Patrick Leahy
Longtime U.S. Senator from Vermont who advocated for Lake Champlain and appears in the episode discussing legislative efforts to secure funding and protections for the lake.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 26min
A Good, Not Great Lake (from Points North)
Tom Berry, Suzanne Fleek-Green, Ellen Marsden, Fred Upton, Chris Gilchrist and others, plus longtime senator Patrick Leahy, weigh in. They trace how a 1998 law briefly dubbed Lake Champlain a Great Lake, stir Midwest outrage, and then shifted to secure Sea Grant research funding. The conversation follows political maneuvering, scientific priorities, and a compromise that preserved funding without changing maps.
