The Health Of Our Lake

Photo Courtesy: East Shore Schroon Lake Association

With our lake beckoning to us come use it  -- with more and more boats and docks appearing each week --  it won’t be long before we will be swimming, skiing and doing all sorts of fun, aquatic activities in this dreamy body of water.

And before the year gets away from us, we want to share with you the 2012 reports of both the Schroon Lake Association, and the East Shore Schroon Lake Association, on their joint efforts to rid the lake of invasive species.

For the uninitiated, both associations, the towns that ring Schroon Lake, good citizens and both Essex and Warren Counties, have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars protecting our lake from invasives, the chief culprit: Eurasian Milfoil.

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Fast Talk, Fast Action, and Fun at the Schroon Lions Club Auction

Some of the goodies up for grabs at the 2012 Schroon Lions Club Auction held at the Boat House each Sunday of thre Memorial day Weekend

Nothing gets the heart pumping like attending an auction -- whether your are bidding on an item or watching folks duke it out. And we can report first hand the experience is very exhilarating at the Schroon Lions Club annual auction.

We were in attendance last year -- where we picked up several bargains -- and watched two bidders REALLY bid up the red and blue Corona Beer Cooler, you can see in the above photo. (It went for over $400!!!)

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