Lake Information

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking applications for $6 million in grants for projects related to lakes and harmful algal bloom (HAB) management, including treatment and prevention demonstration projects as well as water quality restoration through prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution (NPS). This is being done via two (2) Request for Proposals (RFP).

The Lake Hopatcong Commission held its monthly meeting on December 9, 2019, at the Lake Hopatcong Train Station. The following provides the highlights of the meeting and full video coverage.

Since 2015, the Lake Hopatcong Foundation education team of staff and volunteers have been holding spring field trips for local students to learn about the lake and how to keep it healthy. In line with these lessons, volunteers Dorothy Sabarese and Pat Mueller began working on a children’s book, geared toward 4th and 5th graders (the same age as the students on our field trips).

High Point N-Trak, representing The Sussex County Railroad Club, will be presenting a model railroad exhibit in December at the Lake Hopatcong Foundation Environmental & Cultural Center, 125 Landing Road, Landing, NJ.

This second article focuses on the Picatinny Arsenal as a source of explosions that are heard and felt by residents near the Lake Hopatcong area.

(AP) — Most Americans know mussels as thumb-sized shellfish that occasionally adorn restaurant dinner plates.

Lake Hopatcong is halfway through its winter drawdown, with the Gauge at the dam measuring 8.07 feet as of 11/30/2019.

The Lake Hopatcong Foundation will, once again, join the global giving movement, #GivingTuesday in 2019.

This year under favorable skies more than 4,000 people attended one of the biggest events around that lake, and 2020 will prove even better for this “cannot miss event.”

From canvas boat totes to Lake Hopatcong history gifts, Bridge Marina offers five nautical-themed gift ideas

The Lake Hopatcong Foundation (LHF) is seeking lake residents’ input on the possible development of a Lake-Friendly Certification Program.

Governor Phil Murphy and officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today announced more than $13 million in funding to local communities and a new initiative to reduce and prevent future harmful algal blooms in New Jersey.