The Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds 2025 Annual Meeting:
Celebrating Lake Associations! Working Together to Preserve Vermont’s Lakes
On September 4th, 2025, the Federation of Vermont Lakes and Ponds held our Annual Meeting and it was a great success!
The meeting began with the business portion of the meeting, including: FOVLAP updates, and director and officer elections. After the business portion of the meeting concluded, a number of interesting presentations and discussions followed, including:
- Meet the new DEC Commissioner – Misty Sinsigalli
- A Lakes and Pond Program update – Jenny Austin, Lakes and Ponds Manager
- Lake reports from lake associations
- Celebrating Lake Associations – Achievements and Future Goals: Presentations from four lake associations: Lake St. Catherine Association, Lake Eden Association, Curtis Pond Association, Lake Fairlee Association
- 45 Years of Lay Monitoring – History, Recognition, and a Look Ahead: Mark Mitchell, Vermont Lay Monitoring Program Lead
- Working Together to Preserve Vermont’s Lakes – Pat Suozzi, FOVLAP President
The meeting was recorded and can be viewed here, and on YouTube.
Presentations used during the meeting and the agenda are available here.
A summary of a survey sent to member lake associations can be viewed here.
Members of the FOVLAP Board at the 2025 Annual Meeting
