The view from Steve and Debby Seaboyer’s deck overlooking Lake George from the Rockhurst peninsula in the town of Queensbury is like a postcard coming to life. But for Steve, a retired engineer and business owner, things won’t be picture-perfect on Rockhurst until one big problem is corrected.

Walking around Steve and Cathie Schonwetter’s home on the east side of Lake George, the beauty unfolding before you is breathtaking. 

But it’s the things they’ve done to protect that beauty that Steve and Cathie point out first.

The Schonwetters are Lake Protectors.

When Virginia “Ginny” Rowan Smith saw the damage wreaked by a torrential rainstorm on the seasonal stream that runs down the Oneida Bay property she owns with her husband, Manning, and saw that their retention pond was nearly overflowing with silt and mud, she knew she had to act to protect Lake George water quality.

Rosemary Pusateri was taken aback in recent years by the number of boats launching from Million Dollar Beach in Lake George when the mandatory invasive species inspection station was closed. So, she took out her camera, marshaled her friends, and set out to make a difference.