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LAKE GEORGE — By following Sustainable Winter Management (SWiM®) standards, which optimize the use of road salt, two municipalities saved a combined $400,000 last winter. Just as important, they decreased the amount of road salt used by 25% to 40%. 

LAKE GEORGE — It was the inaugural run on November 3, 2023, of the $37,000 stormwater vacuum donated to Lake George Village by the LGA. The device, used in conjunction with the Village's Vactor 2100, sucked up debris from the porous sidewalk pavement on a section of Schuyler Street. With the debris removed,  precipitation can continue to filter through the pavement and into the ground rather than run downward to the Lake. The Lake George Mirror offers more details on this important step forward in Lake protection.

LAKE GEORGE — Protecting Lake George and other freshwater bodies held centerstage at the Warren County Economic Development Corp’s (EDC’s) annual lunch on October 24 at The Carriage House. The vision: To build on The Jefferson Project at Lake George to establish Lake George as the preeminent center of freshwater protection in the United States.

LAKE GEORGE — This year’s Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Monitoring Weekend, August 18–20, marked a resounding success: No new invasive species were found. Now in its second year, AIS Monitoring is a Lake-wide early detection program for invasive species, intended to build on the successful Lake George Boat Inspections run by the Lake George Park Commission. The goal is two-fold: Identify any new invasives in Lake George and capture new locations of known invasives in the Lake.

LAKE GEORGE — As part of its Lake George Road Salt Reduction Initiative, the Lake George Association and Lake George Waterkeeper awarded a $40,000 grant to the Town of Lake George. The aim of the grant is to improve the efficiency and capacity of brine-making for the Town and to expand anti-icing practices that reduce road salt use on winter roads. In 2016, the Town became the first municipality in the Lake George basin to pretreat roads with brine prior to storms.

LAKE GEORGE — The Lake George Association has appointed Lindsey Kenna as its Education for Action Manager, overseeing education programs for children and adults that advance stewardship of Lake George. Previously she served as an educator for the LGA from 2017 to 2020.

LAKE GEORGE — As part of its ongoing mission to partner with residents and businesses in the Lake George watershed, the Lake George Association (LGA) has launched two new services, effective immediately. The two pilot programs — Property Visits and Engineering Service Grants — are the newest additions to the LGA’s free Lake Protector Profile app. Every property owner in the Lake George watershed who registers for the app is eligible.

LAKE GEORGE — Three confirmed harmful algal blooms (HABs) were spotted in three different bays on Lake George on September 12: Basin Bay, Huddle Bay, and Oneida Bay. This is the first sighting of a HAB in the northern basin of the Lake.

LAKE GEORGE — It was the best kind of crowd scene on the Village Pier in Shepard Park on Sunday morning, September 16, with more than 100 people showing up to Clean Up Lake George.

LAKE GEORGE — This summer’s Bay by Bay program brought together more than 1,000 lakeside residents at nine different events up and down Lake George, aimed at fostering a culture of commitment to Lake protection by those whose actions will make a lasting difference.

LAKE GEORGE — We can’t stop gazing at the furniture masterpiece made and gifted to us by master craftsman Al Rider. This American black walnut table, with inlays of curly maple, now stands front and center in the LGA office at 2392 State Hwy 9N. We are honored.

LAKE GEORGE — Eric J. Siy, president of the Lake George Association (LGA), has announced that he will be leaving his post at the end of the year. Siy successfully led the LGA through its merger with The FUND for Lake George in July 2021. Prior to his current position Siy served as executive director of The FUND since 2012.

The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) recently awarded a grant of nearly $30,000 toward operation of the LGA’s Floating Classroom in 2024. The grant — the tenth for the Floating Classroom in the past 12 years — offsets half of the program’s costs. This enables the LGA to host students, residents, and area visitors at no- or low-cost on its Lake Protection cruises on Lake George.

Lake George Mirror editor Tony Hall didn't pull any punches in his June 30, 2023 cover story. "The problem is us," he wrote. "Stormwater runoff is something that can be abated immediately, by the residents and business owners of the Lake George watershed."

Many will bid, but only eight will win these truly extraordinary items that go on auction July 14, 2023, at the LGA Gala, hosted at The Sagamore Resort. Scroll through the offerings—from rare boats to Broncos to a private island dinner—and dare to dream. 

June 22, 2023 — A clearly committed group of 135 people from the Lake George area showed up for the LGA’s inaugural Lake Protector Summit, which ran from 9 am-11 am at the Fort William Henry Hotel & Conference Center.

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sackett vs. EPA on May 25, 2023, Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky says he will work more closely with municipal governments to protect wetlands that are no longer covered by the Clean Water Act or under Adirondack Park Agency jurisdiction.

Basin-wide septic system inspections are already helping to protect Lake George. Of the 26 inspections scheduled in April and May by the Lake George Park Commission (LGPC), nine septic systems passed, eight failed, three were substandard, and six could not be completed.

The hard launch of the LGA's Lake Protector™ web app on May 17, 2023, brought a flurry of positive press, and, even better, a large swath of new registrations for this digital tool that evaluates the physical characteristics of developed properties in the Lake George watershed and offers science-based recommendations to protect the Lake.

Take a video tour of the LGA’s “Our Lake — Our Future” exhibit at the Lake George Village Visitor Center at 1 Beach Road. The installation provides an overview of the unique aspects of Lake George, along with a spectacular oversized photo of the Lake by Carl Heilman II. Visitors can also watch a video about why and how everyone is a Lake Protector™, read about the LGA’s Science-to-Solutions™ approach to Lake protection, and sign up for The Floating Classroom.

MAY 18, 2023—It was a high-energy, deep-commitment evening at The Inn of Lake George. The LGA’s first gathering of next-generation professionals in support of protecting Lake George surfaced strong connection to and sense of responsibility for the Lake. 

The Lake George Association (LGA) is excited to announce the launch of a web app that provides residential and commercial property owners across the Lake’s watershed with a detailed evaluation of how their property’s physical characteristics may be impacting Lake George. Accompanying the analysis is a personalized, science-based recommendations people can implement to protect water quality.

This is the first in a series of four articles in Lake George Living magazine to help us all understand the connection between septic systems and the health of the Lake and our community. It was co-authored by Chris Navitsky, Lake George Waterkeeper, and Doug Wholey, owner of Ideal Excavating and Certified Septic Inspector, for the April 2023 issue.

For his vision and perseverance, his energy and generosity, his life-long love of our Lake, we at the Lake George Association are deeply saddened by the passing of Buck Bryan on April 16, 2023.