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Saving the Lake: One Project at a Time Protect The Water. Educate For The Future. Saving the Lake: One Project At A Time Lake George Association Report to the Community, September 2016 Membership and Financial Reports for the Fiscal Year 2015 2015 Financial Statement 2015 BALANCE SHEET 2015 INCOME STATEMENT (from audited financial statement) (from audited financial statement) ASSETS 2015 2014 INCOME 2015 2014 Cash and Equivalents $557,865 $603,429 Member Dues $273,471 $192,059 Grants and Accounts Receivable 61,658 47,592 Other Contributions 118,553 207,053 Pledges Receivable - 6,000 Interest and Dividends 75,146 74,894 Accrued Interest Receivable 6,603 8,386 Special Events 168,964 127,404 Prepaid Expenses 16,103 14,798 Grants and Bequests 76,993 196,114 Investments - Second Century 1,887,122 1,609,925 In-kind Contributions 21,935 - Investments - Unrestricted 8,834 70,038 Miscellaneous 13,107 30,857 Investments - Restricted 1,107,712 1,159,377 Net Assets Released from Restrictions 541,050 335,258 Net Property and Equipment 262,025 290,448 Net Realized & Unrealized Gains/Losses (106,002) 26,224 West Brook Conservation Easement 732,448 732,448 TOTAL INCOME 1,183,217 1,189,863 TOTAL ASSETS 4,640,370 4,542,441 EXPENSES LIABILITIES Program Expenses 570,077 454,909 Accounts Payable and Accrued 62,722 28,943 Membership Services 128,356 115,031 Note Payable - West Brook 137,021 147,555 Special Events 72,071 34,765 TOTAL LIABILITIES 199,743 176,498 General 286,364 314,223 TOTAL EXPENSES 1,056,868 918,928 Unrestricted Net Assets 3,332,915 3,206,566 Restricted Net Assets 1,107,712 1,159,377 Net Increase/(Decrease) in Unrestricted Assets 126,349 270,935 TOTAL NET ASSETS 4,440,627 4,365,943 RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 4,640,370 4,542,441 Grants Received 489,385 379,200 Net Assets Released from Restrictions (541,050) (335,258) Increase/(Decrease) in Restricted Assets (51,665) 43,942 2 Lake George Association 2015 Report To The Community Protect The Water. Educate For The Future. The Lake George Association is on a mission. That mission hasn’t changed since 1885: PROTECT THE LAKE. Every act, every project, every thought is to protect the Lake FOR YOU. And the LGA can only protect the Lake BECAUSE OF YOU. There are many organizations that work in the Lake George watershed. What makes the Lake George Association’s protection unique is: • Our agenda is driven by our experience and our members, and we are supported by thousands of members locally and nationwide; • We focus on projects that will protect the Lake water quality now and will protect Lake water quality in the future; • We partner with anyone who needs help: Homeowners and associations, municipalities, businesses, anglers, upland residents, boaters, non-profits ... ; • With 131 years of experience protecting Lake George, we understand that every project we do now can change the Lake’s future; • Our balanced approach to development, what we call “Lake-Friendly Living;” • We work to teach our children well — so that students understand how important it is to make Lake-Friendly decisions, realizing that everything they do offers a chance to protect the Lake they will inherit from us. From Ticonderoga to Lake George Village ... Your Membership and Your Support makes our work possible. Thank You. Generations of members — residents, businesses, homeowner associations, anglers, boaters, visitors and municipalities — have trusted the Lake George Association to protect Lake George water quality in every way that matters. Lake George Association 2015 Report To The Community 3 Lake-Saving Studies/Science Lake George has changed over the decades. Science tells us so, as does our long history of observation. Science also tells us that the work the Lake George Association has done in the past to protect Lake George water has allowed for more flexibility to manage the conditions of the watershed with our Lake-Saving work. While we don’t like to brag, Lake Saving is what we do. More than just research, our Lake-Saving studies, surveys and science continue to expand our knowledge of the conditions in the lake and inform public, practical, real-world projects and applications now. Once again in 2015, LGA staff joined the Lake George Park Commission and other organizations on a six-day survey for Asian clams in sandy areas around the Lake. The survey found a new area at Rogers Rock Campground beach — which we successfully (so far) treated. See Page 7 for details on the rapid response. A two-year study of Asian clam growth, paid by the Lake George Association on behalf of the Asian Clam Task Force, concluded that the invasive species were actively reproducing two months longer in one of the three locations that were studied – and the next step is to determine why that is happening