The Post-Star LAKE GEORGE The lake’s two most prominent protection groups announced Thursday they will merge, citing growing threats to the lake’s water quality. Boards from the Lake George Association and The Fund for Lake George unanimously endorsed the merger on Tuesday, citing a growing number of threats to the lake, including harmful algal blooms and invasive species. “We all felt that the compounding threats to Lake George, its water quality, demanded nothing other than a unified strategy that would come out of one organization with one voice,” said Jeff Killeen, board president of The Fund for Lake George, during a virtual press conference.
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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.