Date:  December 8
Time:  10am-2pm
Place:  Horicon Town Hall
            6604 State Route 8, Brant Lake, NY 12815
 
This forum is designed to bring together lake and river associations, town officials, DEC, APA, APIPP and Soil and Water Conservation Districts staff in a round table discussion to review work being done on waterways infested with invasive species within the Adirondack region.  While reports indicate that two thirds of our lakes and rivers remain invasive free, one third of Adirondack waters are infested with aquatic invasive species including Eurasian milfoil, water chestnut, asian clams, spiny water flea, curly leaf pondweed, all requiring substantial financial investments by lake and river associations and state and local government to contain and control their spread.  
 
The emphasis of this forum will be to provide participants the opportunity to exchange information regarding management practices that appear to be leading to successful results as well as to consider factors that appear to be hindering the progress on some of our lakes and rivers. Because of its presence on so many of our infested waters, the primary focus of this discussion will be on Eurasian milfoil.
 
Our plan is to maximize participant participation incorporating the following discussion topics:
1)  Ongoing aquatic invasive threat to our water ways
2)  Lake management strategies in addressing aquatic invasive species:
 
        Upper Saranac
        Minerva
        Lake George
        Ausable River
 
3) Open discussion by participants on other lake initiatives
4)  What are the factors inhibiting our efforts and how should we best approach these issues? 
5) Regulations for 2017
     DEC
     APA
6)  ALA efforts on behalf of lake and river associations
 
We look forward to having you join us for this important conversation.  Working together, sharing best practices and resources should aid all of us in our efforts to protect our waters.  Lunch is on us and we hope you will be at the table.
 
For our planning purposes would you please reply by email or complete the attached reservation form and mail by December 2nd to following address.  Hope to see you on December 8.
 
Ed Griesmer
Executive Director
edgriesmer.ala@gmail.com
 
Jane B. Smith
Associate Director
janesmith.ala@gmail.com
 
Adirondack Lakes Alliance, Inc.      
PO Box 406, Chestertown NY 12817
H: (518) 494-3301
C: (518) 894-0614  
www.adirondacklakesalliance.org  

​For Immediate Release
 
Adirondack Landowners Association      11/25/16
Contact: Ross Whaley
Phone: 518-359-9631
rosswhaley@roadrunner.com
 



ALA to Present Stewardship Award to the Adirondack Lakes Alliance
 
    The Adirondack Landowners Association is pleased to announce that the Adirondack Lakes Alliance will be the 2016 recipient of the ALA Stewardship Award. This award is given periodically to groups or individuals who have made a tangible impact on the stewardship of Adirondack lands, water or communities. The award will be presented at the ALA winter meeting in Old Forge on December 2nd, 2016.
 
    Water quality is of great concern to everyone in the Adirondacks and around the world. The threats to our environment and economy from aquatic invasive species, has been the focus of the Adirondack Lakes Alliance since they began. They have helped to organize a wide range of lake and river associations throughout the Adirondack Park, along with local government, state agencies, residents and key stakeholders to help create awareness for this important issue.
 
   Adirondack Lakes Alliance Executive Director, Ed Griesmer offered this statement: “The Adirondack Lakes Alliance is pleased and honored to receive the ALA Stewardship Award.  In accepting this award, we do so, on behalf of the many lake and river associations throughout the Adirondack region and their thousands of volunteers who serve as first responders in addressing issues affecting our waterways.  This award helps to give recognition to the important role they play in keeping our waters clean and safe for all to use and enjoy.”
 
  The Adirondack Landowners Association was founded in 1990 to encourage continued stewardship and sound resource management of the land; to promote public awareness of the valuable role played by private landowners in the Park; to advocate laws, regulations and governmental policies that promote and facilitate good stewardship by private landowners and recognize and preserve their rights in the land.
   
You can learn more at:    www.adklandowners.org      www.adirondacklakesalliance.org