[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 130 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TRIBUTE TO GREG BOLLARD

 Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Greg 
Bollard, who will be honored at the 15th anniversary celebration for 
Friends of the Lake on August 9, 2018. His numerous accomplishments on 
behalf of Lake Lillinonah have made a great impact on the health of 
Connecticut's environment.
  Mr. Bollard is the cofounder of Friends of the Lake, a nonprofit 
organization created to improve the water quality of Lake Lillinonah in 
Connecticut, enhance the enjoyment of the lake's pristine and stunning 
surroundings and protect that portion of the Housatonic River and its 
watershed.
  Friends of the Lake works alongside an array of community and 
environmental organizations, Federal, State and local officials, and 
residents in order to acquire vital funding to improve the lake, raise 
awareness of the project and its importance, and bring together the 
community around Lake Lillinonah. Mr. Bollard has worked tirelessly 
over the past decade and a half to obtain and deploy a monitoring buoy. 
This buoy uses the Global Lake Observatory Network GLEON, to share data 
about the lake with scientists and other lake organizations worldwide, 
in order to facilitate more thorough monitoring and study of lake 
ecology.
  In order to ensure Lake Lillinonah is clean, safe, and accessible to 
the community, Mr. Bollard has led tireless efforts to learn more about 
invasive species and control their populations, along with chairing the 
water quality committee. He is known as an incredibly dependable man, 
who is able to fix any problem by spearheading key efforts to develop a 
solution and bring the right group of people together to see it through 
successfully.
  Mr. Bollard's desire to help his community extends beyond his work 
with Friends of the Lake, as well. For 16 years, he served on the 
Bridgewater Inland Wetlands Commission, and he continues to dedicate 
his time to his community through his role as an EMT and ambulance 
coordinator for the Bridgewater Fire Department, a firefighter and EMT 
for the Morris Volunteer Fire Department, and as a member of the 
Shepaug parent council.
  Through his devotion to helping our State with Friends of the Lake 
and his great work as a public servant, Mr. Bollard has left a lasting, 
positive impression upon Connecticut and laid a profoundly strong 
foundation for improving our State's environment in the years to come.
  I applaud Greg Bollard's dedicated commitment to improve and protect 
Lake Lillinonah, and I hope my colleagues will join me in 
congratulating Mr. Bollard on his well-deserved honor.

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