Healthy streams continue to feed Lake George, according to the data and samples collected by the Lake George Association staff and citizen scientists in 2018 and reviewed by New York State. “Regular stream monitoring helps to detect changes in the quality of the water over time,” said LGA Education Director Kristen Wilde, an environmental scientist….
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LGA’s Second Round of Public Beach Testing Shows Beaches Continue To Be Safe
As the busy month of July comes to a close, the Lake George Association has completed its second round of testing of public beaches around the Lake for harmful bacterial levels as part of our scientific monitoring regimen, which helps the LGA ensure Lake George water quality is protected. As with earlier scientific sampling (which…
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Lake George Listed As Impaired? Yes, But ….
As the guardians of Lake George’s water quality for 130 years, we understand the concern raised when communities are reminded that Lake George is on the New York State Impaired Waters list (Section 303(d)). The Lake and some of its tributaries are on the list because of silt and sediment caused by stormwater runoff and…
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LGA Testing Shows Beaches Safe For Recreation At Start Of Season
Ahead of the long week that includes Fourth of July celebrations, the Lake George Association continued its practice of scientific monitoring as part of our commitment to protect Lake George water quality. Like we did last year, the LGA sampled the water quality of public beaches around Lake George Our goal was to sample the beaches…
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LGA Statement on DEC’s E. coli Report
There was a great deal accomplished by the team of agencies and organizations who participated in the DEC-led effort to investigate the elevated E. coli bacteria levels at Million Dollar Beach in Lake George last year. DEC has released a report on the efforts here. The Lake George Association was one of the partners that…
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Lake Assessment Results Show High Clarity, Low Nutrient Levels
According to the results from the LGA’s Citizen Science Lake Assessment Program testing for 2017, Lake George is still rated “oligotrophic” – meaning high water clarity, and low nutrient and algae levels. The reports, which are publicly available on the LGA website, note that Lake George has much higher water clarity, lower chloride levels and…
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LGA Stream Assessment Shows Good News/No News on LG
Nine volunteer citizen scientists joined Lake George Association staff in 2017 to investigate the health of 14 streams that feed Lake George. The LGA participates in the state-certified stream water quality assessment program WAVE (Water Assessments by Volunteer Evaluators) as part of our commitment to protect the Lake’s water quality through scientific monitoring that leads…
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Download the LGA’s March 2018 Newsletter
Among the stories in the March 2018 Lake George Association newsletter: A $54,500 grant to the LGA from the Lake Champlain Basin Program will solve a water quality concern in Huletts Landing; What the LGA is doing about harmful algal blooms and how the new New York State program will be a major help for…
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Background Info If You Plan To Join LGA At State HAB Summit In Ticonderoga
Dear LGA Member, When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in December that he was convening four regional summits to discuss the threat of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) on New York lakes and develop ways to detect and prevent HABs, your Lake George Association was pleased to be invited to take part in the North Country Steering…
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Working With New York To Protect Lake George Against Harmful Algal Blooms
The Lake George Association is pleased and honored to be invited by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to participate in the Harmful Algal Bloom workshop in Ticonderoga on March 20. The LGA is among the organizations invited to join the state Steering Committee being set up to guide…
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