Our Mission

The Chautauqua Lake & Watershed Management Alliance, working in collaboration with lake and watershed-related organizations, municipalities and other stakeholders, will promote and facilitate implementation of recommendations from the Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plan and the Chautauqua Lake Macrophyte Management Strategy by prioritizing projects, securing funding and allocating resources.

The Chautauqua Lake Management Commission (CLMC) was created in 2005 by the direction of the Chautauqua County Legislature. The CLMC was tasked with assessing the situation and to make recommendations for our Lake and Watershed. The CLMC evolved into the Chautauqua Lake & Watershed Alliance in 2014.