Clean Water

    Do you want clean water for swimming and fishing?

    Will you help prevent future Harmful Algal Bloom swimming advisories at SML?

    What is it worth to keep SML healthy for many years to come?

    SMLA is the longest-serving advocate of the lake. We can continue to help keep your beautiful lake clean with additional resources to monitor for Harmful Algae Blooms and other water quality concerns.

    Safe Recreation

    How important is safety on and around SML?

    Do you want to feel safe driving your boat and pulling family and friends on a tube or a wakeboard?

    What’s it worth to prevent injuries on SML?

    SMLA provides Water Safety tools for all residents and guests. With additional resources, we will promote safe boating, water sports, and lakefront living.

    make a SPLASH and help keep SML clean and safe.

    All donations are tax-deductible and 100% invested in the programs that keep SML clean and safe.

    How big of a Splash will you make?

    High Dive $1000
    Whale Tail $500
    Cannonball 100
    Jack-Knife $50
    Back-Flip any amount

    3 easy ways to Donate Today

    Donate by Credit Card
    Donate by Donor Advised Fund
    Donate by Check

    Send Donation to:

    SMLA
    400 Scruggs Rd.
    Suite 2100
    Moneta, VA 24104.

    Everyone who enjoys Smith Mountain Lake can help protect it. No one wants harmful algae, injuries, or anything else to damage the lake’s reputation as the Jewel of the Blue Ridge. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to protect SML - today and for future generations. We’re asking all lake lovers to make a financial donation to help safeguard SML. Please make a SPLASH!

    Bill Butterfield, SMLA President

    make a SPLASH and help keep SML clean and safe.

    All donations are tax-deductible and 100% invested in the programs that keep SML clean and safe.

    How big of a Splash will you make?

    High Dive $1000
    Whale Tail $500
    Cannonball $100
    Jack-Knife $50
    Back-Flip any amount

    3 easy ways to Donate Today

    Donate by Credit Card
    Donate by Donor Advised Fund
    Donate by Check

    Send Donation to:

    SMLA
    400 Scruggs Rd.
    Suite 2100
    Moneta, VA 24104.

    All donations matter. Please make a SPLASH!

    The following are examples of how these funds will be used:

    • Purchase of laboratory-grade microscopes and supplies for the identification of cyanobacteria. Laboratory supplies and field collection equipment are needed to quickly identify if harmful algal bloom conditions are occurring.
    • Launch the SMLA Dock Watch HAB monitoring program at docks, year-round. Lack of state resources and rapid response to HAB reports filed by residents causes delay and uncertainty. By monitoring at dock locations, we can shorten the delay by knowing what’s in the water, sooner.
    • Kick-off watershed investigations in areas hardest hit by HABs in 2023. This will include expanding the work with Ferrum College to evaluate watershed conditions. Additional Ferrum work to be funded includes a deep dive into data sets from the past 37 years to identify changing conditions and an analysis of land use changes over time. Additional work will be planned for assessing nutrient loads in the watersheds and investigations of stormwater inputs into the lake.
    • Amplify the importance of safe boating so everyone at the lake can safely enjoy it.  The 2022 Recreational Boating Incident Summary, compiled by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), noted that SML had more boating injuries and fatalities than any of the other 18 Virginia waterways.  Only Virginia residents are required to complete a boating safety course to operate a vessel on SML.  With the growing number of out-of-state boaters on SML, it is critical that everyone understands local etiquette and how to properly navigate on SML. 

    We need more support from the Commonwealth to understand what’s happening in the SML watershed and how to protect it from continued HAB activity. We have partnered with Ferrum College for 37 years to monitor water clarity, chlorophyll-a, and phosphorus in SML. I’m excited to complement this work by collaborating with DEQ and Virginia Tech. Our combined resources are necessary to evaluate and mitigate unwanted cyanobacteria in the lake.

    Keri Green, Chair of SMLA’s Lake Quality Council

    Check out our progress!

    You can also contribute to SMLA, without costing you anything! Just use Kroger Community Rewards.

    When you shop at Kroger and sign up for their Community Rewards Program. This is different than fuel reward points. After you register for Community Rewards, Kroger will contribute 5% of your qualified purchases to SMLA! You will need our NPO number 80309. Here are Kroger’s complete instructions:

    1. Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
    2. Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register it with your organization as you sign up.
    3. Click on Sign In/Register
    4. If you are a new online customer, you must click SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer’ box.
    5. Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering your zip code, clicking on your store, entering your email address, creating a password, and agreeing to the terms and conditions.
    6. You will get a message to check your email inbox. Click on the link in the email.
    7. Click My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
    8. Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
    9. Update or confirm your information.
    10. Enter RF748 or our name, select us from the list, and click confirm.

    Sign up and start contributing today!