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.
August 17, 2018 | Article
August 17, 2018, Bloomberg Environmental | Other states are experimenting with new information-intensive approaches to address algal blooms. IBM’s technology is being used to control harmful algal blooms on a lake used for recreation in central New York that also serves as a drinking water source for 200,000 people. The technology was developed for use on Lake George in northern New York, where IBM and its partner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, store and analyze an estimated 9 tetrabytes of data each year, according to the company. The project also receives support from The FUND for Lake George.
August 16, 2018 | Article
August 16, 2018, The Next Web | A team of interdisciplinary science all-stars have spent the last five years at Lake George, building the most advanced environmental monitoring system ever made.
August 15, 2018 | Article
August 15, 2018, The Times-Union | The state needs to do more to combat outbreaks of harmful aquatic algae that can pose a threat to drinking water supplies, according to an Ithaca-based environmental advocate.
August 11, 2018 | Article
August 12, 2018, The Post-Star | To help prevent water quality from deteriorating, engineers, scientists and advocates have teamed up to create an extensive lake modeling and monitoring system that could not only protect Lake George, but also protect water bodies across the globe. The system is called The Jefferson Project.
August 10, 2018 | Article
August 10, 2018, The Sun | Village officials have decided to modify their wintertime road maintenance procedures in one small section of the municipality at the request of local homeowners.
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