only there. It also determined that Asian clams in Lake George LGA staff survey for Asian clams grow at a rate of 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm per week during the season, and they reproduce when they reach 10 mm. So if we can eradicate the clams before they have been in the Lake for a year, we can That means the clams need to be in Lake George for at control them. And that’s what happened at least a full year before they can begin reproducing. Rogers Rock Campground. (See Page 7) 4 Lake George Association 2015 Report To The Community Lake-Saving Studies/Science Each day that the LGA’s Floating Classroom ventures out on the Lake, we are checking water clarity (using a secchi disk); the population of plankton (an indicator of Lake health); and temperature. Our companion stream monitoring program checks the abundance and diversity of life (macroinvertebrates) in the streams, which is an important indicator of stream health. Lake George continues to be very clear – and we know this because of our regular check of water clarity on our Floating Classroom programs using a device called a secchi disk. Participants in 2015 saw an average clarity of 8 meters (26.25 feet) in Lake George, with the highest transparency measurement of 12 meters (39.4 feet) in the area off Anthony’s nose. The average clarity reading for New York State lakes was 4.42 meters (14.5 feet) – or just more than half the clarity of Lake George. We need to continue our work — and your Lake George Association membership is critical to that — in order to keep Lake George’s water clarity at its current level. Historic CSLAP records collected by the LGA for the New York State Federation of Lake Associations and the state DEC show minor changes in water clarity readings (the average clarity reading from 2004-07 was about 8.06 meters, as well) over the years, so we know that our Lake-Saving Projects are continuing to be protective of Lake George’s water quality. Lowering a secchi disk to check water clarity. Lake George Association 2015 Report To The Community 5 Lake-Saving Studies/Science Data on Lake George’s health doesn’t just come from the Lake itself. Fifty-five percent of the water in Lake George comes from the streams that surround it. (Precipitation accounts for 27 percent of the water in the Lake and the rest — 18 percent — comes from groundwater.) It is critical to know how healthy the streams are in order to determine whether a problem is developing. In 2015, Lake George Association education staff coordinated 14 citizen scientists who sampled 11 tributaries around the Lake George watershed for types of macroinvertebrates. The LGA was the coordinating organization for the debut of a state watershed evaluation program here — and trained the citizen scientists on proper collection procedures. The numbers and types of macroinvertebrates found were used to determine the health of the streams feeding Lake George. None of the streams was found to be of the lowest assessment, “possibly impaired.” Three streams had the highest assessment, “No known impact” and the other eight yielded the assessment of “no conclusion,” meaning some macroinvertebrates were found, but not enough of any one kind to make a conclusion. For complete information, please see the Lake George Association website at www.LakeGeorgeAssociation.org For results from 2015, visit http://bit.ly/WaveData What kinds of macroinvertebrates were found? Separately, as part of our STEM-based Education LGA staff work with citizen scientists on the Programs, 1,734 students took part in other stream proper way to collect and catalog samples from monitoring programs developed and taught by the LGA. streams around the Lake. 6 Lake George Association 2015 Report To The Community Lake-Saving Projects Everything ties together at the Lake George Association – where Lake-Saving is our mission (Protect the Water). Surveys and studies lead to deeper knowledge. Deeper knowledge leads to action-oriented plans to protect Lake George water. Action-oriented plans lead to Lake-Saving Projects. Lake-Saving Projects lead to results — and a better protected Lake now and for the future. That is specifically true this year on Asian clams. We worked with the Asian Clam Task Force to design a project and to install mats at the Rogers Rock Campground beach in Hague to smother a new-found colony of the invasive species. The mats were removed in early May 2016 and so far, our surveys show that no live Asian clams have been found where the mats were installed! In addition to the Asian clam survey mentioned on Page 5, LGA staff conducted multiple surveys for Eurasian watermilfoil with the Park Commission during the year to assess the success of current management efforts and to scout out new locations of growth.
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