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DELAY The NYSDEC Wetlands Regulations Online Petition!

We need your help NOW to protect our New York State lakes and surrounding communities from NYSDEC overreach. Unless it's stopped, the overreach and damage will begin January 1, 2025. We support the protection of true wetlands. But the NYSDEC now intends to broadly designate and restrict routine activities on lakes, not wetlands, including those with developed shorelines. This will restrict water quality management activities, recreational use of the lakes, and severely limit what can be done upland from lake shorelines threatening jobs, businesses, and property values across all of New York State. The negative impact on local economies will be devastating, decreasing tax revenues and raising taxes for all no matter how close or far one is from the lake. Governor Hochul has the authority to delay implementation of the regulations. An online petition asking Governor Hochul to do just that, delay the regulations, has been prepared. The online petition simply says: Governor Hochul, the NYSDEC and those affected by these new regulations are not ready for this change. We ask that you use your executive authority to delay implementation of the regulations until all issues and consequences can be fully understood and addressed.  Please consider signing this petition below and sharing it with your friends and followers by clicking on the links below. Feel free to contact us by clicking this link.

- Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association CHQlpoa@gmail.com

2025 Upcoming Events

April 19 Board of Directors Meeting | 10:00 a.m. | Tyrone Town Hall

May 17 Board of Directors Meeting | 10:00 a.m. | Tyrone Town Hall

For all scheduled 2025 events, click here.

Recently Released

Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) August 2023
Lamoka - Waneta Lake Management Comprehensive Plan October 2023
2023 Water Level

Welcome to the Lake!

As a new homeowner on Lamoka/Waneta Lake we would like to give you a brief overview of our Lamoka Waneta Lake Association (LWLA) and offer you a complimentary one year membership ... learn more.

Permit to Treat Goose Nests

As we began to see hundreds of the birds last fall and this winter, it is time to renew our permit to treat goose nests to do something to reduce the growth of our resident goose population.  If you are interested in joining the group and getting your name on the permit, please contact:  Kevin Morris at morriskt@corning.com OR call 607-368-1853 OR Gordon Shafer at shaferhg@roadrunner.com or 607-2926278 for further information.

Grant Opportunity

There is a grant opportunity (50%) for those with aging septic systems. Properties on Waneta & Lamoka Lakes as well as Mill Pond are eligible ... learn more.

Lake Levels Explained

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for your interest in the lake.  I believe in the saying that it takes a community to raise a child and the lake is no different as it takes a community to look after it ... continue reading.

Waneta Lake, once known as "Little Lake," is a small lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The lake straddles the border of Schuyler County and Steuben County, and is within the towns of Tyrone and Wayne. Waneta Lake is 3.5 miles long, north-to-south, half a mile wide and lies just east of the southern branch of Keuka Lake. Lamoka Lake, once known as "Mud Lake," rests south of Waneta connected by a .7 mile channel that flows through Waneta-Lamoka Wildlife Management Area.