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The Lake George Association

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The Lake George Association was formed in 1885 by a small group of individuals who shared a common passion- fishing at Lake George. These individuals gathered together to initiate an Association of people who would lead others by their example for the betterment of the lake. Their goal was a simple one- to give back to the lake what it was giving to them. Their first project was to plan, finance, and carry out a program to restock the lake with the species of fish they enjoyed catching.

Recognizing that the health of the fishery depended on the quality of the lake water, members of the Association soon began to address the more obvious sources of pollution. In the days of the Great Estates, most food and supplies were produced locally. Due to the mountainous terrain, pigpens and livestock yards drained downhill to Lake George. LGA members encouraged and helped local farmers clean things up. In essence, they were initiating what we now call a “non-point source control program”.

As the larger land holdings began to be subdivided and lakeside populations expanded, more people began using the lake as their primary source of drinking water. Concerns about water purity demanded action. Again the Association took action. On behalf of the local towns, the Association retained sanitary inspectors to encourage replacement of outdoor privies with more sophisticated sanitary facilities. In the 1960’s, the Association advocated and achieved a ban on phosphate detergents, the first in New York State. Later they advocated construction of community sewage treatment plants for the most populous areas, a program that continues to this day.