[sustainable_tompkins-l] Saturday 6/2: Help clean up along Burns Road - Embrace the Lake!

[Hilary Lambert]

BURNS ROAD TRASH PICKUP- please help

Sat. June 2, 2018 9am-12noon

It’s our drinking water!! Help clean the ditches that drain into Six Mile Creek.

 Meet at entrance to South Hill Rec. Way and park, or across the road in 
Stauffer’s driveway. Come as long as you can.  We will have some plastic gloves 
or bring your own. We provide trash bags. Wear a neon vest if you have one. 
Children are welcome IF immediately supervised- we will be working along the 
road.

We are a small neighborhood group and would love all the help we can get. 
Questions: call Donna Stauffer (273-5051) or Louise Mudrak (793-1300).

Creek and Waterfront Cleanups are being done by community groups all around 
Cayuga Lake. The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (www.cayugalake.org 
) EMBRACE THE LAKE!


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Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

[Hilary Lambert]

Thanks Tony DP!
Here is a succinct guide to next steps from Judith Enck:

And thanks to Yvonne for doing an enormous amount of work to get all of the 
meetings organized.  Yvonne is a force of nature !  The nys legislature 
adjourns in about 5 weeks.   While the governors announcement today was 
terrific , we need to pass assembly bill 10277 and senate bill 8109.   If we 
work really hard over the next few weeks we can save ourselves from a few years 
of work.   Call friends and family around the state and ask them to contact 
their state legislators to support the bill.Call your own legislators every 
week and ask them for updates and thank them for their support.   Write letters 
to the editor.  Post information on social media.  Hand out flyers about the 
bill at community events. Find new allies to weigh in.  Get your kids involved. 
I am sure you will have even better ideas.  The next month is so important.  
Thank you!   Cheers, Judith Enck 

Hilary Lambert
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

> On May 16, 2018, at 12:23 PM, Tony Del Plato <tonydelpl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Hillary for your notes about where we're at and what needs to be done 
> to shut down the incinerator
> Tony
> 
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert <stew...@cayugalake.org 
> <mailto:stew...@cayugalake.org>> wrote:
> Hi:
> This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step. 
> It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
> bill.
> Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
> ahead.
> 
> I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we 
> must do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local 
> control by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this 
> proposed trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and 
> Seneca County. 
> Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.
> 
> The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) 
> did not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process 
> in Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
> state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC 
> trash burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
> community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
> school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, 
> affecting air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real 
> estate values - etc.
> 
> A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
> Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski 
> of the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US 
> EPA admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
> statement. 
> Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil 
> Palmesano, Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
> If you are a constituent, please thank them.
> Live stream of the press conference: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share>
> 
> Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out 
> to present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and 
> senate - to numerous legislators. 
> A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.
> 
> (Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
> because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)
> 
> PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE 
> START - and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
> THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do 
> our share.
> 
> For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
> https://senecalakeguardian.org/ <https://senecalakeguardian.org/>
> and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/ 
> <https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/>
> 
> 
> Thanks
> HL
> Hilary Lambert
> Steward/Executive Director
> Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
> POB 348 Aurora NY 13026
> 
> “It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”
> 
> stew...@cayugalake.org <mailto:stew...@cayugalake.org>
> www.cayugalake.org <http://www.cayugalake.org/>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson <gaynichol...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:gaynichol...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Oh this is good news indeed
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
>&

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

[Hilary Lambert]

Hi:
This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step. 
It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
bill.
Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
ahead.

I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we must 
do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local control 
by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this proposed 
trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and Seneca 
County. 
Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.

The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) did 
not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process in 
Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC trash 
burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, affecting 
air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real estate values - 
etc.

A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski of 
the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US EPA 
admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
statement. 
Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil Palmesano, 
Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
If you are a constituent, please thank them.
Live stream of the press conference: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share>

Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out to 
present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and senate - 
to numerous legislators. 
A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.

(Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)

PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE START 
- and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do our 
share.

For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
https://senecalakeguardian.org/ <https://senecalakeguardian.org/>
and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/ 
<https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/>


Thanks
HL
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org





> On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson <gaynichol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh this is good news indeed
> 
> 
> --
> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
> President
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 309 N. Aurora St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> www.sustainabletompkins.org <http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/>
> 607-533-7312 (home office)
> 607-220-8991 (cell)
> 607-272-1720 (ST office)
> 
> g...@sustainabletompkins.org <mailto:g...@sustainabletompkins.org>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Water Front <comment-re...@wordpress.com 
> <mailto:comment-re...@wordpress.com>>
> Date: Tue, May 15, 2018 at 3:06 PM
> Subject: [New post] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in 
> Romulus
> To: g...@sustainabletompkins.org <mailto:g...@sustainabletompkins.org>
> 
> 
> Respond to this post by replying above this line
> New post on Water Front
> 
>  <http://waterfrontonline.blog/author/pmantius/>  
> Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus 
> <http://waterfrontonline.blog/2018/05/15/cuomo-trashes-plans-for-municipal-waste-incinerator-in-romulus/>by
>  Peter Mantius <http://waterfrontonline.blog/author/pmantius/>
> Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365 million 
> garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a groundswell of opposition 
> that now appears insurmountable. 
> 
> “The trash incinerator project is not consistent with my administration’s 
> goals for protecting our public health, our environment, and our thriving 
> agriculture-based economy in the Finger Lakes,” the governor said in a 
> statement Tuesday morning.
> 
> Circular Energy LLC, a Rochester startup with no background in waste disposal 
> or energy production, announced its plans in November. The bulk of the 
> garbage it would burn was to have been shipped to the former Seneca Army 
> Depot site by truck 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] April 2018: Earth Day Season - activities & events around Cayuga Lake

