The Lake George Visitors Center, located on the corner of Canada Street and Beach Road, is launching the 2023 summer season with a new, interactive display that explains that Lake George Association’s (LGA) science-based solutions to problems, such as the invasive species, road salt and excessive nutrients, that threaten the lake.
The Center provides visitors information about local businesses, events and activities in the region and, with a series of wall panels, illustrates Lake George’s history. The new installation focuses on the present and efforts to protect the lake’s future. “This exhibit,” says Village of Lake George Mayor Ray Perry in a press release, “completes the picture of Lake George and why lake protection is so important.”
A highlight of the exhibit is a panoramic photo of Lake George taken by photographer Carl Heilmann II. The display includes QR codes so that visitors can find more information online and even check the lake’s current water temperature.
Dannica Campbell, the LGA’s Manager of Communications and Database, designed and installed the exhibit.
LGA launches Lake Protector program with first-of-its-kind web app
The Lake George Association, founded in 1885, provides technical and financial assistance to property owners. This spring, the Association launched its Lake Protector Profile App, which provides residential and commercial property owners in the lake’s watershed with tools to evaluate how their property may be impacting Lake George’s water quality. With the app, landowners can access their personalized Lake Protector Profile, which considers property characteristics such as slopes, trees, soil, impervious surfaces, septic systems and streams, and learn how to mitigate threats to water quality.
“Every developed property in the Lake George Basin contributes in some way to the inflow of nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen that feed algae growth in the Lake and raise the risk of harmful algal blooms.”
LGA President Eric Siy
LGA facilitates research and direct protection programs through The Jefferson Project, the Lake George Waterkeeper, and a mix of public-private partnerships. The LGA also offers public education programs and public policy advocacy to protect the Lake’s water quality.