The Conesus Lake Association, founded in 1932 as The Conesus Lake Cottagers’ Association, has it's mission as to “promote the health, safety, and welfare of the residents, both permanent and temporary, of the area community known as Conesus Lake, Livingston County, New York.” As a drinking-water source for many thousands of residents of the county, the need to protect the lake is always uppermost in the minds of the association's board of directors and members.
The membership has united in the past to provide lakeside house numbers, passage of dock laws in the four towns that comprise the shoreline of the lake, perimeter sewer lines and water lines, flood gates on the outlet, speed limits, the county's Watershed Management Plan, and numerous other issues.
To further the sense of community, the association sponsors the annual “Lake of Fire,” consisting of lining the perimeter shores of the lake with road flares, lit at 10:00PM on the third of July to create a “ring of fire.”