Contest Of Student Artwork Focuses on Lake Protection Message The Lake George Association is inviting all students to send us their original artwork for this year’s Lake George Bookmark Contest. “We love seeing the creativity and artistic abilities of the students,” said Kristen Wilde, the LGA’s Director of Education. “And we love how seriously they…
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Lender to Assembly Task Force: Stormwater, Wastewater Infrastructure Need State Investment
By Walt Lender, LGA Executive Director I was pleased to be asked to testify before a New York State Assembly Task Force on Water Quality in late October. It was an opportunity to showcase the LGA’s successful projects and programs that we’ve performed to protect Lake George’s water quality as well as provide information on…
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Special Floating Classroom Outing Comes To Hague Aug. 7
The Lake George Association is bringing its award-winning Floating Classroom program to Hague on Tuesday, August 7, for an afternoon of hands-on experiments on Lake George. You can get your tickets here! The Rosalia Anna Ashby, the LGA’s Floating Classroom vessel, will be leaving the Hague Town Dock at 1 p.m. for a two-hour program…
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$10,000 Grant Will Support Education, Outreach On LGA Floating Classroom
In 2017, the Lake George Association’s Floating Classroom helped more than 2,000 people understand why Lake George is so unique, why its water quality is so high, and provided reasons why it is important for them to help keep it that way. For the 2018 season, the Lake Champlain Basin Program is showing its support…
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An Historical Look At Ice On Lake George
It is the annual question as the weather turns cold: Was Lake George going to freeze? If so, when? The topic of conversation makes for some interesting discussions, and with the following information, you have the potential to win a bar bet: Do you know when Lake George, on average, fully freezes? When was the…
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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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Happy Holidays 2016
A video from the staff of the Lake George Association wishing you Happy Holidays.
LGA Invasive Species Work Featured In National Geographic
Local writer Cheryl Lyn Dybas recounts the work that the Lake George Association and others are doing to protect Lake George water from invasive species, and to deal with the current invasives in the Lake. You can read her full story here: Invasion of the Aliens: Body Snatching Worms, Cold Winters May Rout Lakes’ Enemies
West Brook Conservation Initiative: From Worst Threat to State-of-the-Art Water Treatment
One of the greatest threats to a clean Lake George has always been stormwater runoff – and one of the worst places in Lake George for stormwater runoff had been West Brook at the head of the Lake. Now, however, there is beautiful, walkable space on either side of West Brook and a natural system…
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LGA Board Elects Officers for 2016-17
LAKE GEORGE, NY – At its annual organizational meeting in September, the Lake George Association Board of Directors elected officers, and welcomed back a familiar face. Robert de Buys, a longtime member and former LGA treasurer, has been re-elected to the LGA Board of Directors and re-elected as treasurer. Bob spent his professional career in…
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