OWLA meeting Wed. April 3rd

             April OWLA Meeting

       

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 7 pm at Springside Inn

 Guest Speaker: 

 Doug Kierst, Executive Director of the CC Soil and Water Conservation District

- Business meeting will be following the guest speaker.

  

 Note: Please take the new OWLA survey and check the environmental film info at:                      www.owla.org

Finger Lakes Fisheries Meetings

State officials conducted two public meetings this week to discuss the "State of the Finger Lakes."

Fisheries scientists from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation discussed the fisheries of Cayuga, Owasco, Skaneateles and Otisco Lakes. These four lakes comprise more than 60,000 acres. NYSDEC says the estimated value of their fisheries exceeds $8.9 million. The meetings were held at Bass Pro Shops in Auburn and at the Groton High School in Groton.

The DEC says the Finger Lakes and their tributaries support a variety of trout and salmon, bass, walleye, yellow perch, and panfish. DEC biologists gave updates on the status of trout and salmon fisheries, warmwater fish, regulations, lamprey control, and the Angler Diary Program.

Read more in the Syracuse.com article here: http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2013/03/finger_lakes_fisheries_healthy.html

Forum examines Owasco Lake issues

The Owasco Lake - OWN IT ! conference examined the current condition and ways to improve water quality in Owasco lake on Saturday. The conference was held at the Bisgrove Theater at Cayuga Community College. Two of the speakers were Professer John Halfman of Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY and Todd Walter of Cornell university.

The event was sponsored by the Owasco Watershed Lake Association (OWLA), the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) and

Cayuga Community College (CCC).

Read the Auburn Citizen article at: http://auburnpub.com/news/local/forum-examines-improving-quality-of-owasco-lake/article_1ed9fb10-8b39-526f-84e0-5014ff17ba5c.html

Take the OWLA survey

Important Owasco Lake Survey

A new public opinion survey focused on Owasco Lake and its watershed is intended to help OWLA understand concerns regarding the Lake. Results will influence the OWLA 3-Year Strategic Action Plan.

Please click here to take this short survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LNYRFBT

Learn about cover crops

"COVER CROPS FOR FIELD CROP FARMERS"

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

 Location:  Cornell Cooperative Extension, 248 Grant Avenue, Auburn NY

  

11:00- OWLA members are invited to attend a special session with cover crop experts, this will be an “introduction to cover crops”. OWLA members are also invited to stay for the rest of the day if they choose.

12:00 -  We will ask Paul Salon, ( NRCS-USDA) to speak about some of his research and discoveries at the Big Flats  Plant Materials Center, a Field Station focusing on Cover crops and other Conservation practices.

1:00 - Quirine Ketterings, Associate Professor Cornell Nutrient Management Spear ( Soil Fertility)Program Department of Animal Science Cornell University,  will speak on the Double cropping research that provides many of the positive enhancements that cover cropping normally does and allows for an additional crop to be harvested to increase yield from that field.

2:00 - Growers panel  We are asking a number of local farmers to speak about their experiences with cover crops under conditions very close to your own here in Cayuga County.

After each session we will have a chance for farmers to inquire or clarify what the speaker provided.

We are doing this meeting to provide information about cover cropping systems that could improve conditions within your fields

There will be no fees associated with this presentation, and no lunch provided, so plan to eat before or after.

If you are a person with a disability and require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations for a program, contact us as soon as possible, please.

Amy Barra

Environmental Educator

Cornell Cooperative Extension Cayuga County

248 Grant Ave Auburn, Ny 13021

(315) 255-1183 x. 229

(315) 255-1187

Alb356@cornell.edu

February OWLA Meeting

The February OWLA Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 7 pm

at the Springside Inn, 6141 West Lake Road, Auburn

The public is invited.

Owasco Lake . . . OWN IT !

Owasco Lake . . . OWN IT ! is a conference focused on the current condition of Owasco Lake and efforts to reduce phosphorus loading.

Where and When:

Saturday, March 9, 2013

9am- 12:30 pm

Bisgrove Theater

Cayuga Community College

199 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021

Speakers:

John Halfman

Professor Dept of Geoscience & Environmental      Studies Program

Finger Lakes Institute Endowed Chair in Environmental Studies

Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

Todd Walter

Associate Professor

Biological and Environmental Engineering Dept

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  

The conference is free, but registration is requested to reserve your place and to receive updates.To register by phone or for more information call:  315-252-8669

This conference is a companion event to Owasco Lake Day 2013, to be held at Emerson Park, on the shores of Owasco Lake, on June 26, 2013.

Event sponsors:

Owasco Watershed Lake Association (OWLA)

Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT)

Cayuga Community College (CCC)

Owasco Lake gets funding for management plan update

The 2012 Regional Economic Development Council Awards were presented in December by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, as the five-county group received one of two "top performer" awards and $93.8 million in funding for 73 projects.

Cayuga County received $1,973,500 for eight projects. One significant project, was a $75,000 grant for Cayuga County to develop an updated Owasco Lake Watershed Management Plan. The last plan, was done in in 2001 and was overdue for an update. 

Look forward to more information on the update of this plan in early 2013.

Owasco Flats Nature Reserve - Annual Meeting

Owasco Flats Nature Reserve Annual Meeting 

- Review of 2012 projects and plans for 2013.

The Owasco Flats Nature Reserve's Annual Meeting 2012 will be held 

on Tuesday,December 4, 2012 at the Moravia Firehall located at 38 Keeler Avenue 

off Route 38 in Moravia. This evening event will start at 6:30 pm.

Guest Speaker:  Bruce Natale

Topic: “Owasco Flats Wetland Restoration Project”

Learn more about the meeting agenda at: http://www.owla.org/2012%20OFNR%20mtg.pdf