The Lake Champlain Basin Program is pleased to announce an Invitation for Letters of Request for Watershed Restoration Projects in the Lake Champlain Basin. Rather than cash awards, this program is for awards of US Army Corps of Engineers services. Applicants must be governmental entities, or organizations representing governments having jurisdiction in the Lake Champlain Basin (New York or Vermont). Rural and/or urban projects are eligible. Please download the Invitation for Letters of Request (PDF document) for complete details.

In December 2000, Public Law #106-541, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (WRDA 2000) was signed by the President. Section 542 of WRDA 2000 authorized the Secretary of the Army to establish a program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Lake Champlain Watershed through the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Congress is authorized to appropriate up to $20,000,000 to carry out this program; funds will remain available until fully expended. The goal of the Lake Champlain Watershed Environmental Assistance Program is to provide assistance with planning, designing and implementation of large scale projects that protect and enhance water quality, water supply, ecosystem integrity and other water related issues within the watershed. The LCBP is the administrative partner of the USACE to implement this program under the terms of the General Management Plan.

Read Online:

• Draft General Management Plan, June 2007 (1.2 MB PDF)

• LC Watershed Environmental Assistance Program Update, November 2007