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What do you do when your state’s biggest attraction has fallen victim to spontaneous bursts of toxicity, at different times and places? What can be done when your state’s most accessible site for swimming, fishing, sailing, and vacationing has become the toilet bowl for agricultural, urban, and suburban runoff? Fortunately, like many polluted reputations, Lake Champlain’s is misunderstood. While the lake has been burdened with sporadic blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue green algae, we, as its only available saviors, are burdened with sifting through the problem’s numerous sources, deciding which deserves our time and money the most. Unfortunately, like the solutions to many problems, Lake Champlain’s solution is a double-edged sword. At this point, we’re forced to ask ourselves: who will get ahead and who will fall behind in our quest to cleanse Lake Champlain? This is a classic case of big man versus little guy: the big business versus the little farm.