Lake George is not the region's only prized natural resource in need of aid. Saratoga Lake has been on the decline for several years, yet the four municipalities surrounding the lake do nothing to coordinate efforts to protect it. This is evident by the pace of development in the Route 9P corridor, with no one assessing the cumulative impacts such development has on water quality, storm water runoff and traffic on Route 9P. According to the latest available assessment performed in 2016, the lake water quality is rated either threatened or stressed in six of seven quality categories. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. What will it take to get elected officials in Saratoga Springs, Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater to act in concert to save this precious natural resource?

John R. Cashin

Stillwater