# Do You Live Near Lake Champlain? Help Seven Days and ProPublica Investigate Algae Blooms.

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/do-you-live-near-lake-champlain-help-seven-days-and-propublica-investigate-algae-blooms/
- Published: 2026-11-04T14:55:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T09:09:08+00:00
- Original publisher: ProPublica (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/lake-champlain-vermont-algae-bloom-pollution-callout
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Lake Champlain’s algae blooms are linked to decades of phosphorus pollution.
- Vermont has spent nearly a billion dollars, but progress is lagging.
- Residents and visitors are invited to share how pollution affects them.

## Summary

Lake Champlain has faced decades of phosphorus pollution, which fuels algae blooms that can close beaches and affect the lake’s shorelines. Seven Days and ProPublica are asking people connected to the lake to share their experiences as the outlets investigate why Vermont’s clean-up effort is falling behind and how pollution affects local life.

The state is halfway through a 20-year clean-up effort, following stricter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements set in 2016 that must be met by 2036. Nearly a billion dollars has been spent, but water quality has not improved dramatically and has worsened in some areas. This past summer, algae blooms closed public swimming beaches in St. Albans Bay; the reporting will examine effects on health, livelihoods, tourism, drinking water and household finances.

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