The State of Hamilton County Lakes: A 25-Year Perspective 1993 - 2017 Prepared for the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District by the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute The State of Hamilton County Lakes: A 25-Year Perspective 1993 - 2017 Corey Laxson1*, Lenny Croote2, Caitlin Stewart2^, Sean Regalado1, and Daniel Kelting1 1 Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute. P.O. Box 265, Paul Smith’s NY 12970 www.adkwatershed.org 2 Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District. 103 County View Drive. P.O. Box 166, Lake Pleasant NY 12108 www.hcswcd.com *Corresponding report author:
[email protected] (518) 327-6101 ^For information on the HCSWCD lake monitoring program:
[email protected] (518) 548-3991 Recommended Citation Laxson, C., Croote, L., Stewart, C., Regalado, S., and D. Kelting. 2019. The State of Hamil- ton County Lakes: A 25-year Perspective, 1993 – 2017. Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute. Cover Photograph: Fawn Lake, by Caitlin Stewart Table of Contents Acknowledgments Executive Summary 6 Introduction 7 The Hamilton County Lake Monitoring Program (HCSWCD) would not be possible without Methods 9 funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, and the Finger Lakes – Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance. Results and Discussion 11 Individual Lake Reports 32 The authors are grateful for the steadfast support of the Hamilton County Board of Super- visors, Hamilton County Water Quality Coordinating Committee, HCSWCD Board of Direc- Adirondack Lake