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The Clean Water Act turns 50!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the primary federal law governing water pollution and a critical tool in restoring…

October 05, 2022
Environment

Water Scouts - making a difference year by year
Each year, the Lake Hopatcong Water Scouts help protect the lake environment by locating and removing invasive water chestnut from the lake. Throughout…

September 29, 2022
Environment, People

Floating Classroom season summary
Each year, when LHF Communications Director Holly Odgers, asks me to put together an end-of-season summary for the Floating Classroom, I am always…

September 16, 2022
Arts & Culture, Education, Environment

Report tagged trout, win $100
Fall provides some excellent fishing on Lake Hopatcong as the temperatures cool, the leaves start changing color, and the fish become more active. When…

September 15, 2022
Community, Environment, People, Recreation

Lake Hopatcong outflow update
Hopatcong State Park has provided an update on the outflow at the dam. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Fish & Wildlife…

September 09, 2022
Environment

Boneset: a great addition to your native garden
This summer has borne witness to the benefits of native plants. Native plants are strongly recommended by horticulturalists because they are…

August 26, 2022
Education, Environment

Got brown grass? You are doing things right!
Summer 2022 has seen plenty of blue skies, but the absence of rain has left much of the Garden State in abnormally dry or drought conditions. As these…

August 26, 2022
Environment

Algaecide results in Crescent Cove
On August 9, 2022, SOLitude Lake Management applied a one-time treatment of the algaecide, GreenClean, to approximately five acres within Crescent Cove…

August 19, 2022
Environment

LHF Floating Classroom: a look back
When I think back to that beautiful May evening at the Garden State Yacht Club in 2018 when our Floating Classroom was christened “Study Hull,”…

August 16, 2022
Education, Environment

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