[Hilary Lambert]

losed to cars. Bike, walk, roll and move freely, with 
activities along the way. (Take the water taste test!) 
https://www.streetsaliveithaca.com/ <https://www.streetsaliveithaca.com/>
Numerous dates: STEPS – Seneca Towns Engaging People for Solutions – Community 
members working together to improve community health. Everyone who lives, 
learns, works or plays in the towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid or Romulus are part 
of STEPS. Learn more & check out STEPS events and activities calendar 
http://www.senecasteps.org/ <http://www.senecasteps.org/> 7150 N. Main St Ovid 
NY.

Dispose of special wastes safely: 

·   Hospital sharps collection sites statewide: 
https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers/prevention/needles_syringes/sharps/docs/hospital_collection_sites.pdf
 
<https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers/prevention/needles_syringes/sharps/docs/hospital_collection_sites.pdf>
·   Medication drop boxes by county, statewide (DO NOT PUT MEDS IN THE 
TOILET or DOWN THE SINK!): 
https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/medication_drop_boxes/ 
<https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/medication_drop_boxes/>
 
===

 
Events and activities compiled by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.

We’ll provide an update for May. Send events info to stew...@cayugalake.org 
<mailto:stew...@cayugalake.org>
 
“It takes a Network to protect a watershed.”

www.cayugalake.org <http://www.cayugalake.org/>
 


 Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org <mailto:stew...@cayugalake.org>
www.cayugalake.org <http://www.cayugalake.org/>
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org






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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Feb-Mar: NYS Regional Harmful Algal Bloom Summits

[Hilary Lambert]

> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> For Immediate Release: 2/14/2018
>> GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES REGIONAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM SUMMITS
>>   
>> Four Summits in Mid-Hudson, Central NY, Western NY and North Country to 
>> Allow Residents to Hear from Local, State and National Harmful Algal Blooms 
>> Experts 
>>  
>> Governor Announces Creation of Expert Panel and Local Steering Committees to 
>> Develop Action Plans 
>>  
>>  
>> Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the dates and locations of four 
>> summits supporting the state's comprehensive effort to protect vulnerable 
>> lakes and waterbodies in Upstate New York from harmful algal blooms. The 
>> four regional summits are part of the $65 million four-point initiative 
>> 
>>  unveiled in the Governor's 2018 State of the State to aggressively combat 
>> harmful algal blooms in Upstate New York. The increasing frequency and 
>> duration of harmful algal blooms threaten drinking water quality and the 
>> recreational use of lakes essential to upstate tourism. The first of the 
>> summits will be held on Tuesday, February 27, in New Paltz, New York.
>>  
>> "Protecting water quality is a top priority and New York is committed to 
>> addressing growing threats like harmful algal blooms," Governor Cuomo said. 
>> "These summits are bringing experts from across the country and New York 
>> leaders together with local authorities to develop new and innovative 
>> strategies to safeguard our water for future generations."
>>  
>> As part of his 2018 State of the State announcements, the Governor directed 
>> the state's Water Quality Rapid Response Team, co-chaired by Department of 
>> Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos and Department of 
>> Health Commissioner Howard Zucker in partnership with the New York State 
>> Department of Agriculture and Markets, to convene four regional Harmful 
>> Algal Blooms summits. The summits will bring together national and state 
>> experts, including scientists from Kansas, Ohio, Tennessee and Vermont, as 
>> well as SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Cornell 
>> University, the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, and 
>> local stakeholders. 
>>  
>> Each of the four summits will include an evening session that is open to the 
>> public where background information about harmful algal blooms will be 
>> provided. The sessions will include talks by experts, a panel discussion and 
>> an opportunity for local residents to share recommendations and ideas.
>>  
>> The four evening sessions will be held on:
>>  
>> Mid-Hudson
>> Tuesday, February 27 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
>> SUNY New Paltz Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, 2nd Floor
>> 1 Hawk Drive
>> New Paltz, NY 12561.
>> Free parking will be available on the campus
>>  
>> Central New York (includes Cayuga Lake)
>> Tuesday, March 6 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. 
>> SUNY ESF Gateway Center Building
>> 1 Forestry Drive
>> Syracuse, NY 13210 
>> Free parking available in all ESF designated lots
>>  
>> North Country
>> Tuesday, March 20 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
>> Best Western Ticonderoga
>> 260 Burgoyne Road
>> Ticonderoga, NY 12883
>>  
>> Western New York 
>> Monday, March 26 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
>> R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, SUNY Monroe Community College, the Forum
>> 1000 East Henrietta Road
>> Rochester, New York 14623 
>> Free parking in campus lots N and M
>>  
>> At these summits, nation-leading experts will work with local steering 
>> committees to begin development of tailored action plans to address the 
>> causes of algal blooms in the twelve priority waterbodies across the state. 
>> The action plans developed for each waterbody will be used to guide the 
>> development and implementation of priority projects, including new 
>> monitoring and treatment technologies. The action plans will be complete by 
>> the end of May and the lessons learned through these action plans will be 
>> applied to other impacted waterbodies.
>>  
>> The state's panel of national Harmful Algal Blooms experts includes:
>>  
>> · Greg Boyer, Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and 
>> Forestry
>> · Karl Czymmeck, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University 
>> Department of Animal Science
>> · Tim Davis, Associate Professor, Bowling Greene State University, 
>> Ohio
>> · Art DeGaetano, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric 
>> Sciences, Cornell University
>> · Sally Flis, Director, Agronomy, The Fertilizer Institute
>> · Jennifer Graham, Research Hydrologist, USGS Kansas Water Science 
>> Center 
>> · Nelson Hairston, Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental 
>> Science, Cornell University
>> · Dave Matthews, Director, Upstate Freshwater Institute
>> · Tim Mihuc, Professor of 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] 11/4: CLWN community conference, Ithaca: "Understanding change and continuity in our watershed over the past fifty years, as prologue to rapid change." Birds, fishes, aquatic

