Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
An engaging introduction to Lake Champlain s varied physical and biological resources in short essays that offer enough detail to satisfy ecologists, but a prose style that anyone can enjoy. Six sections: The Setting; Forces; Phenomena; Living Lake: Plants; Living Lake: Animals; The Future of Lake Champlain. Copublished with The Lake Champlain Committee, a non-profit environmental organization that has been working since 1963 to protect the lake's environmental integrity and recreational resources. Author Mike Winslow, Staff Scientist for the LCC since 2001, has a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from St. Lawrence University and an MA in Botany from the University of Vermont.