Lake Steward Program Season Summary for 2011

In 2011, lake stewards were posted at six launches around Lake George: Dunham's Bay, Million Dollar Beach, Norowal Marina, Hague Town Launch, Rogers Rock, and Mossy Point. Lake stewards recorded 8,593 boats during the 2011 season.

Click here for complete 2011 report -pdf.

Click here for the abridged 2011 report -pdf.

Boats launching into Lake George at the 6 launches had been in 193 different waterbodies located with 15 different states within 2 weeks prior to launching. Some waterbodies were not state specific such as the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Champlain, Great Lakes, and various rivers. See a map of the lakes visited within New York State here -pdf. See a map of all the lakes visited for the last 4 years of the program here -pdf.

Where are Boats Coming From?

Lake stewards asked boaters prior to launching where their boat had been in the last two weeks and the total response was 193 different waterbodies in 15 different states. Lake George itself was the most commonly visited waterbody with 2,853 visits within two weeks prior to launching. The Hudson River was the second most popular previous waterbody with 100 visits. Boaters most frequently had visited lakes in New York State within the past two weeks. Some of those boats had last been in Lake George. Some boats reported that they had not been in a waterbody in the past two weeks. Boaters also commonly visited waterbodies in New Jersey with 100 visits within the past two weeks.

Most common previously visited waterbodies for all launches in 2011.		States with waterbodies visited within two weeks prior to launching in Lake George. *Waterbodies that are located in multiple states **Previously visited waterbody whose location was unknown to the boater

Invasive Species Found

Lake stewards would request to take a visual inspection of the trailer and boat for any plant or animal species. Between all six launches, a total of 171 samples were removed from 125 trailers or boats before entering of after leaving Lake George. Out of the 171 samples, 87 were found to be an invasive species, making 51% of all samples removed invasive. There were four different species of invasives identified out of the 87 samples: Eurasian watermilfoil, curly-leaf pondweed, water chestnut, and zebra mussels. Samples were taken from boats going in and out of Lake George. There were 37 invasive species samples taken from boats launching into Lake George: 22 Eurasian watermilfoil, 9 curly-leaf pondweed, 4 water chestnut, and 2 zebra mussels. Stewards removed 50 samples of invasive species from boats leaving Lake George: 42 Eurasian watermilfoil, 6 curly-leaf pondweed, and 2 water chestnut.

Invasive species removed from boats prior to launching in 2011. Rogers Rock stewards removed the largest number of samples containing invasive species from boats before they were launched.		Invasive species removed from boats during retrieval in 2011. Stewards at Hague Town Launch removed the most invasive species from boats being retrieved from the Lake.