Water Quality buoy to deploy on Owasco Lake

Thanks to the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith College, Owasco Lake will have a water quality monitoring buoy this year.The YSI Water Quality Monitoring System will monitor and collect critical water column profile data, including temperature, salinity, and total algae, as well as hourly meteorological data such as temperature, humidity and wind speed.

Data from the buoy will give HWS researchers and colleagues a better understanding of the factors that define the limnology and water quality of the lake. The buoy will be deployed in north central part of the lake near the location of a previous monitoring buoy in use around 2005. Learn more about the project at HWS Finger Lakes Institute web site.

link to Finger Lakes Institute buoy article:
http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=17620

May OWLA Meeting

OWLA Meeting - May Meeting Notice

Members and Guests Invited

Wednesday, May 7, 2014
7 pm at Springside Inn
6141 West Lake Road,Auburn

Guest Speakers:
Bruce Natale, P.D.,
Environmental Engineer, Cayuga County
“Update on the Sediment/Phosphorus Project at Owasco Flats”

Anthony DeCaro, Chief Operator Water Purification Plant,City of Auburn
“Owasco Lake Levels”

Business Meeting:
Report on Watershed/Lake Protection Presentation to Auburn City Council

Report on manure spreading
on frozen ground

Lake Day 2014 Update

Other reports and updates on OWLA activities and events

Ongoing manure spreading issue on west side of Owasco Lake

There are many pressures to the water quality of Owasco Lake. One significant issue is the late winter, early spring spreading of large amounts of manure on land near the lake. This is not a new issue. OWLA members have tried to get attention brought to these practices several times in the last 3 years. This is a growing problem all around NY state and needs the attention of the NYSDEC and our local, state and federal officials. It's time to change some practices that are being done by large farm operations in this state. Many other states have enacted legislation to prevent these types of activities during late winter. Hopefully our local leaders and the Leadership of OWLA will lead the charge to get the DEC to enforce present laws as well as enact some better legislation to prevent the type of pollution that takes places under adverse weather conditions.

The Auburn Citizen had a good article on the topic in today's paper. See the article here:   http://auburnpub.com/news/local/owasco-lake-advocates-decry-runoff-of-manure-into-water/article_498bd2fe-a7ec-5994-b4ed-005111da2e89.html

April OWLA Meeting April 2nd

April Meeting Notice - Members and Guests Invited

When:  Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 7 pm
Where: Springside Inn, 6141 West Lake Road,Auburn

Business Meeting Agenda:
- Lake Day Update
- WQMA Update
- Discussion of Manure Spreading on Frozen Ground
- Lake Levels
- Other reports from OWLA activities and events

Check here for updates: http://www.owla.org/index.html

March OWLA Meeting - 3/5

OWLA March Meeting Notice

Members and Guests invited

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

7 pm at Springside Inn

6141 West Lake Road, Auburn 13021

Business Meeting:

- Report from OWLA/City of Auburn meeting

- Update on Finger Lakes Regional Alliance meetings

- Update on WQMA meetings

- Report on manure spreading on frozen ground

- Other reports from OWLA activities and events

Details on agenda and other OWLA info: www.owla.org

Owasco Lake Symposium - March 1st

Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Cayuga Community College

Bisgrove Auditorium

199 Franklin Street, Auburn, New York

The State of the Lake

A Scientific Symposium in Plain English

Speakers:

The Trophic Status of Owasco Lake

John Halfman, Ph.D., Finger Lakes Institute

The Trophic State

within the Context of Public Water Supply and Recreation

Clifford W. Callinan, P.E., NYS DEC Division of Water

The Trophic State

within the Context of Invasive Species and Blue Green Algae

Scott Kishbaugh, NYS DEC Division of Water

February OWLA Meeting

February OWLA Meeting Notice:

Wednesday, February 5, 2014. 

7 pm at Springside Inn

6141 West Lake Road, Auburn

Business Meeting:

Report from OWLA/City of Auburn meeting

Report on Finger Lakes Regional Alliance meetings

Report on WQMA meetings

Other reports from OWLA activities and events

(Members and Guests invited)

March To Lake Day

Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Cayuga Community College

Bisgrove Auditorium

199 Franklin Street, Auburn, New York

The State of the Lake

A Scientific Symposium in Plain English

Speakers:

The Trophic Status of Owasco Lake

John Halfman, Ph.D., Finger Lakes Institute

The Trophic State

within the Context of Public Water Supply and Recreation

Clifford W. Callinan, P.E., NYS DEC Division of Water

The Trophic State

within the Context of Invasive Species and Blue Green Algae

Scott Kishbaugh, NYS DEC Division of Water

Happy New Year!

Another year gone by!

Thanks to all the OWLA volunteers and supporters who have worked hard to protect Owasco Lake.

No meeting in January but stay tuned for February and March meeting dates.