By Walt LenderExecutive Director, Lake George Association All the work the Lake George Association has done over the years to protect water quality continues to be reflected in scientific studies – and the fact that the state continues to rate Lake George as Class AA Special. Our most recent results from our water quality monitoring…
Read More
Monitoring Shows Clear Lake George Continues Through 2019
Another year of sampling by LGA staff and volunteers has determined that Lake George’s water clarity continues to be very high.
Careful, Limited Salt Use Protects Lake’s Water Quality
By Kristen Wilde, LGA Director of Education With the arrival of winter temperatures, we wanted to remind our members and everyone in the Lake George watershed that one of the most important ways you can protect Lake George’s water quality now and in the future is to be prudent and mindful as you manage snow…
Read More
Lender to Assembly Task Force: Stormwater, Wastewater Infrastructure Need State Investment
By Walt Lender, LGA Executive Director I was pleased to be asked to testify before a New York State Assembly Task Force on Water Quality in late October. It was an opportunity to showcase the LGA’s successful projects and programs that we’ve performed to protect Lake George’s water quality as well as provide information on…
Read More
A Few Questions About Your Yard And Lake-Protective Fall Yard Care
By Kristen Wilde,LGA Education Director How did it get to be fall already? It seems like the seasons are moving faster, and summer never seems like it is long enough … For us in the Lake George watershed, fall means gorgeous views of our mountains as they change from bright greens to oranges, yellows and…
Read More
LGA Membership Elects Roy Davis, Dennis O’Connor to Board of Directors
At its 134th annual meeting in August, the membership of the Lake George Association elected two new members to its Board of Directors: Retired Johnson & Johnson senior executive Roy Davis; and Glens Falls attorney Dennis O’Connor. Both have joined the LGA Board of Directors for three-year terms. “We are happy to welcome Roy and…
Read More
Results: Mostly Dead Asian Clams Removed In LGA Citizen Science Day
Volunteers and LGA staff removed fewer invasive Asian clams from Sandy Bay during the LGA’s Asian Clam Citizen Science Day in 2019, but the ratio of live clams to dead clams is similar to what was found in 2018. In early August, the Lake George Association and the Lake Stewardship Group of Cleverdale came together…
Read More
Fall Lake Protection Work Continues With Northway Project, Porous Concrete
As the summer winds down into the calmer season of fall, Lake George Association Project Manager Randy Rath speeds toward completion of projects to protect Lake George from stormwater, the biggest threat to water quality decline. “Two of the bigger projects we are completing this fall capture stormwater and the nutrients and pollutants that it…
Read More
Research Study Results: Caffeine in LG Means We All Have More Protection Work To Do
By Walt Lender, LGA Executive Director The Lake George Association was pleased to participate in a water quality research study with Syracuse University, the Upstate Freshwater Institute and the New York State Federation of Lake Associations that gave us a glimpse of what Contaminants of Emerging Concern are in Lake George’s water. The reports from…
Read More
LGA Board of Directors Re-Elects Burhoe, Menzies To Lead In 2019-20
LAKE GEORGE, NY – The Lake George Association Board of Directors has re-elected Carla Burhoe as President of the Board and Peter Menzies as Executive Vice President of the Board for the 2019-2020 term. The election was held at the LGA Board of Directors organizational meeting in late August. Burhoe and her husband, Tom, own…
Read More