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Lake Hopatcong Foundation Chairman Martin Kane just released the new members of the Statewide HAB Expert Team, which luckily includes Dr. Fred Lubnow from Princeton Hydro who has studied our Lake for the last 20+ years.

Lake Hopatcong, N.J. (January 14, 2021) The Lake Hopatcong Foundation has been selected to participate in Smithsonian’s Stories: YES program. The program provides funding and resources to assist young people across the country to discover and digitally document their community’s unique history.

The following provides the highlights of the December 7, 2020, meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC) that was held by Zoom. We encourage our readers to watch the full video for more details. During this meeting the Commission made significant progress across mutiple areas for Lake Hopatcong.

By Greg Kopf, Brand Ambassador at BOATiD.com: As we are in the midst of another winter (and as the winter weather arrives in New Jersey) it is also time to make sure all your summer equipment and gear is safely stored and winterized.

The year 2020 has been difficult for so many businesses and organizations, and for those that adapted to the challenges the cloud had a silver lining. That seems to be the case with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation who posted another record year regardless of the circumstances.

The following provides the recap of the December 7, 2020, meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC) that was held by Zoom. We encourage our readers to watch the full video for details.

During the December 7, 2020, meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC), the Commission was approached by GreenVest as a follow-up to their initial proposal in August. They are seeking $10M for a performance-based contract that would last for 20 years.

During the December 7, 2020 meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC), Commissioner Fred Steinbaum, D.O. recommended the following changes to the Drawdowns that occur on Lake Hopatcong.

Lake Hopatcong has undergone multiple pilot projects over the summer of 2020 to help reduce HABs as funded partially by the NJDEP Grant Programs, as pledged by Gov. Murphy after the Visit to Lake Hopatcong in 2019 at the height of the HAB outbreak on the lake.

Since our first community cleanup of the property back in November 2014, the Lake Hopatcong Foundation and our supporters have dreamed of completing the restoration of the historic Lake Hopatcong Station building. With your help this Giving Tuesday, restoration can be completed!