Normally, installing concrete is an everyday job that doesn’t receive a lot of attention. But the concrete work that the Lake George Association is planning in the Village of Lake George this spring is unique because instead of stopping water, the concrete will drink it in. And that’s just the way we want it. Thanks…
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West Brook Conservation Initiative Removing Nutrients
A recent study performed for the partners in the West Brook Conservation Initiative (the former Gaslight Village and Charley’s Saloon properties in the Village and Town of Lake George) has been completed and we are pleased to report that the treatment of stormwater runoff works as designed and exceeds our expectations in removing nutrients. The…
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LGA Awarded $86,000 Grant To Remove Millions Of Gallons Of Stormwater From Lake
NYS DOT, Soil and Water District Partnering on Project LAKE GEORGE, NY – Millions of gallons of untreated stormwater will be redirected away from Lake George thanks to a significant grant from the Lake Champlain Basin program to the Lake George Association. The $86,227 grant will be used to replace asphalt stormwater channels along the…
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Many Hands Stop Stormwater In Hague; Lake-Saving Project Completed
This time of year, Lake George Association Project Manager Randy Rath spends much of his time in the field, directing and managing Lake-Saving Projects on behalf of the LGA and its members. Lake-Saving Projects are those that the LGA performs to make positive changes on properties to protect the Lake’s water quality, and to give…
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What You Can Do To Protect Lake George: LGA Annual Meeting Focus 2018
The Lake George Association’s 133rd Annual Meeting will focus on the actions that our members and other watershed residents can do in protecting Lake George water quality. The meeting will be Friday, August 17, 2018, at the Lake George Club, 4000 Lake Shore Drive, Diamond Point. The public is cordially invited. Registration opens at 9:30…
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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 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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Ticonderoga Fifth-Grader Wins Tenth Annual LG Bookmark Contest
George Knapp, a fifth-grader from Ticonderoga Elementary School, has been chosen as the winner of the tenth annual Lake George Bookmark Design Contest. This year’s theme: “Clean Streams, Happy Lake.” The LGA received 234 entries from seven different schools around the watershed. “Every year we look forward to seeing the creativity of the artists throughout…
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LGA Encourages Review, Comment on State HAB Action Plans Released Today
The Lake George Association is reviewing the priorities set out in New York state’s final version of the Harmful Algal Bloom Action Plan for Lake George, which includes many of the priorities that the LGA and its partners on the Steering Committee have proposed. “While there have been no Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake George,…
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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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