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March 16, 2021 | Press Release

Adirondack Explorer Logo: Green and pristine?

During a stretch of unusually warm weather and calm water last fall, a pair of algal blooms appeared on famously pristine Lake George. The blooms were the first documented harmful “algae” or cyanobacteria outbreaks on the lake, and they’ve raised urgent questions about whether state officials are doing enough to keep pollution out of the lake. In theory, Lake George should be among the most protected in the country. To describe Lake George is to invite cliché. Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying it was, “without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw.” Today’s devotees call the summer vacation spot “the Queen of American Lakes.”

March 16, 2021 | Press Release

The Chronicle: LGA & FUND to merge

Citing the arrival of such threats as Harmful Algal Blooms and the tree-killing Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, the Lake George Association and the FUND for Lake George said they will merge into a single entity that will keep the LGA name.

March 16, 2021 | Article

The Daily Gazette: Lake George environmental protection organizations to merge

LAKE GEORGE — The two main organizations looking to protect the Lake George environment will be merging forces, citing the various environmental threats facing the internationally renown lake in the southern Adirondacks.

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A New Day is Dawning. The FUND and the Lake George Association are merging to create a single, more powerful Lake protector.

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