to latch onto me. Only bringing my fins up in front of me and licking at the Lamprey caused it to leave me alone. I can also attest to 2 other divers who have had to remove Lamprey from their drysuits.
Please take a look at this petition, sign it and help us fight this blight.
Balanced Lake Champlain Ecosystem Petition