September 14, 2018 | Article
September 14, 2018, The Lake George Mirror | Lake George, unlike the other eleven upstate New York lakes eligible for funding under a new $65 million program announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo last winter, has never experienced toxic algae, which can endanger critical sources of drinking water as well as local, tourist-driven economies.
September 10, 2018 | Newsletter
September 10, 2018, The Post-Star | Read about the Skaneateles Lake Association’s initial outreach early this Spring to facilitate a working relationship with The FUND for Lake George and the Jefferson Project for the benefit of both Skaneateles Lake and Lake George.
September 9, 2018 | Article
September 9, 2018, The Post-Star | Milfoil are rooted plants with whorled leaves that can form dense canopies, blocking out light for other native plants, according to the federally sponsored Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. They can choke out water bodies, restricting swimming, boating and even clogging water intake pipes.
September 9, 2018 | Article
September 9, 2018, The Post-Star | Toxic algal blooms have been reported in more than 80 lakes and ponds across New York state.
September 7, 2018 | Article
September 7, 2018, The Lake George Mirror | This year’s King George Fishing Derby, an annual benefit for lake protection efforts, will take place on September 15 and 16.
September 7, 2018 | Article
September 7, 2018, The Lake George Mirror | The Lake George Park Commission’s annual lake-wide invasive species survey, conducted with volunteers over a course of four days in August, found new populations of Asian clams, the Commission reports.
September 7, 2018 | Article
September 7, 2018, The Lake George Mirror | The Leeming Jelliffe Preserve, an upland bluff at Huletts Landing protected by the Lake George Land Conservancy. According to the Conservancy, the opening of the preserve’s trails “launches a larger campaign to provide further protection of the ridgelines and stream corridors within the Huletts Landing area.”
September 6, 2018 | Article
September 6, 2018, The Post-Star | Two Hague residents and a Round Lake resident were named to the Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter board of trustees.
August 27, 2018 | Article
August 27, 2018, The Post-Star | A new recycling boat decontamination station in Severance, a hamlet in Schroon, has already proven its worth and more, saving Schroon Lake from an infestation of invasive zebra mussels this summer.
August 27, 2018 | Article
August 27, 2018, Spectrum News | In 2013, the FUND for Lake George came together with IBM and RPI to create a sophisticated network of sensors designed to understand -- and therefore preserve -- the lake.
August 24, 2018 | Article
August 24, 2018, Syracuse.com | A robotic buoy bristling with scientific instruments has joined the fight against toxic algae in Skaneateles Lake.
August 19, 2018 | Article
August 19, 2018, The Post-Star | The Jefferson Project has deployed sensor technology to Skaneateles Lake, a Class AA water body and sister lake to Lake George, which has already experienced multiple toxic algal blooms this summer.
August 19, 2018 | Article
August 19, 2018, The Post-Star | The village has received tentative approval from the state Department of Environmental Conservation for the design of its new wastewater treatment plant — a project now estimated to cost $25 million.
August 17, 2018 | Article
August 17, 2018, The Lake George Mirror | Dr. John Kelly, the Director of IBM Research, noted at The FUND for Lake George’s annual meeting on July 7 that the Jefferson Project’s mission was to both maintain a facility in Bolton Landing to study and protect Lake George “into perpetuity,” while, at the same time, “globalizing” the technology developed here.
August 17, 2018 | Article
August 17, 2018, The Post-Star | Karen Reynolds of Environmental Canine Services informed the LGA her dogs can sniff out E. coli.
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