Central Vermont Public Service, in cooperation with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, invites you to learn about the day-to-day lives of the beloved ospreys at Lake Arrowhead in Georgia, VT. Since 1988 CVPS, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and local resident Meeri Zetterstrom have worked together to help endangered ospreys reclaim Lake Arrowhead and begin a new chapter in their remarkable story of revival. Meeri Zetterstrom was the catalyst for CVPS and the state's effort, and her single-minded determination has been instrumental in work to preserve ospreys in Vermont and educate the public about them.  Thanks in part to Meeri, CVPS and the state's efforts, the osprey was removed from the state endangered species list in the spring of 2005! Thanks to public education, construction of artificial nesting platforms and efforts to restrict access to nesting sites at Lake Arrowhead, 33 chicks have hatched and fledged at Lake Arrowhead in the past nine years. Prior to these recent successes, no ospreys had bred at Lake Arrowhead in at least two decades. Northern Vermont now boasts a significant population of ospreys, but few have nested in southern Vermont.  Starting in March 2003, CVPS and the state began installing new nesting platforms to help ospreys expand their Vermont range. We welcome you to visit the ospreys and Meeri through this website and encourage you to follow Meeri's example in protecting and preserving this magnificent, unique relative of hawks, falcons and eagles. Terms of Use - Copyright 2007 Central Vermont Public Service Copyright 2002-2004 photos CVPS, Gustav W. Verderber, Floyd Scholz and Department of Fish & Wildlife Web related issues || Site developed by Interactive Media Advertising