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I'm sharing this to the "Cormorants!!" thread as the obvious location where it fits. I was in a meeting today where I learned that the "PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD" for the newly proposed "Management of Conflicts Associated with Double-Crested Cormorants ( Phalacrocorax auritus ) ...

Guys, thanks for letting me know about the email malfunction on the website. I was able to edit the webpage this morning (7/9/19) and get that error corrected. It's all set now and functioning as intended. Appreciate everyone's interest and comments.

Lake Champlain anglers and stakeholders: As partners with interest in the control of sea lamprey, I wanted to share this development and the accompanying federal process with you and invite your review and comment. Sea Lamprey wounds have improved from where they were a decade ago, but we have not b...

Thanks for the support guys and the kind words. It's always good when we can contribute some information that you all can learn from and more importantly, share with others. I hear you guys. Wounding frequency seems to vary with no rhyme or reason. Lamprey move all over the lake and so do their host...

Hi Guys, a friend sent me this topic and asked me to comment. The parasite is indeed a "fish leech". Pretty common. It's a parasitic worm (true leech), not a lamprey (parasitic fish). It's technical name is Piscicola geometra - http://www.pond-life.me.uk/fishhealth/piscicolageometra Rememb...

Keith and Paul, You guys are both right. Just to add a little - we are seeing evidence of higher wounding rates on Lake Trout, but not salmon. But our surveys are an average of the whole lake. We have basin-specific data too, but because lamprey and trout&salmon mix throughout the lake, it is mo...

This press release was given to local media outlets today. I wanted to pass it along to keep you in the loop as to what will be treated this fall. The additional large colored map at the end shows our plans for future treatments as well. I think it's valuable to keep you informed of our plans and ma...

Thanks Captain Paul, Reelax, C-Hawk, and Doublbag. I have received several replies off-site too. I'll wait and give others more time to comment then try to summarize what I'm hearing. Thanks for your input.

~Brad

Folks, I wanted to share some information with you and also request your input. I worked in Plattsburgh as a weigh station captain for the LCI in June and heard mostly good news from anglers about the lamprey being lower than in the past and overall positive thoughts about the direction of lamprey c...

Just an update I wanted to share. It took until Saturday afternoon (more than 3 days) for the lampricide to finally reach the mouth. That's a SLOW travel time for only about 3 miles of river. The post-treatment survey crew reported back that today they were amazed to see how many more 1000s of dead ...

I know a lot of you guys have been waiting a long time for this to happen.  My guys and VTF&W got it done Wednesday.  The post-treatment survey team found 1000s of lamprey including this pile, collected along only 10ft of riverbank upstream of Route 7. This treatment is an addition to the contro...