Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission | Administration for counties surrounding Smith Mountain Lake and Leesville Lake

The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission (TLAC) serves as the administrative department for the four Virginia counties surrounding Smith Mountain Lake and Leesville Lake… Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, and Pittsylvania… and conducts lake planning duties as may be assigned by the respective Boards of Supervisors.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING MEETINGS (location – TLAC Conference Room)

PUBLIC MEETING: The TLAC Environmental Committee conducted a public hearing at 6PM on Wed., Feb. 4th, to review the proposed remediation of Hydrilla on Smith Mountain Lake. This meeting was broadcast on YouTube livestream at: https://youtube.com/live/yemAQ7FsoZA?feature=share, For more information, please contact TLAC at 540-721-4400 or email at tlac@sml.us.com.

SML Environmental Committee: February 10, 10AM

Annual Lake Cleanup – TPISML Steering Committee Meeting: February 12, 10:00 AM

Wake Education Task Force: February 17, 6:30PM

Sedimentation Task Force: February 23, 4:00PM

SML Navigation Committee: February 26, 9:00AM

TLAC Board Meeting: April 6, 4:00PM

UPDATED November 2025! The process of changing Aids to Navigation on Smith Mountain Lake is ongoing. CAUTION: Per the US Coast Guard which defines standards for navigation systems, Lateral Aids to Navigation are generally used for well-defined channels to indicate the route to be followed. These aids show the sides of a navigable channel, mark junctions and forks or splits in the channel, indicate the safe side to pass a hazard to navigation, and mark the safe centerline on wide bodies of water. It is hazardous to pass between an aid to navigation and the shoreline. Current and pending changes to the SML Ais to Navigation are explained in this presentation from America’s Boating Club and TLAC Navigation Committee chairman, Randy Stow.