This coming year, you can make the Lake Champlain watershed an extraordinary place to live, work and play

Canoeing in the Lake, fishing in the streams, sailing around the islands…or simply walking in the nearby woods.  Farmland interlaced with riverine floodplain forests, wetlands and hemlocks cozying up to the water’s edge. 

Thanks to you, the Lake Champlain Land Trust has protected the special places that make this region a great place to live, work, and play.

Lake Champlain has been called one of the most historic and premier lakes in the nation, but we need your help to keep it that way and to help improve the water quality.  Landowners want our help, and your support will make it possible.

We need your help to ensure that kids are able to learn about, and enjoy, the out-of-doors and become the next generation of conservationists. With your help, we’ll provide educational and recreational programs throughout the year.

This December, you can make a world of difference by contributing to the Lake Champlain Land Trust, and ensure that people and communities who want to voluntarily conserve their land have the support from the Land Trust that they need.

Thank you for caring, and for making a difference, right here along the shores of one of Vermont’s and New York’s most cherished lakes: Lake Champlain.

       Snowshoe Hike: A Search for Tracks!

    Sunday, February 12, 2012
10 am
Upper La Platte River Natural Area
Shelburne, VT

      Join us as we search for animal tracks in the snow along the newly opened trails of the Upper La Platte River Natural Area! Naturalist and Executive Director Chris Boget will be leading the hike and providing the group with his knowledge of the area. Bring your friends to explore this new trail loop.

      This 65-acre conservation and public access easement protects nearly a mile of frontage along the La Platte River and important habitat for wildlife, including a state-endangered fish. Bring your snowshoes and prepare for an easy walk along fields, through forest, and beside a meandering river. First one to spot a soaring hawk wins!

Check out our Upper La Platte River Natural Area Guide here!

Families welcome. For more information and to RSVP, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call (802) 862-4150 ext 3.

Winter Wonderland Along the Shore:

Come Celebrate the Magic of Nature with Us!

Do you remember as a kid, thinking about the magic of nature and the mysteries of special places?  Did you ever spend time wondering where the animals live in the forest?  Or what animals do once people go to sleep?

You're invited to travel back to that time of mystery and wonder.  Come down and check out our "Winter Wonderland Along the Shore—Celebrating the Magic of Nature" window display, thanks to a partnership with The Green Life.

So if you are in town this holiday season, bring your friends and family, and especially kids, to The Green Life (67 Main Street in downtown Burlington) now through the end of the year. 

A special thank you to The Green Life for co-sponsoring this exhibit as well as generously donating 10% of all sales to the Lake Champlain Land Trust the third Thursday of each month!

Psst: One more thing.  We have it on good authority that the mice will be doing different things each week through the end of the year! (We hear new winter sports gear is being used.)

And each week, we'll ask a question about the display.  If you answer a question, you will be entered in our RAFFLE to win cool prizes (for both kids and adults) in both a weekly and grand prize drawing!

This week’s question:  

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOUSE IS KNITTING? 

(Write your answer on a raffle ticket inside the store- and please thank The Green Life for partnering with the Lake Champlain Land Trust!)

Take a naturalist along for your next hike: New podbean site launched!