Boat Stewardship Program
The Stewardship Program at Chazy Lake’s State Boat Launch is administered by the Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) of Paul Smith’s College.
The principle mission of AWI’s Stewardship Program is to prevent the introduction of new invasive species into Adirondack waters and to prevent the spread of established invasive species between Adirondack waters.
AWI accomplishes this mission through a combination of boat inspection, public education, field monitoring, and service work. Boat inspection and public education are the main activities of AWI’s stewards, which both happen on-site at public boat launch sites throughout the region.
AWI’s stewardship mission is accomplished through collaborations and with state environmental agencies, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP), and local advocacy groups, such as lake property-owner associations and regional environmental organizations.
Since 2000, when AWI began posting stewards at Upper St. Regis Lake and St. Regis Mountain, AWI’s program has gradually expanded through the central Adirondacks, building relationships with lake associations, state foresters, forest rangers, fisheries staff, and conservation police as the challenge of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) becomes an ever-greater priority among the science, property owner, and tourism communities of the region.
AWI’s Stewardship Program is supported by a combination of public and private funding sources.
AWI started to provide stewards at Chazy Lake’s State Boat Launch during the summer of 2016. The stewards are stationed at the Boat Launch from June 1st through August 31st, Wednesday through Sunday, 7am to 4:30pm.
For more information about AWI’s Stewardship Program, check out: https://www.adkwatershed.org/stewardship/watershed-stewardship
If you have any questions about AWI’s Stewardship Program, please contact Eric Holmlund at (518) 327-6341 or via e-mail at [email protected].
The principle mission of AWI’s Stewardship Program is to prevent the introduction of new invasive species into Adirondack waters and to prevent the spread of established invasive species between Adirondack waters.
AWI accomplishes this mission through a combination of boat inspection, public education, field monitoring, and service work. Boat inspection and public education are the main activities of AWI’s stewards, which both happen on-site at public boat launch sites throughout the region.
AWI’s stewardship mission is accomplished through collaborations and with state environmental agencies, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP), and local advocacy groups, such as lake property-owner associations and regional environmental organizations.
Since 2000, when AWI began posting stewards at Upper St. Regis Lake and St. Regis Mountain, AWI’s program has gradually expanded through the central Adirondacks, building relationships with lake associations, state foresters, forest rangers, fisheries staff, and conservation police as the challenge of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) becomes an ever-greater priority among the science, property owner, and tourism communities of the region.
AWI’s Stewardship Program is supported by a combination of public and private funding sources.
AWI started to provide stewards at Chazy Lake’s State Boat Launch during the summer of 2016. The stewards are stationed at the Boat Launch from June 1st through August 31st, Wednesday through Sunday, 7am to 4:30pm.
For more information about AWI’s Stewardship Program, check out: https://www.adkwatershed.org/stewardship/watershed-stewardship
If you have any questions about AWI’s Stewardship Program, please contact Eric Holmlund at (518) 327-6341 or via e-mail at [email protected].