The Winter 2019 KLC News is now available HERE and on our NEWSLETTERS page.
Articles include: A Day on the Harvester, HABs Public Information Meeting, Launch Site Parking Issues, Merchandise Update, News from the Dam, KLC Community Lake Day, Fish Committee, The Year in Review, Annual Notice of Copper Sulfate Treatment, Dates to Remember
Please don’t forget about KLC logo merchandise for some of your holiday shopping needs. Many products will be sold at discounts up to 50%. We also have some new merchandise, shown below – 16oz ceramic mugs for $10 (two for $18) and 16oz glasses for $6, both with new logos.
All merchandise can be seen on the MERCHANDISE page and purchased by contacting Pete Walkes at 914-217-6770 or 17freebyrd@gmail.com
You are invited to participate in a short survey as part of the research study by Amanda Setteducate from the Lake Management Masters Program at SUNY Oneonta. The purpose of the survey is to gather information on stakeholder concerns about Kinderhook Lake and is specifically targeted to those individuals and families who use Kinderhook Lake recreationally. Thank you for participating.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5LD5HJB
A reminder that on October 15th, the dam sluice gate will be opened wide to begin lowering the level of the lake. As approved by DEC, the lake is lowered approximately 4.5-feet in order to protect shoreline areas and docks from ice damage over the winter and early spring. Regardless of the drawdown, please keep in mind that water and ice levels may vary over the winter and spring depending on weather conditions. Therefore, we strongly recommend that if you have any shoreline maintenance projects planned, that they are completed this fall. The lake will be raised back to summer levels in early spring after all the ice melts.
Kinderhook Lake has been selected for study by a student in the Professional Science Master’s Lake Management Program at the State University of NY at Oneonta. This is the only Lake Management degree program in the US. Over the course of one year, Amanda Setteducate will study and evaluate the lake’s water quality and nutrient levels, invasive species, watershed, and issues important to the lake community. It is expected that the study will result in a report that will provide recommendations for implementation of future lake management efforts. The KLC Board of Directors and Water Quality Committee is excited to work with Amanda and is looking forward to receiving assistance from her and the Lake Management program.
You can read more at Lake Management Graduate Program. If you have any questions about the Program or what Amanda will be doing at Kinderhook Lake, you can contact her at settan29@oneonta.edu.
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
Effective Friday, July 6, 2018, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has lifted the Health Advisory for Harmful Algal Blooms on Kinderhook Lake that was issued on June 29, 2018.
DEC staff accompanied a member of our water quality committee today on a site visit around the lake and saw no evidence of any algal blooms currently on the lake. As such, the advisory has been lifted and the advisory signs around the lake will be down-posted tomorrow morning.
To be clear, the lake was NEVER closed and despite news reported on TV and in some of our local papers, the advisory was only to be on the lookout for HABs and to avoid the blooms, if spotted.
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