The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services issued a Finding of No Signifigant Impact (FONSI) and have approved a plan to expand sea lamprey control efforts on Lake Champlain.

An Environmental Assessment (EA) that was released in late July recommended lampricide treatments on two streams and the trapping and removal on another.  New lampricide treatments are authorized on the Lamollie River in Milton, Vt., and on Mill Brook in Port Henry, N.Y.  The trapping of lamprey during spawning migrations is authorized for Pond Brook in Colchester, Vt. as well.

Another stream lampricide treatment is scheduled to occur on Mill Brook in Port Henry, NY on Oct. 14, to be followed by a delta treatment on Oct. 15.  There is no lampricide treatment currently scheduled for the Lamoille River.

Sea lamprey are a parasitic fish that have had devastating impacts on the fishes of Lake Champlain.

For more information about the Lake Champlain sea lamprey control program:
Read this information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service