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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.

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.

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 HABWatch program is working!

One of our volunteer HABWatchers 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 Lake George Association has launched a new citizen science program called HABWatch 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.