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We're calling on boating enthusiasts up and down the Lake to come together on August 19-21 to inspect more than 100 locations for aquatic invasive species.

LGA Chairman Jeff Killeen Donates Prized Collectible in Support of Lake-Protection Programs

New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Muller today issued a preliminary injunction on the Lake George Park Commission’s planned use of the chemical herbicide ProcellaCOR in the Lake in an effort to control Eurasian watermilfoil. The injunction was requested by the LGA, Waterkeeper and fellow petitioners the Town of Hague and Lake George property owner Helena G. Rice.

Oral arguments were heard in New York State Supreme Court in Warren County on Wednesday, June 8, as the LGA, Lake George Waterkeeper and other petitioners sought a preliminary injunction preventing the first-ever use of a chemical herbicide in the Lake this spring. The Court is expected to render its decision on the request by Wednesday, June 15.

The Lake George Association, architect and leader of the partner-driven, science-to-solutions approach to protecting Lake George water quality, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to share its model for success with freshwater researchers and communities around the world and make Lake George a global destination for freshwater protection research and solutions.

The LGA Summer Gala will be held on Saturday, July 23, beginning at 6:30 p.m. under an open-air tent at The Festival Commons at Charles R. Wood Park in Lake George Village. The LGA is the preeminent Lake George-protection organization and proceeds will support its many science-guided research, direct protection, property owner assistance, and community education programs.

As a result of the legal action filed last week by the Lake George Association, Lake George Waterkeeper, the town of Hague and a lakeside resident, the Lake George Park Commission has agreed in New York State Supreme Court in Warren County to refrain from any use of the chemical herbicide ProcellaCOR in the Lake prior to June 15, 2022.

The Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper have joined with the town of Hague and a lakeside resident to file a lawsuit against the Adirondack Park Agency, Lake George Park Commission and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation seeking to annul the permits issued by the APA for the first-ever use of a chemical herbicide to control Eurasian watermilfoil in Lake George this spring.

This is a sad day for Lake George. The Lake George Park Commission has abdicated its responsibility to protect the Queen of American Lakes by voting, by a margin of 6-2, to use a chemical herbicide, ProcellaCOR, in the Lake this spring despite a striking lack of independent scientific data about potential adverse impacts to Lake George water quality, human health, and aquatic plant and animal life.

The Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper have issued a statement expressing extreme disappointment in the Adirondack Park Agency’s April 14 approval of a Lake George Park Commission proposal to use a toxic chemical herbicide in Lake George.

The Albany Times-Union newspaper joined the chorus of voices urging the Adirondack Park Agency and Lake George Park Commission to halt plans to use a toxic chemical herbicide on the Lake.

The Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper are calling on the Adirondack Park Agency to deny the Lake George Park Commission’s current application to use a chemical herbicide to treat Eurasian watermilfoil in Lake George. The Park Agency is scheduled to deliberate the issue at its meeting on Thursday, April 14.

“I am excited to be a part of an organization that has a mission I am passionate about, in a community that I
respect and care for deeply, and where I feel a can make a significant contribution.”

LGA/Waterkeeper/Town of Bolton Study Shows Innovative Process Removes More Than One Third of Algae-causing Nitrate it Treats

Zachary Matson of the Adirondack Explorer reports on how the LGA helped the town of Hague save money, reduce their road salt use by 70%, and improve water quality.

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 Conference Center in 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 to all of us.”

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.

Merger of the LGA and The FUND for Lake George Creates Preeminent Lake Protection Organization: Science-guided, People-powered, Purpose-driven

The Jefferson Project at Lake George — a groundbreaking collaboration between IBM Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The FUND for Lake George — is expanding its statewide leadership role in the study of harmful algal blooms and other water-quality threats this summer with a new $1-million research project on Chautauqua Lake in Chautauqua County, made possible through funding from Chautauqua Institution and a county coalition. The new research complements The Jefferson Project’s foundational research program on Lake George in Warren County, now in its eighth year.