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Stormwater Management Projects •$550,000 total invested from: •WQIP •NYS DOS •Two projects •Essex project drops sediments from water coming from Church Street prior to entering Lake Champlain. •Schroon Lake project drops sediments from water coming from Dock Street and Leland Street prior to entering Schroon Lake. Stream Stabilization Projects •$440,000 total invested from: • NYS DEC •WQIP •FEMA •Town of Willsboro •Two stream banks were stabilized totaling 700 feet along these water bodies: •East Branch Ausable River •Boquet River Septic Pump Out Project •$4,000 from Schroon Lake Association •28 septic pump outs on properties within 300 feet of Schroon Lake Dam Removal and Mitigation Projects •Funds from FEMA •2 removal •Willsboro Dam, Willsboro •Marcy Field Dam, Keene Valley •1 mitigation •Petro Dam, Port Henry Road and Highway Project •$1,300,000 from WQIP •Culvert replacement Top: Schroon Lake sediment basins will allow water to drop sediments before entering Schroon Lake. Middle: Stream stabilization on the Boquet River in Willsboro. This site is also home to NYS’s first engineered log jams. Bottom: Bottomless arch culvert being installed on Lenny Preston Road in Wilmington. 3