Even in winter, Lake Carmi stirs worry

Residents worry green ice in frozen Lake Carmi is a sign of cyanobacteria. Photo Mike Polhamus/VTdigger
It’s mid-March and the ice on Lake Carmi is green.
Residents of the town of Franklin, where the lake is located, worry it could signal another year of cyanobacteria blooms on the lake. There have been blooms on the lake for as long as anyone can remember, but never as bad as last year.
“It was the worst this summer I’ve ever seen it,” said 88-year-old Gilbert Dewing, wh