Category: Update

Hopatcong, N.J. (August 30, 2024) – The Lake Hopatcong Commission, in collaboration with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, has received a $353,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) through the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund (DWCF). This grant will fund stormwater improvements at Witten Park in the Borough of …

NJDEP has released the 2024 Lake Hopatcong Water Level Management Plan for review and public comment.  Comments are due by August 10, 2024 and should be emailed to parks@dep.nj.gov with the subject line “Lake Hopatcong Water Level Management Plan”. The Plan can be viewed here: 2024 Lake Hopatcong Water Level …

In January 2022, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) transferred harvesting employees and ownership of the harvesting equipment to the Lake Hopatcong Commission (the Commission).  Commission employees including seasonal harvesting staff started harvesting the week of May 6th. The program for 2024 will be the same as 2023.  Floating …

MUSCONETCONG RIVER STREAMBANK STABILIZATION AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION – DELAWARE WATERSHED CONSERVATION FUND GRANT ID: 72565 LEGAL NOTICE The Lake Hopatcong Commission is soliciting bids for the installation of the Musconetcong River Streambank Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement Project located …

By: Tim Clancy LAKE HOPATCONG, N.J. (2/20/204) The Brown Trout Study being conducted at Lake Hopatcong by the Lake Hopatcong Commission (LHC) in cooperation with the Knee Deep Club (KDC) along with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation (LHF) has entered its third year with plans to stock another 1,000 12” to …

In January 2022, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) transferred harvesting employees and ownership of the harvesting equipment to the Lake Hopatcong Commission (the Commission).   Now in its second season, Commission employees including seasonal harvesting staff started safety training this week (May 15th), and began transporting machines from …

By: Tim Clancy LAKE HOPATCONG, N.J. (3/6/2022) The planned three-year trout study being conducted by The Lake Hopatcong Commission in conjunction with The Lake Hopatcong Foundation and The Knee Deep Club that began at Lake Hopatcong last spring has entered its second year. The goal of the study is to …

Murphy Administration awards $1 million in funds for water quality improvement projects to the Lake Hopatcong Commission. Lake Hopatcong Commission partners with municipal and county governments to address sources of phosphorus loading, non-point source pollution, and removal of accumulated sediment adjacent to stormwater outfalls on New Jersey’s largest lake. LAKE …

In January, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) transferred harvesting employees and ownership of the harvesting equipment to the Lake Hopatcong Commission (the Commission).  After two years without a weed harvesting program on Lake Hopatcong, seasonal staff started safety training the week of May 23rd.  The harvesting staff began …