[Hilary Lambert]

This Saturday, November 4, 2017

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network’s 2017 annual fall community conference

The big picture: Understanding change and continuity in our watershed over the 
past fifty years, as prologue to rapid change.

9:30 am:  Gather, refreshments, introductions.

9:50 am:   Bob Johnson: Aquatic plants in Cayuga Lake, a fifty year perspective.

Racine-Johnson Aquatic Ecologists

10:45 am: Candace E. Cornell: The Cayuga Basin’s bird life: Fifty years of 
change.

Retired, Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

11:30 am: Break

11:45 am: Emily Zollweg-Horan: NYS DEC’s fish data and management strategies, a 
forty-year perspective. 

Aquatic biologist, Division of Fish & Wildlife Resources, NYS 
DEC

12:30 - 1 pm: Conversations/Q, thank yous, farewells.

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca Annex, 208 E. Buffalo Street, Ithaca NY.

Co-sponsored by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network & the Intermunicipal 
Organization of the Cayuga Lake Watershed

RSVP/just come: progr...@cayugalake.org  or call 
607- 319-0475.
Admission is always free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be 
served.
www.cayugalake.org  & www.cayugawatershed.org 
 
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 10/21-22 Hydrilla Hunt; 10/28-29 WW; 11/4 Autumn Cayuga Lake Community Conference

[Hilary Lambert]

Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake Watershed 

Lakewide Hydrilla Hunt* - October 21-22

On Saturday October 21 and Sunday October 22, bring hydrilla suspects in 
plastic baggies marked with location and date, to collecting tables:

Long Point State Park, 10 am-noon Saturday and Sunday. 2063 Lake Road, Aurora 
NY 13026.
Sheldrake Point Public Park, 1:30-3:30 pm Saturday and Sunday. Route 
139/Sheldrake Pt. Rd, Ovid NY 14521.
In Ithaca, drop off hydrilla suspects on October 23-24 at TC Cornell 
Cooperative Extension - place baggies in the labeled red and white cooler in 
the lobby area. 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca NY.

===

Wizarding Weekend - October 27-29, Ithaca

Look for our activity tent across from the State Theatre as you immerse 
yourself in this magical Hallowe’en festival. Children of all ages can select a 
golden egg from the dark cauldron and insert into it a spell to protect Cayuga 
Lake, inscribed on a tiny scroll - to take home for safekeeping. Free of 
charge. We’ll be there Sat and Sun until the golden eggs are gone. Would you 
like to help? Contact progr...@cayugalake.org <mailto:progr...@cayugalake.org>
WW schedule: http://wizardingweekend.com/ <http://wizardingweekend.com/>
===

CLWN’s Autumn Community Conference - November 4, Ithaca

The big picture: Understanding change and continuity over the past fifty years 
as prologue to rapid change.

Bob Johnson: Aquatic plants in Cayuga Lake, a fifty year perspective;

Candace Cornell: Birds of Cayuga Lake, a historical perspective;

Emily Zollweg-Horan: NYS DEC’s fish data and management strategies, a 
forty-year perspective.

9:30 am – 1 pm at the Unitarian Annex, 306 N. Buffalo Street, Ithaca. Free 
admission, refreshments. 

More information next week!

=== 

*Hints for Hydrilla Hunting: Use a weed rake if you have one. Look in shallow 
water areas close to shore. In clear shallow water, scan the lake bottom. If 
you see mounded plants – get a sample! (Safely!) Hydrilla will probably persist 
until January before dying back for a few months. Then it will re-sprout and 
continue to spread. Help find it early.

 

Thanks!

Jenn Tufano Programs Staff  progr...@cayugalake.org 
<mailto:progr...@cayugalake.org>
Hilary Lambert Steward/Executive Director  stew...@cayugalake.org 
<mailto:stew...@cayugalake.org> 


Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”
www.cayugalake.org <http://www.cayugalake.org/> 

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RE: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fw: TONIGHT: Invitatation

[Hilary Lambert]

Non-whites will be denied admission?

 

From: bounce-119564398-12863...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-119564398-12863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of David Peter
McCobb
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 10:41 AM
To: SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L
Subject: Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fw: TONIGHT: Invitatation

 

Why not just say people, and let it appeal to whoever is interested?

