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Vilsack says up to $45M to help Lake Champlain

By Dave Gram
Published August 28, 2014 8:45pm ET
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Vilsack says up to $45M to help Lake Champlain
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, second from right, shakes hands with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, after speaking Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington, Vt. At left is Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross, and applauding is Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., second from left. Vilsack announced his agency will double the pace of spending on efforts to reduce farm runoff entering Lake Champlain. (AP photo/Burlington Free Press, Ryan Mercer) NO SALES, MAGS OUT, TV OUT, INTERNET OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT | Ryan Mercer

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced in Vermont on Thursday that his agency will double the pace of spending on efforts to reduce farm runoff entering Lake Champlain.

Vilsack, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch, both Vermont Democrats, announced that the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will provide about $45 million to address a problem seen as a big contributor to the blue-green algae blooms that have clogged parts of the lake in recent years.

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