Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program

About

Mountain Lake Community Association and Watershed Advisory Group (MLCA & WAG) is the oldest and largest not for profit environmental organization in Warren County. Founded in 1967 and celebrating over 50 years, the group now sustains an annual membership of over 100 households.

Vision statement: Clean, safe water, a healthy watershed, and an educated citizenry

Mission Statement: To promote the conservation, preservation, and improvement of the Mountain Lake Watershed and to raise the awareness of all those who experience it so they share in the responsibility of helping sustain it.

The 3,600 acre Mountain Lake Watershed lies entirely in Liberty Township. It includes Warren County’s largest (122 acres), natural, glacial lake, Mountain Lake. The organization literally grew up around the lake with local property owners forming the backbone of the group. Around 2000, as the watershed movement was beginning to take hold, By Laws were rewritten to reflect that greater perspective. The MLCA was incorporated in 1967, received IRS non-profit status in 2004. The group maintains affiliations with the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), New Jersey Coalition of Lake Associations (NJ COLA), Paulinskill-Pequest Watershed Association and The Ridge and Valley Conservancy.

Areas monitored

Warren County, New Jersey
USA