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The Albany Times Union is once again standing with the Lake George Association, Lake George Waterkeeper, local municipalities and thousands of concerned citizens in opposing New York State’s proposed first-ever use of a chemical herbicide in Lake George.

Continuing their effort to stop the first-ever use of a chemical herbicide in Lake George without proper scientific analysis of potential consequences, the Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper today provided New York State regulators with detailed comments as to why the latest herbicide permit applications from the Lake George Park Commission are seriously flawed and should be deemed incomplete.

Lake George Mirror Editor Anthony F. Hall recently authored this report on the New York State Supreme Court ruling invalidating the Adirondack Park Agency’s 2022 approval of permits to treat 7.6 acres of Eurasian watermilfoil with the herbicide ProcellaCOR.

The Lake George Association has appointed environmental educator Jaimi DeFeo as Manager of its new Education for Action Program. This purpose-driven program is dedicated to helping property owners throughout the Lake George Watershed, as well as members of the regional business community and the public, understand the environmental challenges facing Lake George and how to participate in Lake protection.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert Muller has issued a decision prohibiting the use of the chemical herbicide ProcellaCOR in Lake George until such time that the Adirondack Park Agency holds an adjudicatory hearing on the potential adverse impacts and finds the proposed use to be safe for the Lake.

Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky recently joined Jesse Jackson of Look TV for an in-depth interview about the many unanswered scientific questions surrounding the proposed first-ever use of a chemical herbicide in Lake George.

LGA President Eric Siy recently discussed our serious concerns about the many unanswered scientific questions surrounding the proposed first-ever use of a chemical herbicide in Lake George with David Lombardo of The Capitol Pressroom radio program.

The Lake George Park Commission’s latest proposal to use a chemical herbicide in Lake George leaves us with more questions than answers about the possible adverse impacts to the Lake’s specially protected waters and ecology. We’ve prepared a new fact sheet to help you understand our concerns.

The Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper are once again asking you to help protect Lake George from the first-ever use of a chemical herbicide.

Despite the opposition of more than 4,500 concerned citizens last summer, and a pending
Feb. 17 hearing in New York State Supreme Court in Warren County, the Lake George Park
Commission is once again submitting an application to the Adirondack Park Agency and the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to use the herbicide ProcellaCOR
in the Lake for the treatment of Eurasian watermilfoil.

The Lake George Mirror has published a remembrance of the late LGA Vice Chairman Jeff Killeen.

Friends and community leaders remember the late LGA Vice Chairman Jeff Killeen in a tribute article in The Post-Star.

The Board of Directors and staff of the LGA are mourning the passing of Vice Chairman Jeff Killeen, one of our Lake’s greatest champions and protectors.

The Lake George Association has appointed Danielle Brown of Queensbury to the newly created position of Development Manager. Ms. Brown’s appointment expands and strengthens the LGA’s development team as it continues building the long-term philanthropic support essential to protecting the Lake’s legendary water quality.

The science-based protection measures that the Lake George Association is applying to Lake George are also becoming models for freshwater protection outside of our region.

Randy Rath has been applying his technical expertise to help homeowners, businesses and municipalities protect Lake George for two decades. As he marks his 20^th anniversary with the LGA, we congratulate him on his accomplishments and his well-earned reputation as a Go-To, Can-Do resource for Lake protection projects of all types and sizes.

The LGA encourages everyone who cares about the future of Lake George to speak out in support of the Lake George Park Commission’s proposed new wastewater regulations, with one important change that will make them consistent with state Health Department standards.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has determined that two “small, localized” harmful algal blooms occurred on Lake George on Oct. 26, according to the department’s online tracking system.

The LGA congratulates Chris Navitsky on his 20^th year as Lake George Waterkeeper!

The LGA is pleased with New York State voters’ overwhelming support for the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. You can read our full statement here.