The gate was opened on October 15th, as planned, but the water was lowered by as much as 5 ft. below summer level to facilitate construction on the dam. As those who live on the lake know, heavy rains and changes in construction plans made it difficult to initiate construction as early as planned but the work is now complete and was done extremely well.

As usual, the plan is to begin raising the lake to summer level on April 15th but our agreement with DEC is to raise it as soon as ice-out so the level may have to be raised sooner than that. Please complete shoreline projects as soon as possible this winter and be careful if you venture out on the ice.