Lake George Land Conservancy awarded $4.15M for conservation

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — The Lake George Land Conservancy announced they have been awarded $4.15 million in grants as part of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Quality Improvement Project. The funding will go toward land acquisition for source water protection.

$3.5 million of the grant funds will be used to permanently protect over 700 acres in the Indian Brook sub-watershed region of Bolton. The remaining funding will go toward purchasing a 73-acre forested property in Lake George.

“We are grateful to New York State and Governor Hochul for supporting our work to protect Lake George by protecting the land around it. By keeping our forests healthy and whole, we’re allowing the land to do what it does best – filter water, reduce pollution, and prevent stormwater issues downstream,” said LGLC Executive Director Michael Horn. “With these grants, we will be able to advance a number of projects over the next few years, but there is still much work to be done, including raising the more than $1 million in required matching funds.”

The conservation efforts will help to maintaining forested areas around streams and wetlands in the area, preventing erosion, protecting the waters from pollutants and bolstering flood resiliency.

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