For questions/comments related to lake levels, operations or general questions about Lake Gaston or Roanoke Rapids Lake, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

A couple of items related to the account …

1. As would be expected, this is not to be used for emergencies.

2. The account will be checked at least weekly and emails will be forwarded to the proper person for reply.

3. For Information related to Shoreline Management Activities such as construction and use of piers, docks, boat slips, and boathouses; shoreline erosion control and vegetation management, please visit Lake Gaston Roanoke Rapids Lake Permitting | Dominion Energy for the Construction and Use Procedures.  For questions related to Shoreline Management and Mileage Buoys, please call Josh Simpson the Reservoir Program Manager, at 252-410-6306

4. For issues related to boating safety and regulations:

• In North Carolina, WRC enforcement officers are the point of contact. If there is an urgent concern about safety or violations, please call the enforcement hotline at 800-662-7137 and the dispatch center will contact the nearest officer on duty.

General complaints can be directed to the main line at 919-707-0010.

• In Virginia, VA Conservation Police Officers (CPO's) enforce boating safety laws.　 Violations in progress should be reported to the Wildlife Crime Line at 1-800-237-5712 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. General complaints can be directed to the main line at 804-367-1000 or https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/contact/ .

February's Membership Meeting started with a Meet & Greet with the new Dominion Energy LKG Reservoir Manager, Josh Simpson.  After enjoying some hot coffee and delicious pastries from Lake Gaston Coffee Company, there was an interesting and informative presentation from Fritz Hoogakker, a fisheries biologist with Dominion Energy.  The presentation was recorded and can be viewed on the LGA's YouTube Channel by clicking on the link above.

It's that time of year again where the sun shines a little more, the temperatures rise, the lake water gets clearer, and the aquatic vegetation returns to the lake and surrounding shoreline. Unfortunately as we all know, the vegetation is both the good natives along with the bad noxious and invasive. The Lake Gaston Association (LGA) is working with the Lake Gaston Weed Control Council (LGWCC) and other stakeholders to renew aquatic vegetation management efforts on LKG for 2025. This means continuing the work to manage lyngbya, a blue-green algae, and hydrilla, an invasive weed in the lake. 

Hydrilla is shown in the left photo and lyngbya is shown in the right photo:

North Carolina State University (NCSU) has compiled and assessed the 2024 LGA Aquatic Vegetation Survey data and presented the information to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) in early February. The 2024 survey results estimate approximately 300 acres of hydrilla and approximately 1,100 acres of lyngbya in the lake. Both of these numbers are a reduction in acreage from the 2023 survey. The TAG has developed recommendations for treatment acreage that the LGWCC will use to make a decision on the final treatment plans and maps. The public is invited to attend the LGWCC meeting, currently scheduled for March 11, 2025 at 2PM in the LKG Lions Club facility. The intent is for treatments to begin in April 2025. While the LGWCC will be treating some of the problem areas, it cannot cover all the locations where the noxious algae and invasive vegetation has been identified. Available funding is one of the primary constraints that limits the acreage treated. 

For those areas where the LGWCC does not perform treatments, LKG homeowner associations (HOAs) and property owners may need to conduct “private” treatments performed by licensed applicators. There are several applicators operating on LKG - see the LGWCC website at https://lgwcc.org/weedcontrol.html#privatetreatment for additional information. It’s important that all HOAs where lyngbya and hydrilla are known to be present along the community’s shoreline, be prepared to take action if necessary for impacted locations that fall outside the LGWCC treatment areas. While individual property owners can also have “private” treatments performed by licensed applicators, it’s typically more effective and efficient to treat multiple properties where the lyngbya or hydrilla is present. Impacted property owners should discuss potential options with their respective HOA.

Lake Gaston HOAs and property owners should monitor the LGWCC website at https://lgwcc.org and the LGA website at https://www.lgancva.com to stay abreast of the latest information as it becomes available. The LGA also invites the public to attend the LGA membership meeting, scheduled for April 2, 2025 at 6PM, at Below Deck @ WatersView Restaurant. Jessica Baumann, the NCSU Lake Manager, will present information on the 2024 survey results and the 2025 treatment plan and maps. For questions related to this topic, please contact the LGA at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. @ 

Instead of a membership meeting in November, a tour of the Virginia Beach Pumping Station located on Pea Hill Creek was arranged for members of the LGA on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.  After a very informative presentation given by Planning Section Manager for Virginia Beach Public Utilities, David She, P.E, participants were taken on a tour of the facility which culminated with a demonstration of what it looks like when the intake pipe is flushed to clear the screen.  A video of the demonstration is above.