Celebrating over 100 years of Lake Stewardship
The Vision of Eagle Lake Property Owners is to preserve and enhance Eagle Lake as a pristine natural resource, ensuring its waters, ecosystems, and surrounding community thrive for generations to come.
Photo Credit: Michael Tiedemann
What's Happening on Eagle Lake?
Simply put, we haven’t had much rain. While a small stream feeds the lake, most of its water comes from runoff from the surrounding hills. When rainfall is plentiful, the lake level rises and when it’s dry, as it has been recently, the level drops.
There’s currently a beaver dam at the spillway that’s holding back all outflow, but the water level has still fallen below the top of the dam. So even though nothing is draining out, the lack of rain is the real reason the lake is low.
We’re not alone in this, many Adirondack lakes are experiencing unusually low water levels this season, including nearby Schroon Lake and Lake Champlain.
The next ELPOI initiative is to secure a boat launch for members to use during the spring and fall seasons.
We are seeking to address the closure of the public launch and offer this benefit to our members.
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Do you have a launch or a parcel of property available for sale or lease that could serve as a launch site? ELPOI may be interested. What we can offer to use your launch site:
ELPOI does have insurance to cover liability, boat damage, property damage, and personal injury to any member of the Association;
ELPOI can and will help maintain your launch;
ELPOI will provide experienced members to help navigate boats into the water.
There will be between 20-30 boats a year that may use the launch. We would set specific days and times to launch, weather permitting.
If you are interested in helping ELPOI solve this problem for our Lake Owners, please contact Bill Clifton, bk6@verizon.net, Chris Hyde, cdhyde1@gmail.com, or Susan Clark, sclark8@twc.com.
When the Department of Environmental Conservation (ENCON) needed an example of how to successfully apply for lake management funding, they turned to ELPOI.
Our completed grant application will now serve as a model to help other lake associations navigate the complex process.
For a small lake association learning as we went, this complex process felt daunting — but was ultimately rewarding.
The Milfoil Project - A Success Story and a Call to Action
The Milfoil Project has achieved a major milestone!
The Northeast Basin of Eagle Lake is now free of milfoil, proving that our treatment strategy works. Thanks to dedicated volunteers, thorough plant surveys, and generous community support, we’ve raised enough funds to treat the Northeast Basin and have begun planning for the Southwest Basin next year. But to fully protect the lake, we need your help to keep milfoil from returning. If you haven’t donated yet—or can give again—now’s the time to ensure Eagle Lake’s continued restoration.
🌿 Milfoil Treatment
🌎 New Website
📬 Monthly E-Newsletter
🎨 New Logo
🛍️ New Merchandise
🏆 Loon Friendly Lake Certification
📘 New Facebook Page
🌱 Plant Survey
📊 Lake Management Plan
📣 Speed Warning Signs
🚧 Improved Speed Signage
🧭 Update Vision, Mission & Goals
🏦 Consolidated Bank Accounts
💳 Online Payments
📝 Simplified Membership Form
📂 Shared Google Files
💰 Investing Unused Funds
🍉 End-of-Summer Picnic
Support the Eagle Lake Property Owners Association and ongoing efforts to preserve and enhance Eagle Lake as a pristine natural resource, ensuring its waters, ecosystems, and surrounding community thrive for generations.
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Photo credits on this website: Michael Tiedemann, Tonya Condon, Chris Hyde, Debbie Meier, Joanne Conley
