The LGLC has been awarded $4.15 Million for Water Quality Protection The LGLC was recently awarded grants totaling $4.15 million for land acquisition, a great testament to the importance of our work to protect the land that protects the lake. The funding is specifically for source water protection from the Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) grant program administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The LGLC will use $3.5 million of the grant funds to permanently protect over 700 acres in the Indian Brook sub-watershed region in the Town of Bolton. The remaining grant funds will be directed toward the purchase of a 73-acre forested property in the Town of Lake George. The conservation of these lands will permanently maintain forested buffers around streams and wetlands, thereby preventing erosion, filtering sediment and pollutants from stormwater, and aiding with flood resiliency. The WQIP grant program requires a match from recipients, and the LGLC will need to raise more than $1 million in required matching funds that will also be used for these water quality protection projects. |
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