Programs

  • Watershed Communications Program

    WATERSHED COMMUNICATIONS:THESE COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AND BROADEN PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATERSHED INFORMATION. OUR WATERSHED COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM INCLUDES PUBLICATION OF OUR MONTHLY E-NEWS WATERSHED UPDATES AND PRINT EDITION NETWORK NEWSLETTERS SHARED ONLINE FOR FREE AND IN PRINT FOR OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY; OUTREACH TABLING AND PRESENTATIONS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED TO SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ABOUT WATERSHED PROTECTION; WORK WITH OUR CAYUGA LAKE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH COMMITTEES ON JOINT EFFORTS; SERVING AS LIAISON OR VOTING MEMBER OF THE WATER QUALITY COORDINATING COMMITTEES FOR CAYUGA, SENECA, AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES; AND SERVICE AS THE CAYUGA LAKE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE FINGER LAKES REGIONAL WATERSHED ALLIANCE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $31.5K

  • Community Education and Stewardship Programs

    COMMUNITY EDUCATION & STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS:THESE PROGRAMS BUILD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP FOR CAYUGA LAKE. OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION & STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED ORGANIZING AND HOSTING TWO FREE, PUBLIC COMMUNITY CONFERENCES FEATURING EXPERT PRESENTATIONS ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE HEALTH OF CAYUGA LAKE AND ITS WATERSHED (NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS); WORKING WITH 15 VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LITTER CLEANUPS; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES (AIS) IN OUR WATERSHED AND WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN DO TO STOP THE SPREAD OF AIS, INCLUDING HYDRILLA; HOSTING OUR LAKE FRIENDLY LIVING (LFL) AWARENESS MONTH EVENT (2024 RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP) AND PROMOTING ADOPTION OF RESIDENTIAL BEST PRACTICES THROUGH THE LFL PLEDGE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING "WATERSHED LIVING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE" CONTENT; AND WORKING WITH REGIONAL EDUCATORS TO DEVELOP NEW WATERSHED EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOR CLASSROOMS AND INFORMAL EDUCATION SETTINGS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $30.9K

  • Water Quality Monitoring and Action

    WATER QUALITY MONITORING & ACTION:THESE EFFORTS PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED DATA AND COMMUNICATION TO GUIDE LOCAL WATER QUALITY ACTION AND MANAGEMENT. OUR WATER QUALITY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THREE PROJECT AREAS IN 2024: COMPLETION OF THE SAMPLING EVENTS FOR OUR CAYUGA LAKE NORTHERN TRIBUTARIES WATER-QUALITY MONITORING AND MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING STUDY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUNY-ESF; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM MONITORING PROGRAM SUPPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING WEEKLY HABS NEWSLETTERS DURING THE HABS MONITORING SEASON (JULYSEPTEMBER); AND SPONSORSHIP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEER SAMPLING FOR THE CITIZENS STATEWIDE LAKE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR CAYUGA LAKE (FOUR SITES, EIGHT SAMPLING EVENTS EACH, JUNEOCTOBER). THESE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO GENERATE AND COMMUNICATE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION FOR IMPROVED WATER-QUALITY ACTION AND OUTCOMES.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $13.4K