Click to view our 2023 Annual Report digitally (best viewed on a large screen). This Report covers the LGLC’s activities in the 2023 Calendar Year, and financials for the 2023 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2022 – June 31, 2023). The publication can also be downloaded as a PDF from the link above. To request a paper copy of this annual report, please call us at 518-644-9673, email Sarah at shoffman@lglc.org, or use our contact form. The post 2023 Annual Report appeared first on Lake George Land Conservancy ..read more

$4.15 Million Awarded for Water Quality Protection; Register for the Hike-A-Thon; and more! NYS DEC has awarded the LGLC $4.15M through its Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) grant program. What’s inside: The LGLC has been awarded $4.15 Million for Water Quality Protection Register Today for the 12th Annual Hike-A-Thon Upcoming Events Post of the Month View E-News Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time. The post March 2024 News appeared first on Lake George Land Conservancy ..read more

Bolton Landing, NY – The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded grants totaling $4.15 million for land acquisition for source water protection from the Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) grant program administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The LGLC will use $3.5 million of the grant funds to permanently protect over 700 acres in the Indian Brook sub-watershed region of the Town of Bolton. Maintaining forested buffers around the streams and wetlands of this area will prevent erosion, filter sediment a ..read more

LGLC Awarded $86k to Manage HWA; Hike-A-Thon registration opens March 4, and more! We’re hosting a winter meet & greet this Thursday, and you’re invited! What’s inside: The LGLC has been awarded a $86k grant to manage hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) in Putnam 12th Annual Hike-A-Thon: Registration opens March 4 Summer internship applications due March 1 Land & Water Conservation Celebration: August 2/li> Upcoming Events Post of the Month View E-News Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any t ..read more

Land donation protects East Brook, PLUS Intern with the LGLC, Open House, and events! We’re hosting a winter meet & greet this Thursday, and you’re invited! What’s inside: LGLC Receives Donation of Land in South Basin Summer Internship Availability You’re Invited! Come to our Open House, January 18 Upcoming Events View E-News Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time. The post January 2024 News appeared first on Lake George Land Conservancy ..read more

Bolton Landing, NY – The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant of $86,215 to support the LGLC’s rapid response and management efforts to control the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on its Clark Hollow Bay Preserve in the Town of Putnam. The LGLC’s Land Steward discovered an infestation of HWA at its recently acquired 60-acre Clark Hollow Bay property in the spring of 2023. This was the first time HWA had been found on LGLC protected property, and is at the northern frontier of the HWA infestation at Lake George and in the Adirondack P ..read more

Bolton Landing, NY – The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) has been given a donation of 4.4 acres of undeveloped land in the Town of Lake George. This property borders the LGLC’s 12-acre East Brook Preserve and includes more than three acres of wetlands and 600 feet of forested steam corridor that help to naturally protect water quality. The “East Brook Addition” donation was gifted to the LGLC by Karen Azer and her late mother Helene Horn. “I am glad the parcel will remain forever wild,” said Karen Azer, “not only benefiting water quality but also protecting habitat for wildlife.” LGLC Exec ..read more

Season’s Greetings from the LGLC, plus winter hiking reminders, end-of-year office hours, and upcoming events. Thank you for being part of our Lake George community! What’s inside: Season’s Greetings from the LGLC, and Warm Wishes for a Peaceful New Year End-of-Year Office Hours Reminder for Winter Hiking Safety Winter Plowing at LGLC Preserves Upcoming Events Post of the Month View E-News Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time. The post December 2023 News appeared first on Lake George Land ..read more

Giving Thanks; Plus, beetles released at CHB, progress at Peggy’s, welcome new staff, and updated merch now available! Thank you for being part of a healthier, cleaner, more enjoyable Lake George community! What’s inside: Thank You! New Merch Added Beetle Release at Clark Hollow Bay Peggy’s Work Progress LGLC Welcomes Leah Smisloff Upcoming Events Post of the Month View E-News Sunset on Lake George from Shelving Rock. Photo by William Adamczak, @wadamczakphoto Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at an ..read more

We’re 35! Read more in our Fall-Winter newsletter. Plus – hunting season safety; work to begin at Peggy’s; HWA management. This October marks our 35th anniversary! Check out our special anniversary spread in this season’s newsletter. What’s inside: Celebrating 35 Years of Conservation Managing for HWA Hiking Safety During Hunting Season Peggy’s Work to Begin Upcoming Events View E-News Sign up to receive emails directly! Receive LGLC’s monthly email newsletter directly to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time. The post October 2023 News appeared first on Lake George Land Cons ..read more