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Lake property owners urge county to create centralized Chautauqua Lake authority amid wetlands dispute
Summary
Representatives of the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association told the legislature the lake lacks centralized management, criticized DEC wetlands designations and the Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance, and urged the county to authorize a centralized lake authority.
Jim Wirfritz, president of the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association (CLPOA), told the Chautauqua County Legislature on July 23 that worsening lake conditions and recent wetlands designations by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have left shoreline residents and lake users without clear management or accountability.
Wirfritz said the July Fourth weekend was "an absolute nightmare" on Chautauqua Lake for several bays, attributing problems to decades of ineffective local management and state inattention. He criticized the DEC's process, saying…
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