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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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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$54,500 Repair By LGA, Town of Dresden Will Improve Water Quality In Huletts Landing
It’s a practical solution to a Lake George water quality problem that plagues the Lake in a number of areas. And with a $54,500 grant just announced from the Lake Champlain Basin Program, as well as a $12,000 investment by the LGA and $5,000 investment of in-kind services by the Town of Dresden, the solution…
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LGA Receives $23,400 in Grants To Protect Lake George Water
The Lake George Association, whose mission is protecting Lake George water quality, has received $23,400 in two grants from the Lake Champlain Basin Program to be used toward Water Quality Protection and Invasive Species Protection and Outreach in 2018. The first of the grants, for $15,000, will be used to protect Lake George water by…
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LGA Removes A Ton Of Invasive Curly-Leaf Pondweed From Pond
While Asian clams and Eurasian watermilfoil get most of the headlines when discussing invasive species in Lake George, there are a few other invasive species present in the Lake. Curly-leaf pondweed is one of them. First recorded in Lake George in the late 1890s, curly-leaf pondweed is a popular aquarium plant, which is how it…
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Marking Storm Drains Connected To Lake
A rainy spring can mean a very green summer, but it can also flood the lake with chemicals, salt, and nutrients that could harm water quality. When rain falls, it rolls off the roof, down the driveway and down the road, and in many communities into storm sewers. In many communities, those storm sewers go…
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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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