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Our History
The formal history of Friends of Northern Lake Champlain began when Friends of Missisquoi Bay (FMB) was incorporated in Vermont in August 2004, and then became a 501 c3 tax-exempt non-profit in February of 2007.
The organization was formed so that local citizens and businesses could be more active in efforts to clean up Missisquoi Bay and northern Lake Champlain. We came together as a hard-working, all-volunteer organization, but were unable to marshal the focus or consistency necessary to make headway against the complex problems that trouble the northern Lake. In September 2006 FMB hired Paul Madden to be the part-time executive director. This enabled FMB to leap forward with the work to clean up Missisquoi Bay and northern Lake Champlain.
In June 2009 we changed our name from Friends of Missisquoi Bay to Friends of Northern Lake Champlain. From the early days of our organization we realized that in order to clean up Missisquoi Bay, we would not be successful if we just focused on our own problem. We have been working to benefit the whole northern Lake, and we have worked with our many allies in the effort to clean up the water in all of the watersheds of the Northern Lake, including Quebec. So it was a natural progression that we change our name to reflect the work that we do in Northern Lake Champlain.
The organization was formed so that local citizens and businesses could be more active in efforts to clean up Missisquoi Bay and northern Lake Champlain. We came together as a hard-working, all-volunteer organization, but were unable to marshal the focus or consistency necessary to make headway against the complex problems that trouble the northern Lake. In September 2006 FMB hired Paul Madden to be the part-time executive director. This enabled FMB to leap forward with the work to clean up Missisquoi Bay and northern Lake Champlain.
In June 2009 we changed our name from Friends of Missisquoi Bay to Friends of Northern Lake Champlain. From the early days of our organization we realized that in order to clean up Missisquoi Bay, we would not be successful if we just focused on our own problem. We have been working to benefit the whole northern Lake, and we have worked with our many allies in the effort to clean up the water in all of the watersheds of the Northern Lake, including Quebec. So it was a natural progression that we change our name to reflect the work that we do in Northern Lake Champlain.
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