By Walt Lender Lake George Association Executive Director There’s good news and there’s bad news this week as we mark the National Invasive Species Awareness Week – Feb. 26 to March 2. The good news, according to the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (one of the Lake George Association’s partners in defense against invasive species),…
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Lake George Association Annual Meeting Set For August 18 At Silver Bay YMCA
The Lake George Association will hold its 132nd annual meeting on August 18, 2017, at the Silver Bay YMCA. Members and friends will gather in the Boathouse overlooking the Lake. Our topic for this year’s meeting: A Family Discussion on Lake George Water Quality. LGA Water Quality Specialist Dr. Jeremy Farrell, Education Director Kristen Wilde…
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LGA Staff, Volunteers Remove 1,300+ Live Invasive Asian Clams From Sandy Bay
With the aid of about a dozen Citizen Scientists, the Lake George Association staff worked in Sandy Bay on Monday, July 10, to survey the Asian clam population and remove as many of the invasive species as possible as part of the Lake George Association’s Asian Clam Citizen Science Day. The event was held in…
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Second Sandy Bay Asian Clam Citizen Science Day Planned
LAKE GEORGE – The Lake George Association is hoping to get a lot out of New York’s fourth annual “Invasive Species Awareness Week” from July 9 through 15. In particular, we are hoping to get a lot of Asian clams out of Sandy Bay on July 10. And we are looking for volunteers help us…
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LGA Seeks Volunteers For Stream Monitoring Program
Training session planned for Friday, June 30 LAKE GEORGE –The Lake George Association is seeking volunteers to help with a program that evaluates Lake George water quality by monitoring streams that feed the Lake. The Lake George Association is the local coordinator for the Water Assessments by Volunteer Evaluators (WAVE) Program started by the State…
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LGA Celebrates Earth Day 2017 — You Get The Gift!
For the Lake George Association, every day is Earth Day – or at least “Small Part Of The Earth Day”! The Lake George Association was founded in 1885 to Protect Lake George water, and we’ve been working every day since then to ensure that Lake George is clean, clear, and in excellent condition. Did you…
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Get Ready For A Summer Of Peace, Love And Lake George — Gala 2017 Is Coming!
Wow, man, you don’t want to be a square, do you? Then you better beat feet and get your seats at the summer party of the year before they are all gone. This year’s Lake George Association Gala — the grooviest night on the summer calendar — is set for July 14 and will be…
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400 Dance the Night Away, Raising More Than $120,000 to Protect LG
People from around the Lake gather for fun and an important cause BOLTON LANDING, NY – It may be known as the best party on the Lake, but the Lake George Association gala has another important function: To raise money to protect Lake George’s famous water quality. Thanks to the generosity of more than 400…
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Regional School Students Release Salmon They Raised Into Lake George
LAKE GEORGE, NY – With the overturn of a bucket, students from area schools increased the population of Lake George as they released their dependents into the community. Nope, we’re not talking about high school graduations. In this case, the dependents are salmon fry and they were released into Lake George in the final step…
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