January 4, 2021 | Article
For decades, New York state has chosen the first road, dumping 50,000 pounds of salt per highway lane mile annually. With much of that salt running into nearby streams, lakes and drinking water, the consequences are significant: dead trees, damaged ecosystems, ruined private property, polluted home wells and even threats to human health.
The nonprofit Fund for Lake George, alarmed by the damage to one of the state’s most treasured natural assets, calls excessive road salt use “the acid rain of our time.” But as reporting by the Adirondack Explorer found, New York officials have for years been indifferent to the extensive damage caused in no small part by the state’s behavior
December 18, 2020 | Article
Warren County has started making their own salt brine to treat the roads. They say the liquid mix of salt and water is cheaper and more effective than rock salt. It's also better for the environment. The county purchased equipment to make their own brine, and they'll be able to provide it to towns and villages around the county that want to use it. Warren County Public Works Superintendent Kevin Hajos says brine uses less salt, so it's less expensive. He hopes one day to cut his $600,000 annual salt budget in half.
November 23, 2020 | Special Report
The recent discovery of the first confirmed Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) on the Queen of American Lakes demands increased coordination, closer collaboration and a science-based investigation to determine the cause, as well as to prioritize planned projects and to identify preventive actions.
November 18, 2020 | Special Report
Jefferson Project Deploys State-of–the-Art Science and Technology to Understand Lake George’s FIRST Harmful Algal Bloom
Researchers confirm no measurable toxins and pursue answers to additional key questions
November 11, 2020 | Special Report
The FUND for Lake George, with the immediate engagement of The Jefferson Project — The FUND’s environmental research collaboration with IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — has rapidly responded to the Lake’s first confirmed harmful algal bloom (HAB), discovered in Harris Bay on the northeast side of Assembly Point on Monday, Nov. 9.
The multi-faceted mobilization will complement the investigation being conducted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation by focusing on identifying the physical, biological, and chemical factors responsible for the bloom, with the objective of informing actions required to head off and prevent future HABs.
September 24, 2020 | Press Release
LAKE GEORGE — With the troubling discovery of the first significant hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) infestation in the Lake George watershed, a consortium of private and public sector organizations has formed the Save Our Lake George Hemlocks Initiative with the goal of identifying future infestations sooner to limit the extent of the invasive species’ spread in the watershed and the larger region.
September 24, 2020 | Special Report
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The first hemlock woolly adelgid was found in the Adirondacks in 2017. But after a second sighting was made on Lake George last month, the state DEC says the invasive species may have been harming Adirondack trees for around five years. Now, they and several conservation groups have created a long-term plan to fight back.
September 24, 2020 | Article
The approximately 250-acres of sick hemlock trees on the eastern shore of Lake George were likely infected by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid for five years or more, experts said Tuesday.The timeline is leading some to ask how to detect infected trees sooner, and the answer could be sky high.
September 1, 2020 | Article
Jefferson Project: Research on Upstate Lakes Keeps Harmful Algal Blooms from Lake George
July 24, 2020 | Article
LAKE GEORGE — The Fund for Lake George has partnered with two regional banks to offer low- or no-interest loans to improve faulty septic systems surrounding the lake.
July 24, 2020 | Article
LAKE GEORGE -- Two regional banks will be putting a total of $2.5 million into no-interest or low-interest loans to help homeowners and businesses around Lake George upgrade private septic systems that may be polluting the lake.
July 23, 2020 | Article
As multimillion dollar upgrades are being made at the Lake George Wastewater Treatment Plant to protect water quality, a new partnership between local banks and the FUND for Lake George is aimed at upgrading old septic systems in the Lake George basin.
July 23, 2020 | Special Report
LAKE GEORGE NY (WRGB) - Those who worry about the future of the pristine water in Lake George got some very welcome news. Homeowners on the lake now have access to low or no interest loans to improve their septic systems.
July 23, 2020 | Special Report
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The FUND for Lake George works to keep the lake clean from pollutants and invasives. On Wednesday, they announced a new initiative to combat the role of aging septic systems in creating hazardous algae growth in the lake.
July 23, 2020 | Article
New York's Lake George and Ohio's Lake Erie are among those to deploy sensors and IoT tech in an effort to monitor pollution, toxins and weather.
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