The FUND for Lake George

About us

The Lake George Association is the preeminent Lake-protection entity dedicated to safeguarding The Queen of American Lakes in Upstate New York. The LGA has architected and advanced a science-guided, partner-driven model of freshwater protection designed for adaptation and scaling across the country and world-wide.

The LGA brings together the world-class science of the The Jefferson Project freshwater research partnership and the Lake George Waterkeeper, ​​with input from our Council of Science Advisors; the dedicated volunteer efforts of our Citizen Scientists; bold public and private protection partnerships; community education; public policy advocacy; and direct investments in protection programs and activities to deliver an unsurpassed level of care for a Lake unrivaled in its beauty and cleanliness.

In 2021, we launched the most ambitious and, potentially, most meaningful protection program in our history — calling on property owners, businesses and organizations across the Lake George watershed to declare themselves “Lake Protectors” and take direct protective actions on their properties to address the Lake’s greatest threats: stormwater and wastewater pollution, invasive species, and excessive winter road salt use. This growing community of Lake Protectors will dramatically increase and accelerate our protection progress, as is so urgently needed in this time of unprecedented and escalating threats.