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Young waterfowl hunters in northern New York will get a chance to go out this weekend.

The owner of a Vermont tour boat that has been plying the waters of Lake Memphremagog along the U.S.-Canadian border says he's going to end operations at the end of foliage season this year.

Authorities say they're searching for a 63-year-old Wisconsin man whose empty kayak has been found on an upstate New York lake.

Authorities say a 72-year-old New Mexico man has drowned while paddle boarding along Lake Champlain's New York shoreline.

Abandoned rail lines have been converted into recreation paths all over the United States. But Vermont's Island Line Trail is unusual: It includes a causeway that runs across the open waters of Lake Champlain, from the mainland to the island community of South Hero. And that causeway includes a gap to allow boats through.

Vermont's congressional delegation says the city of Burlington is getting a $500,000 federal grant to help create a new park on the Lake Champlain waterfront.

Officials from Vermont, New York, Quebec and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have committed to combining their efforts to reduce pollution in Lake Champlain.

A preservation group has purchased 600 acres on the shore of Lake Champlain for future addition to New York's Adirondack Forest Preserve.

Fort Ticonderoga is turning back the clock 260 years to tell the story of the historic events depicted in James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans."

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard officials say Lake Champlain is more treacherous for boaters this summer due to its low water level, which has contributed to an overall increase in reported crashes.