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Aging and failing septic systems are one of the leading contributors to the nutrient loading in Lake George that leads to increased algae growth and, potentially, harmful algal blooms.

Our new AlgaeWatch program is working!

One of our volunteer AlgaeWatchers has notified the LGA and NYSDEC of a suspicious concentration of cyanobacteria along the shoreline of Basin Bay, which is now being studied by scientists with The Jefferson Project, the environmental research collaboration between the LGA, RPI and IBM Research.

This Election Day, New York State voters will have the opportunity to approve $4.2 billion in bonds for projects that will safeguard the environment, natural resources and water infrastructure, and help mitigate climate change.

The LGA and Lake George Waterkeeper, and our co-complainants, the Town of Hague and a lakeside resident, are awaiting word from New York State Supreme Court as to the scheduling of oral arguments in our lawsuit against the Adirondack Park Agency and Lake George Park Commission relative to the use of the herbicide ProcellaCOR in Lake George.

The Lake George Association has launched a new citizen science program called AlgaeWatch and is seeking volunteers to monitor their favorite areas of the Lake for excessive algae growth and, especially, harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Approximately 200 elected officials, municipal highway crew members, business owners, scientists and not-for-profit leaders gathered in Lake George and online on Thursday, Oct. 13, for the LGA’s Seventh Annual Adirondack Champlain Regional Salt Summit. The day-long event provided presentations and demonstrations on keeping winter roads, driveways and parking areas safe while reducing the cost and environmental consequences of road salt use.

LGA Managing Program Director Monika LaPlante was recently featured in The Daily Gazette’s “Getting to Know …” series spotlighting “people making a difference in the lives of others.” Get to know Monika a little better and learn why protecting Lake George has been a lifelong ambition.

One of the world’s foremost authorities on the importance of clean water will bring his passion and perspective to the shores of Lake George on Thursday, Oct. 13, as the keynote speaker for the Lake George Association’s seventh annual Adirondack Champlain Regional Salt Summit.

The Lake George Association has appointed Lake George native and accomplished environmental project manager Monika LaPlante to the newly created position of Managing Program Director.

The Lake George Association commends Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Commissioners of the Lake Park Commission, the members of the Commission’s Ad-Hoc Committee on Septic Systems, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for taking a historic step toward sustainable water quality protection with the newly proposed Lake George wastewater management regulations.

The Board of Directors of the Lake George Association (LGA), the preeminent protector of the Queen of American Lakes, has elected Pete Menzies as Chairman.

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.