I personally resent being called white, and can't help hearing it as racist.

David

David P. McCobb, Ph.D. 

Neurobiology and Behavior

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

 


On Aug 24, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Elan Shapiro elanshapiro...@gmail.com wrote:

Why whites? 

 Hi Dave 
I take it as a given that race is an ever shifting social construct,
nonetheless used to create enormous negative impact on most of the world's
people.  Most  people of color I know who work for racial justice recognize
the value of whites (also a social construct) educating whites for a
significant part of the struggle because its simply too exhausting and
overwhelming for people of color to continuously be called on to pierce the
layers of miseducation, denial of gross disadvantage that they experience,
and of the subliminal or blatant bias that the vast majority of US citizens
carry. The message to me is : First, once you get it , work on your own
people, and use your advantages constructively for the benefit of all who
are less advantaged. Be in solidarity and support when needed and asked for,
but most of all communicate the urgency, outrageous unfairness, and the
avenues for structural and systemic change,  to people who you can most
influence.   

also see, in the message that went out: 

Why so white?

 

We know, we know. The notion of showing up to a space that is intentionally
held for anti-racist white folks can seem counter-intuitive, and awkward. To
learn more about the strategy behind this, read about SURJ's dedication to
accountability http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/accountability
here. http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/accountability 

 

In the words of one SURJ Ithaca member, In my life's work, this has been
the first time I have ever been a part of a group that is intentionally
built for white folks who are interested in helping move towards a racially
just society. My personal life is far more diverse than that, so the concept
did feel awkward to me at first. But after being a part of so many racial
justice groups that ended up being dominated/distracted by well-intentioned
white folks, I try to listen to my brothers  sisters of color, who, in my
world, have been very encouraging of white folks to find their own
spaces/angles to do this work from. There are ways for us to all work
together, and respect the different angles we are working from.

 

SURJ's work is informed by freedom fighters of color, and has a powerful
alliance with the current Black Lives Matter movement. For instance, at the
recent Black Lives Convening conference in Cleveland,
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/cleveland this message from SURJ
was posted  shared on their website. As someone who deeply respects the
powerful origins of the BLM movement, I also respect the white counterpart
organization that they have thoughtfully collaborated with, and trust that
as a space where I can do my best work.

Thanks for listening

Elan Shapiro 



 

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 8:07 AM, David Peter McCobb d...@cornell.edu
wrote:

Joanna, why advertise as for white people? For me this just continues the
silly binary tradition. I prefer to consider myself light brown, deep tan in
parts, am proud of a perhaps tiny fraction of Native American blood on my
half Canadian French side, and of my european ethnic or at least national
diversity. I think most blacks are really of mixed blood, though they are, I
suspect they are admonished or discredited for acknowledging white
impurities. Even our president is typically taken to be simply back, even
though he has every right to be proud of his blend. Someday in this country
maybe we will be comfortable that we are all heterozygous, and all the same
species. And monkeys with clothes on, as I am fond of saying!

David
David P. McCobb, Ph.D. 

Neurobiology and Behavior

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

 


On Aug 24, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Joanne Cipolla cipol...@yahoo.com wrote:

Please consider coming to a wonderful gathering of like minded white people
who want to support the local Black Lives Matter movement.

 

Details below..please share with your circles.

Thanks! 

Joanne Cipolla-Dennis

 

 

Hi fellow racial justice advocates! 

Ithaca has very recently started up a
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/about  SURJ (Showing Up for
Racial Justice) Chapter, and  you're invited to participate/co-create this
new entity ! You can read a LOT more about SURJ  the Ithaca SURJ Chapter
below, but we also encourage you to show up to our gathering next Monday,
August 24th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Quaker Meeting House (120 3rd 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] 8/13: Public meeting for input into Cayuga Lake watershed plan update, Trumansburg

[Hilary Lambert]

South End Communities encouraged

to attend; everyone welcome!

Your Help Needed to update the Cayuga Lake Watershed Plan

 

Thursday August 13th, 5-7 pm

Court Room, Ulysses Town Hall 

10 Elm St., Trumansburg NY

REFRESHMENTS SERVED

 

This public meeting seeks input from year-round and summer residents for an
update of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Plan, being carried out 2015-6.

 

Members of the public will learn about the original plan and be asked to
provide unique personal knowledge and input for the updated plan. Light
refreshments served.

 

An updated plan will help the watershed's municipalities improve water
quality. A new plan will also aid our towns, villages, and cities in
applying for funding to repair and upgrade water projects in towns and
villages around the lake.

 

The public's input provides guidance to our communities in protecting our
lake and creeks over the next 10-20 years.

 

If you can't attend but want to give input and advice, please send an email
message to stew...@cayugalake.org or leave a phone message at 607 229-9870
to receive a link to an

online questionnaire, to be filled out at any time. You will be notified
when the link goes live.

 

The Intermunicipal Organization (IO), formed in 1999 to help Cayuga Lake
communities work together to protect the lake and its watershed, is leading
this planning effort. The original 2001 plan, formally named the Cayuga Lake
Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan, can be viewed at the IO's
website: http://www.cayugawatershed.org/ .

