Hello LSC, and residents of Wells & Poultney,

Saturday, May 4th is Green Up Vermont Day.

Green Up Vermont is a state-wide volunteer cleanup day of Vermont's roads and waterways. 

As Green Up Vermont's website says: 

"We know it isn’t your litter but Vermont needs our help to be beautiful!"

We had a FANTASTIC turnout last year, with volunteers signing up to cover just about every road around the lake, and additional roads in Wells & Poultney - and we're looking to do it again this year. You can check out a quick recap, and see lots of photos from our volunteers of our 2023 Green UP Vermont Day here.

Would you like to volunteer for Green Up Vermont Day? 

If so, email us at info@lakestcatherine.org, or contact us on Facebook, and let us know the roads (or sections of roads) you'd like to work on, and we'll add you to our volunteer map (see below). You can also visit the Wells or Poultney Town Halls to pick up bags, and let them know where you'll work.

Roads highlighted in blue on the map indicate that the road (or section of road) is being covered by a volunteer. We'll do our best to coordinate the efforts so we all know what areas are covered, and which areas need volunteers.

Also, as we did last year, in coordination with the Town of Wells, we will be hosting a brief kickoff to the day at the Wells Lakeside Park on Little Lake at 8 AM that morning. Please stop in to pick up Green Up bags, fuel up on coffee and muffins from the Wells Country Store to get energized for the day, and meet your fellow volunteers! Please let us know if you'll be joining us so we can get a count.

So, let us know if you'd like to participate and where you'll do your clean up, and we'll add your area to the map. We'll keep the map up-to-date here, and on our website Calendar, on the May 4th Green Up Vermont Day event. You can view that here: 2024 Green Up Vermont Day Event.

Let's all pitch in to get Lake St. Catherine, and Wells & Poultney ready for a great Summer!

Thank you.

Please join Vermont Lakes Program staff at free workshops offered to train Public Access Greeters in educating lake visitors about invasive species, providing watercraft inspections and STOPPING invasive species introductions. All training sessions satisfy the requirements necessary for operation as an approved aquatic nuisance inspection station as defined in Vermont statute 10 V.S.A. § 1454 (c).

Workshop Topics:

• Aquatic invasive species biology, threats to Vermont, the importance of spread prevention
• Access area rules and regulations, invasive species laws
• Invasive species messaging, tips on interacting with the public
• Inspection and data collection training

For more info on the Greeter Program: https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/lakes-ponds/aquatic-invasives/spread-prevention/vermont-public-access-greeter-program

For more info on the Greeter Program at Lake St. Catherine: https://lakestcatherine.org/boat-launch-monitoring-greeter-program

If you are interested in being a paid Greeter as part of this program, please reach out to us at info@lakestcatherine.org.

The Wells Village Library and the Lake St. Catherine Association (LSCA) are excited to host the Rutland County Audubon Society (RCAS) at the Wells Lakeside Park on Little Lake, 1268 North Street in Wells, on Saturday, May 25th at 11 AM.

Kathleen Guinness, Co-Vice President & Secretary of RCAS will talk about birds you'll see at Lake St. Catherine. Topics will include spring migratory routes, how the birds find their way back to LSC, and the effects of human impacts to bird and watershed health.

We’ll also discuss the new loon nesting platform recently installed on the lake, and all attendees will have a chance to win a framed loon photo taken and donated by Lake St. Catherine photographer extraordinaire Karen Velsor. Also, the first 20 families to arrive will receive an event themed kit of on-topic surprises.

Libraries Love Lakes is an outreach project which pairs school and public libraries with lake scientists to provide collaborative programming emphasizing the importance of lakes in our everyday lives. This will be the second event of four that are planned for the Libraries Love Lakes Program for 2024. We’re planning two more seasonally themed events for summer and fall.

This and future Libraries Love Lakes events are made possible by a grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) and NEIWPCC.

Bobolink Photo: Doug Gimler / Vermont Audubon

More details as we get closer to the event.

The LSCA's Annual Meeting & Dinner will be on Saturday, July 27th at 6 PM.

Details as we get closer to the event.

It's the 86th anniversary of the Wells M.W.A. Carnival!

We'll have our booth set up for East Poultney Day. Plan to stop in and see us! 

More details as we get closer to the event.