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Lake Placid

AIS intercepted: 22 Boats inspected: 5,059 Dates of Operation: May 27 – October 9 Number of visitors: 9,326 Boats failing inspection: 2.2%

Total Number of Days Covered: DEC Launch & Decon 118, Village Launch 110 Weekly Coverage: 7 days Visitors showing spread prevention awareness: 70% Number of previously visited waterways: 135

AIS Present in Waterbody: variable-leaf milfoil Stewardship History: 2002 - present Partnership: Lake Placid Shore Owners Association

Boat Type total # total # Watercraft boats boats Barge Canoe Dock Kayak Motor PWC Row Sail SUP observed inspected DEC Launch w/decon 2 303 0 1651 1822 4 12 19 205 4018 3954 percentage of total boats 0% 8% 0% 41% 45% 0% 0% 0% 5% 100% 98% Village Launch 0 131 1 521 346 0 13 1 122 1135 1105 percentage of total boats 0% 12% 0% 46% 30% 0% 1% 0% 11% 100% 97% totals 2 434 1 2172 2168 4 25 20 327 5153 5059 percentage of total boats 0.04% 8% 0.02% 42% 42% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 6% 100% 98% Boats observed at launch, including those not inspected. PWC=personal watercraft, SUP=stand-up paddleboard.

organisms found total # total # boats # boats # of % of inspected % of inspected visitors entering leaving roadside organisms dirty w/AIS inspections boats dirty boats w/AIS DEC Launch w/decon 7547 73 23 0 96 77 17 3954 1.9% 0.4% Village Launch 1779 31 3 0 34 34 1 1105 3.1% 0.1% totals 9326 104 26 0 130 111 18 5059 2.2% 0.4% Boats dirty = watercraft with any organic material, invasive, non-invasive or unknown.

AIS spread prevention awareness # groups Visitor Responses asked yes I WB DB BB LW Dis Dry same lake first/frozen didn't ask DEC Launch w/decon 1927 345 398 183 11 19 9 308 976 231 77 2885 percentage of total groups asked 67% 12% 14% 6% 0% 1% 0% 11% 34% 8% NA Village Launch 664 124 88 54 5 6 3 106 387 71 16 798 percentage of total groups asked 83% 16% 11% 7% 1% 1% 0% 13% 48% 9% NA totals 2591 469 486 237 16 25 12 414 1363 302 93 3683 percentage of total groups asked 70% 13% 13% 6% 0% 1% 0.3% 11% 37% 8% NA Yes = showed AIS spread prevention awareness; I = inspected boat; WB = washed boat; DB = drained bilge; BB =emptied bait bucket; LW = drained livewell; Dis = disposed of unused bait; Dry = dried boat; same Lake = boat only goes in this lake; first/frozen = first launch of season or frozen boat.

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total Organisms Removed # AIS BW CLP* ELO GRS EWM* NM UM VLM* MUD NON PND SWF* WC* WL ZM* OTR DEC Launch w/decon 0 3 3 4 10 0 3 4 9 50 4 0 0 0 4 2 21 percentage of total orgs 0% 3% 3% 4% 10% 0% 3% 4% 9% 52% 4% 0% 0% 0% 4% 2% Village Launch 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 percentage of total orgs 0% 0% 0% 6% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 85% 3% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0% totals 0 3 3 6 10 0 3 5 9 79 5 0 0 1 4 2 22 percentage of total orgs 0% 2% 2% 5% 8% 0% 2% 4% 7% 61% 4% 0% 0% 1% 3% 2% BW = bladderwort; CLP = curly-leaf pondweed; ELO = elodea; GRS = grass; EWM = Eurasian watermilfoil; NM = native milfoil; UM = unknown milfoil; VLM = variable-leaf milfoil; MUD = mud; NON = non-aquatic debris; PND = native pondweed; SWF = spiny waterflea; WC= water chestnut; WL= water lily; ZM = zebra mussel; OTR = other; */AIS = aquatic invasive species.

Aquatic Invasive Species # found on # found on Previous Waterway Previous Waterway Intercepted by Stewards boats launching boats retrieving curly-leaf pondweed 3 Lake Champlain (2), St. Lawrence River (1) 0 N/A St. Lawrence River (2), None (2), Ballston Lake (1), Lake Bomoseen VT (1), Lake Flower (1), Eurasian watermilfoil 10 0 N/A Lincoln Pond (1), Lower Saranac Lake (1), Second Pond (1) Lake Flower (2), Fish Creek Ponds (1), Lake Placid variable-leaf milfoil 5 (1), Upper Saranac Lake (1) Ballston Lake (1), Lake Bomoseen VT (1), St. Lake Placid (unknown zebra mussel 3 1 Lawrence River (1) previous lake) Totals 21 1

