2026 membership drive photo of lake

We invite everyone who cares about Vermont’s lakes and ponds to become a member of FOVLAP.
Our voices are stronger together!

There are two easy ways to join:

  1. Credit card – visit our Membership page on the FOVLAP website. Choose a  “Start Now” button under one of the Membership categories. OR
  2. Print and fill out the FOVLAP Membership Form and pay by check.  Mail your completed form and dues check to FOVLAP, P.O. Box 766, Montpelier, VT 05601.

Individual and lake representative memberships are only $25/year and Association memberships $50/year.

PLEASE NOTE:

All types of memberships will expire at the end of the calendar year. Dues paid at any time during a given calendar year will provide active membership until the end of that calendar year.

If you are a renewing Lake Association member, we ask that you renew by Feb. 14  to continue your membership presence on our member profile page. Membership profiles automatically drop off the website after February 14th without a renewal.

Membership dues allow us to:

Share information through our newsletter, website, social media pages, and email list;

Sponsor a variety of online, hybrid, and in-person events. These include:

– The Lake Seminar held annually on the first Friday in June
– The Annual Meeting held annually on the Thursday after Labor Day
– Webinars and panel discussions on many topics

Advocate with the state legislature and administration on issues affecting our lakes;

Update the public on legislation & administrative activities that affect the state’s waters;

Act as a liaison among lake and pond associations and state agencies.

We can’t do this work without the support of those who love our lakes. Your membership helps FOVLAP preserve & protect Vermont waters for this and future generations.

Significant FOVLAP activities in early 2026:

  1. Formed a new Discussion Group on Dam issues for lakes
  2. Submitted a statement and lengthy comments on the DEC proposed revisions to the Use of Public Waters rules: Click here.
  3. Provided testimony to the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee on two bills: S. 224 “An Act Relating to the Management of the State’s Lakes” and S. 223 “An Act Relating to Water Quality of the State’s Lakes”  The written version of testimony on both bills can be found here.
  4. Presented two educational webinars: Model My Watershed in January and Manual Phragmites Control in February. Click links to view recordings.
  5. Planning is underway for a spring webinar on dirt roads and the annual Lake Seminar on June 5 (in person and via zoom).

Keep up with all that FOVAP is doing by joining or renewing and be sure to subscribe to our email list.

Working together we present a far stronger voice for lake protection as our lakes face greater and greater challenges.

Thank you!

Pat Suozzi, President

The Membership Committee: Dave Johnson, Jerremy Jones, Peggy Barter, Jay White, Jeri Bergdahl, Chair

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