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More than 1,000 boats were hot-water pressure-washed to keep invasive species out of Lake George in the first year of a new mandatory boat inspection program.The Glens Falls Post-Star reports that the inaugural year saw 16,888 boat inspections, with about 7 percent requiring decontamination, between May 15 and Aug. 31.Inspection records say aquatic species that had to be cleaned off boats included Eurasian watermilfoil, curly leaf pondweed, Asian clams, snails and water chestnuts.The Lake George Park Commission's boat inspection and decontamination program is a two-year pilot program and the first of its kind east of the Mississippi River.