Mission
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, LOCATED IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. THE ORGANIZATION IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY, ESPECIALLY THE PROLIFERATION OF WEEDS AND ALGAE AND THEIR ACCUMULATION NEAR THE SHORE AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF CHAUTAUQUA LAKE. FOR YEARS, CHAUTAUQUA LAKE HAS HAD "SLUDGE", MASSES OF ROTTING WEEDS AND ALGAE, INCLUDING BLUE-GREEN ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA TOXIN NEAR THE SHORE AND ALONG THE SHORELINE. THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO TAKING ACTION AND MAKING THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO PROTECT CHAUTAUQUA LAKE.