November 12, 2019 | Article
November 12, Lake George Mirror | Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky says legislation that would create a state task force to identify ways to reduce road salt use in the Adirondacks is unnecessary because proven salt-reduction practices are already in place around Lake George and can serve as a model for other areas. “We’ve got a model that works,” Navitsky told the Lake George Mirror. “We’ve got evidence that shows we’re reducing road salt 25- 30 percent. Why take a step back? We would encourage them (the state) to start implementing this model right now.”
November 12, 2019 | Article
November 12, 2019, Lake George Mirror | A woodchip bioreactor sewage treatment system at the Town of Bolton's wastewater treatment plant, funded by a $50,000 grant from The FUND for Lake George, is proving remarkably successful, extracting as much as 70% of the nitrogen remaining in the wastewater treated by the plant.
November 5, 2019 | Press Release
The Jefferson Project at Lake George has published its latest Annual Report, highlighting how its world-leading environmental data gathering and analytics have made Lake George “The Smartest Lake in the World” and are providing unprecedented science-based insights into how best to protect the lake from water quality threats.
October 30, 2019 | Press Release
The FUND for Lake George and Lake George Waterkeeper last night encouraged the New York State Assembly Minority Conference’s Task Force on Water Quality to work toward increasing the availability of dedicated state funding for water quality protection projects across the state.
October 15, 2019 | Article
October 2019, The Hague Chronicle | Warren County and the Town of Hague have earned the Sustainable Winter Management (SWiM®) Program certification for reducing the use of road salt and its runoff into Lake George and other waterways while maintaining safe driving conditions.
October 7, 2019 | Article
October 7, 2019, Adirondack Daily Enterprise | Fall has come to the North Country. A time of changing leaves and brisk weather, but it’s a short-lived season. Winter is on its way, which means snow and ice, and their contentious combatant — road salt.
October 7, 2019 | Article
October 7, 2019, Adirondack Almanack | Warren County and the Town of Hague have earned the Sustainable Winter Management (SWiM) Program certification for reducing the use of road salt — and its runoff into Lake George and other waterways — while maintaining safe driving conditions.
October 4, 2019 | Article
October 4, 2019, Adirondack Explorer | Lawmakers are working on legislation to address road salt application by state crews, Assemblyman Billy Jones told an audience Thursday at a road salt summit in Lake Placid.
October 4, 2019 | Press Release
October 4, 2019 | Warren County and the Town of Hague have earned the Sustainable Winter Management (SWiM®) Program certification for reducing the use of road salt — and its runoff into Lake George and other waterways — while maintaining safe driving conditions.
October 4, 2019 | Article
October 4, 2019, Lake George Mirror | Thanks in part to The FUND's annual day-long salt conference, designed originally for the property maintenance contractors, highway superintendents and the public
employees responsible for applying de-icing agents to roads, driveways and parking lots, the use of road salt has started to drop in the Lake George watershed. It’s now time to export the Lake George model to communities
throughout the Adirondack Park.
October 4, 2019 | Article
October 4, 2019, Lake George Mirror | At the September 24th Lake George Park Commission meeting in Bolton Landing, Dr. Rick Relyea, director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute and the Jefferson Project, said their goal is to make
Lake George the smartest lake in the world.
October 1, 2019 | Article
October 1, 2019, Saratoga Living | Elizabeth Sobol of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center gives the Jefferson Project at Lake George a much-deserved shout-out in the water-focused feature article.
September 27, 2019 | Article
September 27, 2019, Lake George Mirror | Dan Stec, who represents the Lake George region in the New York State Assembly, has been named co-chairman of the Assembly Republican Conference’s Task Force on Water Quality.
September 26, 2019 | Article
September 26, 2019, The Post Star | The fifth annual salt summit, while traditionally held in Lake George, is being moved to Lake Placid this year in hopes of reaching other municipalities and businesses.
September 24, 2019 | Article
September 24, 2019, The Post Star | The algae collection was a part of The Jefferson Project, a water-quality monitoring and mapping effort carried out by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Fund for Lake George and IBM.
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