Guest Commentary The passage of the Randy Preston Road Salt Reduction Act marks the single greatest opportunity to combat road salt pollution since this problem was first discovered. It could not come at a more important moment. Recent scientific studies have demonstrated the prevalence of road salt pollution in our lakes, streams and groundwater across the Adirondacks. People are suffering from property damage, economic hardships and poor health, all because of our dangerous addiction to road salt. Thanks to the leadership of Assemblyman Billy Jones, and Senators Betty Little, Dan Stec and Tim Kennedy, we have a new opportunity to engage with those responsible for keeping the driving public safe. The task force provides a mandate to develop modern winter road maintenance strategies to ensure that students, workers, emergency services personnel and daily commuters get to their destinations safely, while protecting clean drinking water for those same people once they return hom
Lake George environmental protection organizations to merge | The Daily Gazette
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LAKE GEORGE The two main organizations looking to protect the Lake George environment will be merging forces, citing the various environmental threats facing the internationally renown lake in the southern Adirondacks.
The Lake George Association and Fund for Lake George have voted to merge, operating under the Lake George Association name, the groups announced Thursday. The boards of both organizations have approved, though the membership of the LGA, most of them property owners around the lake, still must have a vote.
“We have one beautiful and beloved lake, and now we will have one voice and one powerful force for action to protect it,” said Jeff Killeen, chairman of the Fund for Lake George.
Lake George s most prominent advocacy groups will merge
Lake George Association, Fund for Lake George combine efforts
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A view of Lake George from May 2014. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski
LAKE GEORGE As climate change and pollution threaten its famed clarity, the lake’s two largest watchdogs are merging to better fight for its future.
The Lake George Association and the Fund for Lake George announced Thursday they are becoming one group, ending years in which one of the nation’s most-visited lakes was spoken for by groups with similar goals but sometimes conflicting messages.