When Tony DeFranco returned to his hometown of Hague in 2010 to manage his family’s longtime landscaping business, his goal was not only to help homeowners and businesses beautify their properties but to protect Lake George while doing so. Eleven years later — and four years after Tony purchased the business — DeFranco Landscaping is recognized…
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Municipalities, Businesses, Not-for-Profits Invited to Regional Road Salt Reduction Summit
Municipalities, businesses and not-for-profit organizations interested in learning how to keep roads, driveways and parking areas safe this winter while reducing the cost and environmental consequences of road salt use are invited to attend the 2021 Adirondack Champlain Regional Salt Summit, Thursday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Fort William Henry Hotel and…
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Business Community Rallying Behind New Compact on Economic Imperative of Protecting Lake George
Driven by the arrival of two significant water quality threats — harmful algal blooms and the hemlock wooly adelgid — on Lake George over the past year, more than 50 area businesses and business organizations have joined together to sign a historic compact declaring their “united commitment to protecting the Lake that means so much…
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Neighbors Working Together for the Future of Lake George
Protecting the legendary water quality of Lake George can seem a little daunting when you consider the Lake is 32 miles long, as much as two miles wide, and encompasses more than 28,000 acres and 176 miles of shoreline. But the nine homeowner members of the Boon Bay Association are showing just how much can…
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LGA Launches New Reporting Tool for Potential Lake George Water Quality Problems
Anyone spotting a potential water quality concern on or around Lake George or any of its tributaries can now report it immediately on a new online reporting tool created by the Lake George Association. LGReport.org is a simple-to-use online form through which people can provide details, attach photos and document the exact location of concern…
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Ticonderoga Residents Lend Helping Hands & Watchful Eyes to Protect Lake George
The future of Lake George is in our hands. Ticonderoga residents Jill and Tom Cunningham take that both literally and figuratively. Eight times each summer — guided by GPS and faithfully accompanied by first mate Koko, their chocolate Labrador retriever — the Cunninghams pilot their boat to the exact same location in Heart Bay (N…
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Waterkeeper, LGA Call on NYS To Prevent Future Herbicide Damage In Lake George Watershed
Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky recently sent a letter to regional NYSDOT and NYSDEC leaders expressing his and the LGA’s concern over DOT’s use of an herbicide along stretches of routes 9N and 9L in the Lake George Basin. We are particularly concerned by the close proximity of the chemical spraying to tributaries feeding Lake…
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Queensbury Supervisor is Heart and Soul Behind Town’s Lake-Protection Accomplishments
Under Supervisor Strough’s leadership, Queensbury has been at the forefront of municipal Lake protection efforts, particularly in wastewater and stormwater management, with a goal of minimizing the nutrient loading that can lead to harmful algal blooms and other water quality problems.
Bolton Couple Installs a New Wastewater Treatment System In Their Home to Help Protect Lake George Water Quality
Scott and Jennifer Jacobs didn’t think twice when presented with the idea of replacing the antiquated cesspool at their 100-year-old “empty nester” home in the Town of Bolton with a small-scale wastewater treatment plant … inside the house.
State Supreme Court Grants Final Approval for Creation of New Lake George Association
Merger of the LGA and The FUND for Lake George Creates Preeminent Lake Protection Organization: Science-guided, People-powered, Purpose-driven It’s official. There is now a new Lake George Association. New York State Supreme Court Justice Martin Auffredou has granted the requisite state approval for the much-anticipated merger of the Lake George Association (LGA) and The FUND…
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