 

See a map of the Cayuga Lake watershed here:
http://www.cayugalake.org/map-of-the-cayuga-lake-watershed.html 

 

This plan is funded by the NYS Department of State

through the Title 11 Environmental Protection Fund.

 

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Hilary Lambert, Steward/Executive Director

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

It takes a Network to protect a watershed

www.cayugalake.org 

 



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 6/25 Ecosystem Invaders - Forum on Impacts of Invasive Species - 6-8 pm Ithaca NY Town Hall

[Hilary Lambert]

Ecosystem Invaders: What's in Your Watershed? 

Public Forum on Impacts of Invasive Species

June 25 6-8 pm

Ithaca Town Hall

215 North Tioga Street

Ithaca NY 14850

 

Three presentations from local experts on invasive species, including Sharon
Anderson of the Hydrilla Task Force, Mark Whitmore of the Cornell Department
of Natural Resources, and Hilary Mosher from Finger Lakes PRISM.

 

Invasive species are responsible for the risk faced by 42% of all threatened
and endangered species globally. Damages to natural and manmade ecosystems
caused by invasive species cost the United States billions of dollars every
year. In response to rising environmental and economic pressures, the State
of New York imposed two new regulations in 2014 to prevent the spread of
invasive species. From ecosystem shifts to boat hull checks to firewood
transport bans, citizens in the Cayuga Lake watershed are increasingly
impacted by (and impacting the spread of) invasive species in our region. 

 

On June 25th from 6-8 pm at the Ithaca Town Hall, the Community Science
Institute will be partnering with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network to host
a public forum called Ecosystem Invaders: What's in Your Watershed? on
this critical issue of locally invasive species and their watershed impacts.


 

The forum will include presentations from local experts on invasive species,
including Sharon Anderson of the Hydrilla Task Force and Mark Whitmore of
the Cornell Department of Natural Resources, and Hilary Mosher from Finger
Lakes PRISM. Public engagement will be highlighted through QA.

 



 

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (CLWN) is a member-based community
organization which has been working to preserve the health and beauty of the
Cayuga Lake watershed since 1997. By partnering with citizens, associations,
business, and governments, CLWN advocates for watershed health to support
thriving and prosperous communities in the region www.cayugalake.org .

 

The Community Science Institute (CSI), a nonprofit organization and
certified water quality testing lab in Ithaca, has worked with volunteer
groups to collect local water quality data since 2002. The Community Science
Institute's mission is to empower citizens to monitor and protect water
quality, and has been partnering with groups of volunteers to monitor Cayuga
Lake and tributary streams since 2002. CSI has over 100 monitoring locations
in the Cayuga Lake watershed. Volunteers collect water samples from fixed
locations and CSI's certified water testing lab performs tests to
characterize water quality, publishing results in their free online database
at www.communityscience.org/database. 

 

This event is part of the ongoing What's In Your Watershed? series, hosted
by CSI in partnership with other local organizations, to educate the
community about local water quality issues. Additional What's In Your
Watershed? events for Catharine Creek and Reeder Creek (tributaries of
Seneca Lake) will be held July-October 2015. 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 2, 2015

Contact:

Liz Carter, Outreach Coordinator

Community Science Institute

607-257-6606

l...@communityscience.org

 

 

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Happy Earth Day! Bats Birds this evening, Ithaca Lansing

[Hilary Lambert]

Happy Earth Day! 

Celebrating Bats  Birds this evening - Ithaca  Lansing

 

EARTH DAY BAT CELEBRATION 

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:00-7:30 pm 
Robert H. Treman State Park, Ithaca NY

105 Enfield Falls Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 

 

Meet at the North Shelter in the lower park to the left of the first
playground.

Come out on Earth Day and go batty with us! Join the park biologist, park
environmental educator, staff from US Fish and Wildlife Service, and
wildlife rehabilitator Victoria Campbell along with a few of her patients
from Wild Things Sanctuary to learn all about these amazing animals! 

 

There will be information flying everywhere about coexisting in a positive
way with bats as well as activities for kids and adults. It will hopefully
be a beautiful evening to pack a Earth Day picnic dinner to enjoy in the
park, learn about bats and if conditions are right to witness bats being
released back into the wild! 

[Several will bring picnic fare to share, so please do the same, and join
us]

Registration is appreciated but not required. Meet at the North Shelter in
the lower park to the left of the first playground. Email
josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov or call (607) 387-7041 ext. 131 with any questions.

Josh Teeter
Environmental Educator

New York State Parks, Recreation  Historic Preservation
2221 Taughannock Park Rd, Trumansburg NY 14886
607-387-7041 ext. 131 | josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov
 
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 4/22: Earth Day bat celebration - let's have a picnic too - lower Treman State Park

[Hilary Lambert]

EARTH DAY BAT CELEBRATION 

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:00-7:30 pm 
Robert H. Treman State Park, Ithaca NY

105 Enfield Falls Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 

 

Meet at the North Shelter in the lower park to the left of the first
playground.



Come out on Earth Day and go batty with us! Join the park biologist, park
environmental educator, staff from US Fish and Wildlife Service, and
wildlife rehabilitator Victoria Campbell along with a few of her patients
from Wild Things Sanctuary to learn all about these amazing animals! 

