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.

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MEETING MINUTES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING MEETINGS (location – TLAC Conference Room)

Sedimentation Task Force: April 27, 3:00PM

Annual Lake Cleanup: May 2nd, 9:00AM – 3:00PM

SML Navigation Committee: May 5, 9:00AM

Wake Education Task Force: May 19, 6:30PM

TLAC Board Meeting: June 1, 4:00PM

SML Environmental Committee: TBD

NEW “No Wake 50 Feet It’s The Law” signs are now available for purchase at the Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission office, 400 Scruggs Road, Ste. 200. The reflective, yellow 18″ x 24″ metal signs were designed by the TLAC SML Navigation Committee to remind boaters to exercise caution near structures. The wholesale cost per sign is $53.04. Shipping is not available. Acceptable forms of payment are cash or check.

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.

NEWS

Now Hiring: Vessel Pump Out Program

Apr 27, 2026

We're Hiring! Need a summer job? We're looking for some hard-working individuals to work our Vessel Pump Out Program (VPOP), a cooperative effort with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA). For more information and to...