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Float Fishing Trip Stream Fish Survey Scuba Diving Sailing

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Float Fishing Trip

Stream Fish Survey

To properly manage Vermont's streams, wildlife officials need to survey them. The information gathered from these stream surveys is used in determining minimum lengths and quantities for anglers in addition to stocking needs and assessments of the overall stream health. Detailed records are kept on each survey and compared with previous findings to help determine environmental impacts of development near the streams. We tagged along this past spring with two Vermont Wildlife Fisheries Biologists to see how a stream is surveyed.

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Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Bald Hill Fish Culture Station 60 Abbott Hill Road West Burke, VT 05871-9644 Supervisor: Chris Thompson Fish Culturist: John Talbot 802-467-3660 Bennington Fish Culture Station R.R. 2, Box 3859 Bennington, VT 05201 Supervisor: Monty Walker Assistant Supervisor: Vacant Fish Culturists: Brook Bicking, Todd Lincoln Fish Culture Worker: Thomas Dwyer 802-447-2844 Ed Weed Fish Culture Station 14 Bell Hill Road Grand Isle, VT 05458 Supervisor: Dan Marchant Maintenance Supervisor: Mark LaBonte and Kevin Kelsey Fish Culturists: James Bellinghiri, Gabe Cameron, Tom Chairvolotti, Sean Hilpl, Priscilla Stutz-Lumbra, Gregory Owens 802-372-3171

Roxbury Fish Culture Station 3696 Roxbury Road Roxbury, VT 05669 Supervisor: Ralph Barber Fish Culturists: Dudley Leavitt, Ross Wehnke 802-485-7568 Salisbury Fish Culture Station 646 Lake Dunmore Rd. Salisbury, VT 05759 Supervisor: Tom Dumont Assistant Supervisor: George Scribner Fish Culturists: Michael Ellis, Allan Moorehouse 802-352-4371

Scuba Diving

When most people think of Vermont "scuba diver's paradise" doesn't exactly spring to mind. But because of its cold temperatures, Lake Champlain holds one of the best collections of shipwrecks in the United States. Vermont was one of the first states to create a public underwater historic preserve, with seven shipwreck sites currently open to the public. But to see them up close, you have to dive. We spent some time recently with a class at the Waterfront Diving Center in Burlington to get a first-hand look at what it takes to scuba dive.

Related Links:
bc cartographic Vermont Underwater Preserve Page Dive New England Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Underwater      Historic Preserve Information Scubasource Dive History Page Scuba Spots Vermont Page Vermont SCUBA Diving Club Victory Sports	Jonathan Eddy Waterfront Diving Center 214 Battery Street Burlington, VT 05401 802-865-2711

Sailing

With their graceful lines and rugged seaworthiness, Friendship Sloops were the boat of choice for lobster fisherman off the rugged coast of Maine in the late nineteenth century. Though motor powered craft replaced these beautiful boats there are still many in existence and sailed primarily as yachts. Host Marianne Eaton spent a day on Lake Champlain aboard a Friendship Sloop from the Whistling Man Schooner Company in Burlington and learned some of the basics of sailing.

Related Links:
Friendship Sloop Society Harborwatch International Sailing Federation International Sailing School –      Malletts Bay	Lake Champlain Community      Sailing Center US Sailing Whistling Man Schooner Co.

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