2026 Webinars

Thanks in part to a grant from Watersheds United Vermont, FOVLAP will host a series of educational webinars with expert speakers on a variety of topics relating to the preservation and protection of Vermont’s waters.

Click below for information, recordings, and to register: 

Model My Watershed! Jan. 29, 2026 12pm – 1pm
Our 7th webinar in a series on Clean Water Projects.
This lunchtime webinar demonstrates an online tool called Model My Watershed, developed by the Stroud Water Research Center, to aid in the understanding of your lake’s watershed. To view recorded webinar, Click here.

Manual Phragmites Control – A Pilot Study at Nichols Pond Feb. 17, 2026 12pm – 1pm
Learn about hand-harvesting methods which have shown to be successful in controlling this highly invasive grass around the Great Lakes. To view recording of the webinar and presentation, click here. 

Lake Shores, Gravel Roads, and Clean Water Projects in the Memphremagog Basin. April 16, 2026 12pm – 1pm
Our 8th Webinar in a series on Clean Water Projects.
Lake Watershed Action Plans have identified properly constructed dirt roads as a main source of phosphorus reduction. In this webinar, staff from the Memphremagog Watershed Association will present on recent efforts to identify, prioritize, design, and implement Clean Water Projects along the gravel roads that surround our treasured lakes. Their talk will address common gravel road management issues, culvert upgrades, potential funding programs, permitting & design constraints, and more.
To view recording of the webinar and presentation, click here.

Who Shares Your Shoreline? Shoreline Biodiversity on a Large Adirondack Lake. Sept. 22, 2026 12pm – 1pm
The intactness of uplands surrounding lakes has direct consequences for water quality, with shoreland manipulations such as development, agricultural use, vegetation removal, and creation of impervious surface all contributing toward increased runoff, pollution, sedimentation, and declining water quality. Michale Glennon, Director of Research at AWI, together with Graduate Research Fellow Alec Cimini, are documenting bird, mammal, and amphibian occurrence along the lakeshore will share the results of this work and provide recommendations for how you, too, can benefit wildlife on your shoreline. To view recording of the webinar and presentation, click here.