Political Quotes

“after 17 years spent protecting Lake Champlain, Dr. William Glen Howland--Bill, to most of us--will retire this month as the director of the Lake Champlain Basin Program. We should all thank him and recognize his contributions to the conservation and restoration of Vermont's jewel, Lake Champlain, credit him for his many contributions to scientific research, and thank him for his commitment to the local community in which he lives and works. Under Bill's steady and thoughtful guidance, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, LCBP, has flourished in its mission to coordinate and fund work by Vermont, New York, and Quebec to protect Lake Champlain's water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural resources. At the Gordon Center House on Vermont's Grand Isle, Bill has assembled and guided a team of exceptional scientists and dedicated public servants. Bill has led the Lake Champlain Basin Program to become nationally and internationally recognized in the fields of ecosystem monitoring, prevention of the spread of invasive species, water pollution control, cultural heritage resource interpretation and protection, and public education. It is a model to which other watershed and basin programs aspire. I have often looked to Bill for his expert advice in developing and implementing Federal legislation and programs.…”