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(20/P35) TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $3.5 million in grants for projects to reduce the impacts of nonpoint source pollution on waterways, including $1 million for the development of lake and watershed restoration plans to mitigate harmful algal blooms, Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today.

It was just a short six weeks ago Lake Hopatcong was part of the Trump Boat Rally, which was canceled at the last minute due to weather, but still had a strong showing of supporters. In turn, the group No Hate on Our Lake will be back again on the River Styx Bridge.

The following short video of Dr. Fred Lubnow PhD from Princeton Hydro who is our leading expert on Lake Hopatcong after 20 years, covers the predictions for HABs for the remainder of 2020 on Lake Hopatcong. This is just a small teaser of the much larger Video called…

During a special meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission on August 3, 2020, the commission moved forward to start the process of finding and hiring alternative weed harvesters. The plan will include creating a Scope of Work, Request for bid (pricing), and 10 days of advertisement in a newspaper.

If you are interested in the history and current health of Lake Hopatcong, this free education webinar is a cannot miss event to learn from a scientist that has been studying and working on Lake Hopatcong for 20 years.

It was just in May of this year the Lake Hopatcong Foundation (LHF) announced that the Block Party and the Lake Loop would be both scheduled for October 11^th and 12^th. We had deemed this the MEGA Weekend of the Year as it included two of Lake Hopatcong’s major events together.

Recently we had an out-of-town paper glue together several unrelated facts and painted the picture that Lake Hopatcong was almost closed due to Harmful Algae Blooms.

John Tucci, CEO, and Founder of EverBlue Lake Systems has been following the issues on Lake Hopatcong and was pleased to meet Mayor Michael Francis from Hopatcong last year when contacted about the solutions they might be able to provide.

The summer is half over and boats are starting to go back in the water after such a long hiatus due to the pandemic. Of course, we can not forget the tragedy of Curt Mulch who lost his life after the harvester capsized only a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the overgrowth of weeds in Crescent Cove is still an issue. So the question becomes is it time to reconsider Triploid Grass Carp.

If you are interested in the history and current health of Lake Hopatcong, this free education webinar is a cannot miss event to learn from a scientist that has been studying and working on Lake Hopatcong for 20 years.

When faced with the possible cancelation of the annual Lake Hopatcong Foundation Gala, the staff, and volunteers said, “No Way – We’ve Got This.” And they delivered a fun, exciting, and professional Gala to the Lake Community.