The Lake George Land Conservancy announced they have been awarded $4.15 million in grants as part of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Quality Improvement Project. The funding will go toward land acquisition for source water protection. WTEN reports $3.5 million of the grant funds will be used to permanently protect over 700 acres in the Indian Brook sub-watershed region of Bolton. The remaining funding will go toward purchasing a 73-acre forested property in Lake George.