State of Motorized Boat Registration (n=2,168)

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Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits Lake Placid 844 Geneva Lake, Walworth County, WI 2 Greenwood Lake, Passaic County, NJ 1 RENTAL 503 Green River Reservoir, Hyde Park, VT 2 Hemlock Lake, Ontario County, NY 1 NONE 447 Hoel Pond 2 Hinckley Reservoir 1 Mirror Lake 74 Indian Lake 2 Jabe Pond, Hague, NY 1 Upper Saranac Lake 61 Kayuta Lake 2 Lake Clear 1 Lake Flower 52 Keuka Lake 2 Lake Harmony, Kidder Township, PA 1 Lake Champlain 41 Lake Bomoseen, Castleton, VT 2 Lake Hopatcong, Sussex County, NJ 1 Lower Saranac Lake 37 Lake Colby 2 Lake Huron 1 Lake George 22 Little Tupper Lake 2 Lake Ozonia, Hopkinton, NY 1 UNKNOWN (boater doesn't know) 17 Loon Lake, Franklin, NY 2 Lake Pleasant 1 Atlantic Ocean 16 Moose Pond, St. Armand, NY 2 Lake Saint Catherine, Poultney, VT 1 Second Pond 13 Oneida Lake 2 Lake Superior 1 St. Lawrence River 11 Onondaga Lake 2 Lincoln Pond, Elizabethtown, NY 1 Taylor Pond 10 Osgood Pond 2 Little Clear Pond 1 Cascade Lakes 9 2 Loon Lake, Chester, NY 1 DID NOT ASK 9 Putnam Pond, Ticonderoga, NY 2 Manchaug Pond, Worcester Cnty, MA 1 Raquette River 9 somewhere in Massachusetts 2 Merrill Creek Reservoir, Harmony, NJ 1 Great 8 somewhere in Quebec 2 Missisquoi River, Orleans County, VT 1 Middle Saranac Lake 8 St. Regis River 2 1 Lake Kushaqua (Rainbow/Buck) 7 Union Falls Pond 2 Monksville Reservoir, Passaic Cnty, NJ 1 7 Upper St Regis Lake 2 Moon Lake, Theresa, NY 1 Canandaigua Lake 5 Allegheny Reservoir, NY 1 Moosehead Lake, ME 1 Fish Creek Ponds 5 Allegheny River 1 Niagara River 1 Lake Ontario 5 Androscoggin River, ME 1 Nicks Lake, Webb, NY 1 Long Lake 5 Ballston Lake 1 Ohio River 1 Skaneateles Lake 5 Barnum Pond 1 Owasco Lake 1 Tupper Lake 5 Beltzville Lake, Carbon County, PA 1 Oxbow Lake 1 Cranberry Lake 4 Big Moose Lake 1 Paradox Lake 1 4 Bouquet River, Essex County, NY 1 Pontoosuc Lake, Berkshire County, MA 1 Lake Erie 4 Brant Lake 1 Promised Land Lake, Pike County, PA 1 Raquette Lake 4 Canadarago Lake 1 Rice Lake, Brighton, NY 1 Schroon Lake 4 Candlewood Lake, Brookfield, CT 1 Ridley Creek, Rose Valley, PA 1 Ausable River 3 Caroga Lake 1 Rollins Pond 1 Chazy Lake 3 Cazenovia Lake 1 Round Lake, Clifton Park, NY 1 Chubb River 3 Chapel Pond, Keene, NY 1 Round Lake, North Elba, NY 1 Connecticut River 3 Chateaugay Lake 1 Rushford Lake, Allegany County, NY 1 Fourth Lake 3 Chautauqua Lake 1 Sargent Ponds, Arietta, NY 1 Lower St Regis Lake 3 Conesus Lake 1 , Schenectady, NY 1 Meacham Lake 3 Copake Lake, Copake, NY 1 Schuylkill River, PA 1 Saranac River 3 Delaware River 1 Seneca Lake 1 Bantam Lake, Morris, CT 2 Echo Lake, North Elba, NY 1 Silver Lake, Black Brook, NY 1 Black Pond, Brighton, NY 2 First Lake 1 somewhere in Canada 1 Blue Mountain Lake 2 Floodwood Pond 1 somewhere in Michigan 1 Cayuga Lake 2 Follensby Clear Pond 1 Webster Lake, Webster, MA 1 2 Garnet Lake, Johnsburg, NY 1 Williams Pond, Lebanon, CT 1 Franklin Falls Flow 2 Glen Lake, Queensbury, NY 1 Wolfe Lake, ON 1 Fulton Chain of Lakes 2 Grasse River 1 Total groups 2407

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