Grand Isle, VT – Dr. Tim Mihuc, Director of the Lake Champlain Research Institute, will present an overview of microplastics and research underway to identify sources of these tiny pollutants in our waterways on Monday, September 30th in Keesville, NY.
Dr. Mihuc’s Microplastics in Lake Champlain presentation is a special fall edition of the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program’s (LCBP) Love the Lake speaker series. The LCPB is hosting the presentation with the New York Citizens Advisory Committee on Lake Champlain Management.
Dr. Mihuc is Distinguished Service Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Lake Champlain Research Institute at SUNY Plattsburgh. His teaching and research interests are in aquatic ecology, food webs, invertebrate communities, and invasive species.
This FREE public program begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Ausable Valley Grange at 1749 Main Street, Keeseville, NY 12944 following the NYCAC meeting at 6:00 pm (also open to the public). Coffee, tea, and homemade desserts will be served. For further information, contact Katie Darr by phone at (802) 372-0219 or email at kdarr@lcbp.org.
Those that wish to join virtually can join with this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsf-Gpqz0pGdSwJSKJFThW8vPeiTiO7V8N
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The 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 Québec, 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, 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/.