Category: Update

Press Contacts:  Colleen Lyons, Lake Hopatcong Commission, 973-601-7801, colleen@lakehopatcongcommission.org Donna Macalle-Holly, Lake Hopatcong Foundation, 201-874-1905, donna@lakehopatcongfoundation.org Dr. Fred Lubnow, Princeton Hydro, 610-310-5287, flubnow@princetonhydro.com Dana Patterson, Marketing Manager, Princeton Hydro, 609-613-1160, dpatterson@princetonhydro.com   LAKE HOPATCONG, NEW JERSEY —  To prevent harmful algal blooms (HABs) in New Jersey’s largest lake, a clay-based …

In response to recent inquiries about the 2020 weed harvesting program, the Commission is providing this update to address questions about weed growth, present an update on weed harvesting operations and offer information on what we are doing to address the situation. Weed growth on the lake this year has …

State funding, supplemented by local governments and organizations, will support a variety of efforts on New Jersey’s largest lake Aeration systems, phosphorus-locking technologies, stormwater infrastructure upgrades, and newly planted rain gardens are among the projects residents might see popping up in and around Lake Hopatcong this spring and summer, as …

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced that the Lake Hopatcong Commission would receive $500,000 in harmful algal bloom (HAB) grant funding, using money allocated by the state after a 2019 outbreak resulted in a swimming and water sports advisory across New Jersey’s largest lake during much of the summer. …

The August 19th meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission was a regular monthly meeting.  In addition to conducting regular business, the Commission received updates from the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, the Commission’s environmental consultant Princeton Hydro, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).  The following is an overview of …

On July 8, 2019 the Lake Hopatcong Commission held their regular monthly meeting.  Due to the advisory against direct bodily contact with the waters of Lake Hopatcong the meeting focused on the harmful algal bloom on Lake Hopatcong.  The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provided a presentation on the …

Weed harvesting operations for Lake Hopatcong have begun.   Full Schedule *Phase 1: May 22 – June 28 (5 weeks) 1 large harvester and 1 small harvester will be docked at Hopatcong State Park for training of staff. Training will include harvesting weeds in front of Hopatcong State Park, Clambake Point, …

The New Jersey State Park Service will begin refilling Lake Hopatcong this weekend after the completion of its five-year drawdown. Sixty (60) inches of water was drained from the lake beginning on Saturday, September 22, 2018. The lake reached the drawdown level in mid-November and will begin to refill starting …

The following information is being posted by the Lake Hopatcong Commission at the request of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection & Hopatcong State Park. “All Lake Hopatcong users, please be advised beginning September 22, 2018 or soon after, the NJ State Park Service will begin lowering the water level …