* JULY 24 and 25

Two Day N Y State Boating Safety Course from 8 am to 1:30 pm at the Boathouse on Dock Street. Students must be at least 10 years old as of 7/24. Open to people of all ages above 10. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register or for questions please call Mark Granger 518-532-7459 or contact him at mgranger@mgrangerlaw.com<mailto:mgranger@mgrangerlaw.com> Registration closes July 16.

* AUGUST 18: SLA ANNUAL MEETING AND STATE OF THE LAKE AND TOWN MEETING- PLUS ELECTIONS

It's at 7:30 PM Boathouse on Dock Street. Speakers will include Town Supervisor Mike Marnell and many experts on the condition of the lake and watershed including our Lake Manager Steve LaMere. Come, participate and be informed. Open to the public. Only paid members are allowed to vote in the elections. Join today!
EVERYDAY: See our Lake Stewards hard at work on behalf of the Town of Schroon checking boats before they launch at the Dock Street Launch.

Buy raffle tickets for a Hornbeck Canoe to support the SLA. $20 buys you a 1 in 300 chance to win a $1700 boat. On display at the Glens Falls National Bank in town and for sale there and at various public functions including July 7, the Craft Fair, and the Annual Meeting. Drawing is at the finish line of the Marathon September 24. You do not have to be present to win- but wouldn’t that be fun?

Join our organization. Support the SLA. Go to schroonlakeassociation.com and join and contribute COMING SOON: NORTHERN DECONTAMINATION STATION
The SLA, the PLA and ESSLA have banded together to give the Town of Schroon a state of the art Boat Decontamination Station. This station is totally recycling and will remove all invasives, including seeds and larvae including those of Asian clams, zebra mussels and spiny water flea, which are not in our watershed but are in Lakes Champlain and George. It is an expensive proposition-$24,000 for the machine and $12,000 to operate it this year. But, it is critical to protect our lakes. It will be used for northern Schroon Lake and Paradox Lake, supplementing the Decon Machine on the southern end of Schroon in Horicon. We hope you will make a generous contribution towards this. Watch for more news on this.

*AND THE USUAL LAKE PROTECTION:
SLA continues to help the Town pay for Lake Stewards. Our Lake Manager Steve LaMere is working on some important projects to preserve and protect the watershed at SLA expense. SLA CSLAP volunteers continue to take samples of the Lake for processing and testing, adding to our over 25 years of testing records. Bob Bombard and Nick Rowell continue their SLA sponsored scuba patrol of the lake, looking for invasives and new challenges to the water quality. Construction of storm water runoff control structures continues near Town Hall. These are paid for by a grant SLA helped obtain. We also hope to expend the Lake Management Plan to cover the whole watershed, including Paradox and North Hudson. We will seek more grants.

All this takes money and time. Thanks for volunteering to help. Thanks for making the best monetary contributions you can".

Enjoy the summer!

Mark S. Granger, President
The Schroon Lake Association
Protecting the Schroon Lake Watershed since 1911