 

There will be information flying everywhere about coexisting in a positive
way with bats as well as activities for kids and adults. It will hopefully
be a beautiful evening to pack a Earth Day picnic dinner to enjoy in the
park, learn about bats and if conditions are right to witness bats being
released back into the wild! 

[Several will bring picnic fare to share, so please do the same, and join
us]



Registration is appreciated but not required. Meet at the North Shelter in
the lower park to the left of the first playground. Email
josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov or call (607) 387-7041 ext. 131 with any questions.

Josh Teeter
Environmental Educator

New York State Parks, Recreation  Historic Preservation
2221 Taughannock Park Rd, Trumansburg NY 14886
607-387-7041 ext. 131 | josh.tee...@parks.ny.gov
 
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] April 4 Erosion control and weed/plant growth in Cayuga Lake 9:30-12:30 Seneca Falls Library FREE

[Hilary Lambert]

FOR THE SAKE OF THE LAKE 

FREE Spring Community Conference

 

Erosion control and weed/plant growth in Cayuga Lake

Saturday April 4,  9:30AM - 12:30PM

Seneca Falls Public Library 

47 Cayuga St. Seneca Falls NY 13148

 

Each spring, the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network provides a free community
conference at the north end of Cayuga Lake on a topic of local interest.
Join us at the Seneca Falls Library this Saturday morning, April 4 at 9:30
am for three presentations about a perennial issue - water quality,
weeds/plant growth in the lake, and what to do about it. 

Refreshments provided - all are welcome.

 

Event Schedule

 

9:30 - 10 am Refreshments and displays

 

10 -10:40 am Lydia Brinkley: Soil erosion, water impacts and best
management practices. Especially for lakeshore landowners. Lydia Brinkley
is Research Specialist, CPESC-IT, Syracuse University Environmental Finance
Center.

 

10:45 -11:25 am Lisa Cleckner: What's up with all the muck? This talk
focuses on algal and plant production in lakes, and the potential impacts of
invasive species and other ecosystem perturbations on nutrient and carbon
cycling. Lisa Cleckner is the Director of the Finger Lakes Institute at
Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva.

 

11:30-12:15 pm Bill Ebert  Hilary Lambert: Recruiting a water monitoring
group for Canoga and Burroughs Creeks. Information about the two creeks;
what we will sample for and where; the need for adult volunteers. Training
required - it's not difficult, and is free. 

Bill Ebert is a long-time local resident; Hilary Lambert is Steward of the
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.

 

12:15-12:30 pm Questions and Answers

For more information contact: stew...@cayugalake.org 607-319-0475

http://www.cayugalake.org/news/erosion-control-and-weed.html 

 

It takes a Network to protect a watershed!

 

Hilary Lambert, Steward/Executive Director

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

It takes a Network to protect a watershed

www.cayugalake.org 

 



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Satellite photo of the Finger Lakes 2 16 15

[Hilary Lambert]

 

NASA photo of the FL region 2 16 15.jpgDear friends:

 

I just posted to our Facebook page this photo of the Finger Lakes from
space, taken by NASA satellites on February 16. Yes, even the biggest
deepest Finger Lakes are freezing over. Thank you Tom Vawter for sharing
this photo. Take care everyone!

 

Hilary Lambert, Steward/Executive Director

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

It takes a Network to protect a watershed

www.cayugalake.org 

 

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 2/23 FLI, Geneva: Sustainable Communities and Resilience to Weather Disasters

[Hilary Lambert]

 





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Sustainable Communities and Resilience to Weather Disasters

Monday, February 23, 2015

7:00 - 8:30 PM

Geneva Room at the Warren Hunting Smith Library

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

334 Pultney Street, Geneva, NY 14456

 


Rain, snow, temperatures, and general weather patterns hitting Upstate New York 
each season are becoming both more severe and variable as our overall climate 
changes. 

 

Community leaders are now realizing that they need to increase their capacity 
to remain economically sustainable with an intact natural environment to 
support commerce, tourism, and community prosperity before future weather 
disasters strike.

 

The Finger Lakes Institute is hosting two speakers familiar with the realities 
of facing weather disasters and fostering community recovery. 

 

Eric Ameigh, Project Coordinator for the City of Boulder, Colorado will share 
insights about torrential flooding in their small, tourism-based college city, 
following historic rain storms in the Rocky Mountains in September 2013.  Eric 
is the former Director of Neighborhood Initiatives for the City of Geneva, NY. 

 

Steve Griffin, CEO of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Center in Penn Yan, 
NY will present the issues they faced in the wake of the May 2014 major village 
flooding and steps to help with the rebuilding and recovery. 

 

Both speakers will convey the lessons their communities learned and tips for 
Finger Lakes communities to be better prepared to face forthcoming weather 
catastrophes.

 

This speaking event is free and open to the public. Community members are 
encouraged to carpool if necessary, and park in the Medbury Lot at the main 
entrance to Hobart and William Smith Colleges.  The Library is a very short 
walk to the south, across Pulteney Street from the new building construction 
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Monday, March 9, 2015

7:00 PM  |  Geneva Room / Warren Hunting Smith Library

Dr. Callie Babbitt, Assistant Professor at the Golisano Institute for 
Sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology and John Eades of Vere 
Sandals in Geneva, NY will share insights about how people who want stuff can 
take simple steps to buy and use items that have been manufactured and 
distributed with an eye toward long-term environmental and social concerns.

