Numerous local organizations are partnering on a campaign to encourage home and business owners to "raise the blade" on their lawnmowers to a minimum of 3 inches in height to protect water quality. In addition, no more than 1/3 of the blade length should be cut in any one mowing session, and clippings should be left to decompose in place.

Enter your contact information below for a chance to win an electric mulching mower (see specs here: http://blog.uvm.edu/kstepenu-mo/files/2020/09/SpecSheetforMulchingMower.pdf). Drawing to be held Labor Day 2020.

In addition, please share a photo of you or someone at your property implementing this best practice by emailing it to seagrant@uvm.edu or by posting it to Twitter and tagging @lakechamp and using the hashtag #raisetheblade. Learn more at lawntolake.org.

You must be 18 years of age or older to enter, and must live within the Lake Champlain Basin. (If you aren't sure, look here to find your town: https://atlas.lcbp.org/people-economy/political-boundaries/)