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.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

MEETING MINUTES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING MEETINGS (location – TLAC Conference Room)

Annual Lake Cleanup – TPISML Steering Committee Meeting: April 16, 8:00 AM

Wake Education Task Force: April 21, 6:30PM

Sedimentation Task Force: April 27, 3:00PM

SML Navigation Committee: May 5, 9:00AM

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

Carp approved for SML

Apr 9, 2026

The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission will once again stock sterile grass carp into Smith Mountain lake this year to combat the invasive aquatic plant known as hydrilla.