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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LGA Members Get Discount On Stoddard Lake George Book at Chapman Museum
Few artists have captured the beauty of Lake George as did Seneca Ray Stoddard. Now, you can own a curated collection of some of Stoddard’s best images in a new book from the experts at the Chapman Historical Museum. And LGA members get a 10% discount on the purchase price! During the 1870s and 1880s,…
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You have a part in slowing the rise of salt in Lake George
By WALT LENDER Lake George Association Executive Director December means snow is coming – and the blanket of white also means we bring out our snow removal tools. There is a snow and ice removal tool that I’d like you to use less this year, though. That’s salt. Please take a moment before you begin…
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Success: Milfoil Mats Removed
The Lake George Association is focused on protecting Lake George water quality, preventing the introduction of new invasive species and managing the six invasive species already in Lake George. One of the invasive species management projects involves Eurasian watermilfoil, first discovered in Lake George in 1985. Eurasian watermilfoil spreads easily and grows quickly – it…
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Download the LGA’s March 2017 Newsletter
Among the stories in the March 2017 Lake George Association newsletter: For the second year in a row, the Lake George Association is dedicating $100,000 to remove milfoil from Lake George. The program is part of a coordinated effort directed by the Lake George Park Commission, the regulatory authority in the Lake George watershed. Ten…
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Salmon Appearing in Area Classes
LAKE GEORGE – Students in the Putnam School District are learning first-hand how salmon grow in Lake George – and why keeping Lake George clean is so important. The Lake George Association has partnered with teachers throughout the watershed – at schools in Putnam, Whitehall, Ticonderoga, Bolton and Lake George — as well as the…
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Download the LGA’s November 2016 Newsletter
Among the stories from the November’s Lake George Association Newsletter: Repairs completed in English Brook, Hague Brook and Jenkins Brook watersheds: A number of projects so far in 2016 were targeted at stream and brook corridors, because what affects streams and brooks in the watershed directly affects Lake George. With more than 140 brooks and…
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