By Emma Cotton/VTDigger More than a year of public protest over a plan to use herbicides to control an invasive weed in Lake Bomoseen has come to an unexpected and, in some ways, anticlimactic end: The state is poised to […]
Tag: Lake Bomoseen
Lake Bomoseen holds herbicide permit through the end of the year
By Katy Savage Lake Bomoseen Association’s application to use herbicides on the lake is on hold in the wake of public outcry, and it will likely remain on hold until the end of the year. The Department of Environmental Conservation […]
Castleton rejects use of herbicides for Lake Bomoseen
By Katy Savage The Castleton Select Board unanimously decided Monday, May 9 to oppose the use of herbicides to control milfoil in Lake Bomoseen. Castleton joined the towns of Hubbardton and Fair Haven, which have also publicly opposed herbicides after […]
Keep chemicals out of Lake Bomoseen
By Editor, In 1972, Richard Nixon signed into law, the Clean Water Act which gave the United States the lofty charge of making any navigable waters “fishable and swimmable” again, by 1983. It is in my opinion one of the […]
Bald eagles likely to be removed from Vermont’s endangered list
By Emma Cotton/VTDigger At the turn of the 21st Century, no bald eagles nested in Vermont. In 2020, the state recorded 41 pairs. Biologists have been working to reintroduce the iconic birds in the state for around a decade — and […]
Rutland man dies after boat overturns on Lake Bomoseen
By Katy Savage CASTLETON—A man was pronounced dead after he was found submerged in 5 feet of water in Lake Bomoseen last weekend. Richard Grimly, 73, of Rutland was pronounced dead around 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27. Police said Grimly […]
Vermont’s free Ice Fishing Day is Saturday, Jan. 27
Ice Fishing Festival to be held at Lake Bomoseen State Park in Castleton Saturday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.—CASTLETON—Vermont’s fifth annual Free Ice Fishing Day is set for Saturday, Jan. 27, and will be celebrated by a fun-filled ice fishing festival in […]
Lakes Region News Briefs 9/6
By Lani Duke Lake group tries new approach to eradicating milfoil from Bomoseen: new harvester gets to work The Lake Bomoseen Association has wound up a 10-day, $29,500 weed harvesting program in which a pair of harvester boats cut and […]
“Reel Fun Vermont” fishing program expanded to more state parks
Courtesy of Vermont State Parks Calvin Trudo, grand prize winner of the 2015 #ReelFunVT photo contest, shows off the bluegill he caught while fishing at Lake Bomoseen State Park last summer. The 2016 #ReelFunVT photo contest is open all summer. […]
Vermont bass fishing season to open June 11
RUTLAND – Vermont’s regular bass fishing season is set to kick off on Saturday, June 11, marking the start of some of the most-renowned bass fishing in the northeast. “From big-water angling on lakes like Champlain, Bomoseen and Memphremagog, and […]