Wild lake trout are making a resurgence on Lake Champlain after the native species was eradicated more than a century ago. Anglers and fisheries biologists are celebrating the revival, but the fish ...

The group that oversees fish stocking in Lake Champlain says the lake trout population is making a comeback. The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative says it’s been seeing signs of ...

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The lake trout population has been restored in Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced on Tuesday. The ...

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka holds up a wild juvenile lake trout during a population survey on Lake Champlain. Hatchery fish have clipped fins, but wild ...

Kira Corasanti is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. Officials are cutting back how many lake trout are released ...

The Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program has issued its 2024 State of the Lake and Ecosystems Indicators report. Produced every three years, it documents efforts to manage the lake, its ...

Vermont wildlife officials have certified a fish caught in August on the region’s largest lake as record-breaking. Officials with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed the 19-pound lake ...

A "two-headed lake trout" may sound like a mythical marine animal, but apparently the creature is real, and can be found in New York. A woman fishing on Lake Champlain on the New York-Vermont border ...