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 (NF...
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 li...
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). Co...
The Lake Hopatcong Commission is seeking candidates for one part-time seasonal Aquatic Weed Harvesting Program position. Please use the link below to navigate to the full job posting. Part Time Seaso...
MUSCONETCONG RIVER STREAMBANK STABILIZATION AND HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION – DELAWARE WATERSHED CONSERVATION FU...
The Lake Hopatcong Commission is seeking candidates for one full-time Aquatic Weed Harvesting Program position. Please use the link below to navigate to the full job posting. Final Full Time Position...
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 th...
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). N...
The Lake Hopatcong Commission is seeking candidates for one full-time and two seasonal Aquatic Weed Harvesting Program positions. Please use the links below to navigate to the full job posting. Full ...
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 C...
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 ad...
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 t...
Please Release all Tagged Trout By: Tim Clancy If you can only remember one thing from this article, please, remember the headline above. Release All Tagged Trout. It’s important for t...
The idea of protecting in-lake structures from ice damage is not a new one. First introduced in the 1960’s, bubbler systems were meant to maintain a small area of open water along structures to prote...
Updated October 3, 2024 As the autumn leaves fall, the Lake Hopatcong Commission offers the following reminders to homeowners within the watershed on how to properly dispose of leaves and vegetative w...
In 2011, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) introduced the Lake Hopatcong Water Level Management Plan. The goal of the water level management plan is to protect the environ...
On September 24th, Governor Murphy signed S-3618/A-5778, making a $10 million appropriation for management and maintenance of lakes in New Jersey for recreation and conservation purposes. Below is a P...
The Lake Hopatcong Commission has partnered with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation, with in-kind contributions from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, municipal governments, Morris and...
Is Lake Hopatcong more fun in the summer or the winter? The answer depends on who you ask. While this question might set your mind adrift to sunny days floating in the lake, for others ice hockey an...
Each year the Lake Hopatcong Commission contracts Princeton Hydro to monitor water quality on Lake Hopatcong. At the end of the season the data is analyzed and compared to over thirty years of histor...
As the autumn leaves fall, the Lake Hopatcong Commission offers the following reminders to homeowners within the watershed on how to properly dispose of leaves and vegetative waste. Leaves should ne...
Lake Hopatcong Commission partners with the Lake Hopatcong Foundation with in-kind contribution from municipal governments, and the support of local and federal officials to address sources of non-poi...
Thursday, July 16th was an active day on Lake Hopatcong as we hosted Congressional Representative Mikie Sherrill for a tour of Crescent Cove in the morning and an informal dinner with Governor Phil Mu...
Installations of Biochar, a woody material with a high affinity for a variety of pollutants including phosphorus, began around Lake Hopatcong on Thursday July 2nd as part of the NJDEP harmful algal bl...
The following statement was provided by the NJDEP to the Lake Hopatcong Commission regarding the Weed Harvesting Program on Lake Hopatcong. "On Wednesday, June 24, there was a fatal accident involving...
It is with great sadness that we reflect on the passing of Curtis Mulch. Curt was a long-time resident of Roxbury and a fixture in the community. He, with his wife Jean brought up their family along...
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 ...
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 infrast...
A Special Meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission will be held on Monday April 27, 2020 at 6:00pm. The purpose of the meeting is to adopt Resolution 20-10 to obtain a grant for the evaluation of inno...
The regular monthly meeting of the Lake Hopatcong Commission scheduled for April 13th has been cancelled. The LHC plans to meet virtually on May 11th and will provide additional details on how to atte...
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 ...
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,...
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 harmfu...
On July 3, 2019 the NJDEP issued an update on their advisory for Lake Hopatcong The Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) advisory for Lake Hopatcong remains in effect. DEP sampling indicates that cell counts for...
On July 2, 2019 the State of New Jersey’s Governor’s Office and Department of Environmental Protection provided an update on the status of their harmful algal bloom advisory to local officials and gro...
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection is advising the public to avoid swimming in, or contact with Lake Hopatcong water due to an extensive Harmful Algal Bloom, or HAB, confirmed this week by ...
*** Update *** June 25, 2019 **** Update **** The NJDEP has issued the following advisory regarding harmful algal blooms in Lake Hopatcong. "A previous notification was sent detailing the results of a...
Updated June 25, 2019 In their June 20, 2019 report, NJDEP incorrectly named Byram Beach as having a confirmed Harmful Algal Bloom. Samples were actually collected at Pebble Beach and Sand Harbor Bea...
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 traini...
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 Sat...
Five years ago, during the first lake-wide cleanup, approximately 23,000 pounds of debris was pulled from along the 50-mile shoreline. This year, the Lake Hopatcong Foundation partnered with the Lake...
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...
On July 24, 2018, Princeton Hydro conducted the first of two cyanobacteria/cyanotoxin sampling events on Lake Hopatcong. Cyanotoxins are a family of compounds produced by blue-green algae (also called...
Training for the harvester operators began on May 14th and will continue for the next couple of weeks. Full Schedule *Phase 1: May 14 – June 15 (5 weeks) 1 large harvester and 1 small harvester will ...
April 2018 Environmental Update The information below was obtained by the Commission through a conversation with the environmental contractor (Active Environmental) for Valiant Contracting in Jeffers...
Legislation has been signed by Governor Christie creating the Lake Hopatcong Fund. The legislation dedicates $500,000 annually for the protection, preservation, restoration, maintenance, management an...