OWLA MEETINGS AUGUST 28 & SEPT 1

REMINDER: 

An OWLA business meeting is scheduled for this Saturday, August 28, from 9 until 10 a.m. at the Emerson Park covered picnic area nearest the Pavilion.

The regular OWLA meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 1, starting at 6 p.m. at Springside Inn. Ken Lynch from the DEC will present a brief update, and the remainder of the agenda will be announced soon.

And, we need several OWLA members to be present next Thursday, September 2, at 4:30 pm, when the more than 500 signatures on the petition started on Owasco Lake Day will be brought before the Auburn City Council.

Please try to attend both meetings; we will keep the meetings focused on the many issues to be addressed and look forward to seeing OWLA members and friends there.

Norma L. Leone

Upcoming Meetings!

Hi OWLS,  

First of all;
1.  Please come to the special business meeting at Emerson Park this Saturday August 28th from 9-10 AM. We must discuss Owasco Lake Day 2010. and strategy for the rest of the year.      All Board members are requested to be present. others are certainly welcome!!
2.  Our regular September meeting will be focused on conferring with Ken Lynch of the Dec, as to what could be done with Owasco Flats and Dutch Hollow Brook. It will be at 6 pm at Springside on Wed. Sept 1st.  Possibly Mayor Duffy and Andrew Cuomo might attend. The date could change however if necessary.
Please come to this-- to show them that we are indeed a large group. Bruce Natale will be presenting his plans for the areas.
 3. I hope that 5 or 6, or20 of you will volunteer to go with me to City hall on Sept 2nd at 6 PM to read and present our petition of over 500 signatures.  I could use the company.

Thanks in advance!

Joe Wasileski - OWLA President

Link to John Halfman's latest Owasco Lake Report

John Halfman from the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI) at Hobart & William Smith, presented an update on his recent Owasco Lake testing at this month's OWLA meeting. FLI has been a partner with OWLA in Owasco Lake water quality monitoring for the last 5 years. We have included a link to the Power Point presentation John used at the August 4th meeting below:

Link: http://people.hws.edu/halfman/Data/Halfman%20OwascoLake%208-4-10.pdf

Learn more about what is going on at the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart & William Smith College.
Link: http://fli.hws.edu/pdf/2010/publications/august2010.pdf