 

Sustainable Food and Beverages in the Finger Lakes

Monday, March 30, 

RE:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Gas provides bridge to cleaner energy tech

[Hilary Lambert]

Thanks for sharing, SenecaJean.

I was astonished at how out of date this guy’s comments are. 

He has not listened to or heard a single thing over the past six years.

Just repeats the same old Texas tall tales.

Surprised that the IJ would waste valuable editorial space on such an outmoded 
point of view.

Hilary L

 

From: dryden...@googlegroups.com [mailto:dryden...@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 9:51 PM
To: dryden...@googlegroups.com; shalesh...@yahoogroups.com; 
sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu
Subject: {DRAC} Fwd: Gas provides bridge to cleaner energy tech 2

 

The great 'clean' natural gas myth. Not to mention totally oxymoronic.

 

Jeanne


Gas provides bridge to cleaner energy tech

 

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So who are the real environmentalists relative to the subject of fracking? Is 
it those that favor the world's dirtiest source of energy — coal? Or is it 
those who want to reduce coal as a source of energy in favor of production by a 
method with at least 50 percent less greenhouse gases and over 90 percent less 
of other deadly pollutants?

In the first group are pseudo-environmentalists who, by opposing fracking, are 
in effect advocating the continued use of coal. They talk about solar and wind, 
but the reality is that significant energy from these clean sources may be 
decades away — conversion to gas can be done relatively quickly.

They talk about safety problems relating to fracking, but over 1.2 million 
fracked wells have been drilled in the U.S. with only minor problems, as 
witnessed by the fact that over 30 states and the federal government have 
backed fracking.

There will be some safety problems with all forms of energy generation 
(including wind and solar) and experience has shown that proper regulations 
have resulted in few problems with fracking. Also, there is potential in newer, 
safer nuclear technology, but it will be at least a decade or two at best until 
that could become a reality.

So the production of natural gas from fracking should become an environmentally 
sound bridge to a time when even cleaner alternative technologies can be put 
into place. And that is happening all across the U.S. However, two states have 
banned fracking — New York and Vermont.

Aside from the environmental benefits of fracking noted above, there are major 
economic reason for New York to allow fracking. The experiences of other states 
have shown significant economic improvement in areas in and around fracking. 
(The subject is academic relative to Vermont, since it has no potential for 
fracking.)

In New York, the economically distressed Southern Tier has been identified as 
having enormous reserves of fracked gas. With proper regulation, there is no 
good reason for our governor to have not allowed at least that area to frack. 
And the experience of other states would allow New York to invoke appropriate 
regulations. (Note that New York had already developed a comprehensive set of 
regulations that could be updated to reflect the latest best practices.)

So let's get our heads out of the sand and let the governor know that he has 
erred and should correct his mistake.

Keim is the co-chair of New York Environmentalists for Fracking.

ARMAND KEIM1:12 p.m. EST February 7, 2015

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Please vote - opinion poll in the finger lakes times

[Hilary Lambert]

Please vote. Sure, it is ‘just a local newspaper poll’ but the results right 
now are that over 75% of respondents say that global warming is not a problem 
at all. ! 

Here's the link: Finger Lakes Times http://www.fltimes.com/ 

Thanks

Hilary L

P.S. I think an updated local motto should be: “Ithaca NY: Ten square miles 
surrounded by denial.”

 

From: bounce-118057140-12863...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118057140-12863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Brim
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 10:01 AM
To: Sustainability in Tompkins County
Cc: dryden...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: opinion poll in the finger lakes 
times

 

At this point 75% say it's not a problem at all.

 

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Margaret McCasland mmcca...@twcny.rr.com 
wrote:

NOTE our region outside Ithaca's 10 square miles:   'currently the local 
populace seems to be entertaining the notion that global warming is no problem 
at all at an astounding rate of 82%.'  

 

 ADD YOUR VOICE:  'The poll is on the lower right hand side of the page.'

 

 

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From: Erica Crytzer crytzerandcryt...@yahoo.com

Date: September 27, 2014 7:57:34 AM EDT

To: 

Subject: opinion poll in the finger lakes times

Reply-To: Erica Crytzer crytzerandcryt...@yahoo.com

 

Thought I would send this out for everyone to register their opinions about 
global warming in the local online rag- currently the local populace seems to 
be entertaining the notion that global warming is no problem at all at an 
astounding rate of 82%.  The poll is on the lower right hand side of the page.

 

Here's the link: Finger Lakes Times http://www.fltimes.com/ 


 


 

 

 

 

 




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THANKS, and please forward!

 

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notions of birth and death, being and non-being  Nirvana is the silence of 
all notions, the extinction of all notions.  Including the notion of Nirvana.

-Thich Nhat Hanh



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Medical and Household Hazardous Waste Disposal ....Next Event for Medicine Disposal?

[Hilary Lambert]

Thank you for not polluting our water with waste drugs! 

