Adirondack Park - Eagle Lake Property Owner's Inc.

Board. Member counties contribute staff and other resources to the program on an in-kind basis.
In many counties, FL-LOWPA funds have leveraged additional moneys through grants and local
appropriations.
Coalition of Lakes Against Milfoil (COLAM)
The Coalition of Lakes Against Milfoil was formed in 1991, and is a statewide organization
comprised of lake association representatives, property owners, businesses and concerned
individuals. COLAM is an advocacy group for the interests of people concerned about New
York State's handling of the threat posed by Eurasian watermilfoil and other aquatic nuisance
species. COLAM has called on New York State to streamline the permitting process to allow for
rapid and effective response when invasive aquatic plant species are detected in a water body.
The group would also like the State to act as partners with lake associations by providing funding
and technical assistance with weed management projects.
Regional
Lake Champlain Basin Program
The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) was established to coordinate the activities
envisioned by the Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990. It is jointly administered by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the states of Vermont and New York and the New
England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission. Other cooperating agencies include the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Geological Survey,
the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and the National Park Service. Formal involvement of Quebec is through the Lake
Champlain Basin Program’s Steering Committee. The LCBP coordinated the development of
Opportunities For Action: An Evolving Plan for the Future of the Lake Champlain Basin (OFA),
which was first published in 1996 and revised in 2003. One of the top four priority issues in OFA
is nonnative aquatic nuisance species. The LCBP conducts education and outreach activities for
ANS throughout the Basin, facilitates discussion among ANS resource managers and has
administered more than $1.3 million in grants for ANS research, monitoring, education, control
and demonstration programs. About 20 percent of the Adirondack Park is contained within the
Lake Champlain Basin. The LCBP has ex-officio representation on the national ANS Task
Force and receives support through the Task Force for an ANS Coordinator.
Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel
The Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species (NEANS) Panel was established in 2001, and is the
fourth regional panel to be established under the auspices of the Federal Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force (ANSTF), following the Great Lakes, Western Regional, and Gulf of Mexico
panels. The mission of the NEANS Panel is to "protect the marine and freshwater resources of
the Northeast from invasive aquatic nuisance species through commitment and cohesive
coordinated action".
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