Here is info about locations of nine drop boxes for medical wastes: 
http://healthyyouth.org/documents/dropboxpressrelease5-13.pdf

 

Here is info about household hazardous waste disposal dates, times, locations 
and requirements: 
http://www.recycletompkins.org/Garbage/Household-Hazardous-Waste

Thank you

HL

 

Hilary Lambert, Steward/Executive Director

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

It takes a Network to protect a watershed

www.cayugalake.org 

 

 

 

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[mailto:bounce-117847045-12863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Gay Nicholson
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 1:51 PM
To: Sustainability in Tompkins County
Subject: Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Next Event for Medicine Disposal?

 

Contact Tompkins County Solid Waste Division to find out when the next one will 
be.




--
Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
President
Sustainable Tompkins
109 S. Albany St.
Ithaca, NY 14850

www.sustainabletompkins.org


607-533-7312 (home office)
607-220-8991 (cell)
607-216-1552 (ST office)
607-216-1553 (ST fax)

g...@sustainabletompkins.org

 

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Liza Cobb elcob...@gmail.com wrote:

I don't believe I've seen an announcement for disposing of medications in more 
than a year.  Meanwhile, I'm accumulating many many bottles that I'm afraid to 
throw away or recycle because of the drug residue inside...

Any suggestions?

Liza

 



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 8/23: Ellis Hollow NP, Dryden - Creek Walk Tomorrow!

[Hilary Lambert]

Don't Forget!

 

Creek Walk Just for Kids and Families!
Saturday, August 23, 2014 - 10:00 AM

Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve, Town of Dryden


Join Sarah Fiorello, Interpretation Coordinator for Cornell Plantations, for
an exploration of what lives under the rocks and in the streambed of the
Ellis Hollow Preserve. We'll learn a little about stream health and see what
else we can find on the preserve. Be sure to wear shoes you don't mind
getting wet. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Don't
forget water and snacks! 

 

Directions: From Ithaca, follow Ellis Hollow Road 2.5 miles past East Hill
Shopping Plaza. Turn left on Genung Road, then right on Ellis Hollow Creek
Road. Preserve entrance is located 0.2 miles past intersection, on left side
of road.  Visit our website for more information: www.fllt.org

 

Talks and Treks is a series of guided walks led by volunteer naturalists to
our region's natural areas that help educate youth and adults about the
natural and cultural history of the Finger Lakes. The events are free and
open to the public and are held rain or shine.

 

For more information visit our web site at  http://www.fllt.org/
www.fllt.org or call  tel:607-275-9487 607-275-9487. 

 

Edie Jodz

Assistant Director of Development

Finger Lakes Land Trust

202 East Court Street

Ithaca, NY 14850

(607) 275-9487

www.fllt.org

 



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[sustainable_tompkins-l] CanYou Canoe Cayuga? paddling event Sept 1 registration deadline!

[Hilary Lambert]

Contact: John Mawdsley johnmawds...@frontiernet.net (607) 844-4718

Hilary Lambert stew...@cayugalake.org 

 

Logo motto jpg outer.jpgCanYou Canoe Registration Ends September 1, 2014

Families, friends  colleagues encouraged 

to take part in this community Cayuga Lake paddling event

Now in its third year, CanYou Canoe Cayuga? (CYCC) provides a low-cost,
monitored, all-day paddling adventure for families and friends along the
west shore of Cayuga Lake. (Rain date is September 7).

Starting at the north end of the lake very early in the morning,
participants can put their boats in the water at Cayuga Lake State Park and
start their 30-plus mile voyage south toward Ithaca's Cass Park, where all
are greeted with food, live music, and commemorative T-shirts. 

Along the way, paddlers check in at three locations, which serve as launch
sites for folks who want to do a shorter trip: Dean's Cove launch, Sheldrake
Winery, and Taughannock Park (north side of the lakefront park). 

At each stop, paddlers receive refreshments, space blankets for cold
temperatures, and encouragement to continue! Out on the lake, community fire
department and private boats are there to monitor and guide the paddlers and
help as needed.

Registration for this great day on the lake closes at the end of Monday
September 1, so the final countdown has begun. This is a great event for
relay, teams, families of all ages, friends and co-workers to try out a
paddling adventure on our beautiful lake. 

Registration information is available at the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network's
website: http://www.cayugalake.org/canyou-canoe-cayuga-sept-6-2014.html  and
via links from their Facebook page. There's also information on where to
rent a canoe or kayak, how to train, what to eat, what to wear, directions
to each launch location, and where to stay if coming from out of town. 

If you cannot take part but would like to donate to support this event, you
can do that here (with our grateful thanks): http://cycc14.peaksmaker.com/ 

This event is presented to the public by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.

Our co-sponsors: 

Tompkins Tourism, Tompkins Trust, Cayuga Medical Center, 

Paddles n More, and Puddledockers.

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

Our mission:  The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network identifies key threats to
Cayuga Lake and its watershed, and it advocates for solutions that support a
healthy environment and vibrant communities. We also have a motto, It
takes a Network to protect a watershed - and that network includes everyone
who works and lives here, and who come for recreational visits, to enjoy the
water, the wineries, the quiet beauty of our waterfalls and rural idylls.

POB 348 Aurora NY 13026 www.cayugalake.org 

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 7/17: Ithaca public meeting - Cayuga Lake Modeling Project/TMDL Project

[Hilary Lambert]

Public Meeting about Cayuga Lake Modeling Project and Related Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) Project is scheduled for July 17th at 7 pm

The Tompkins County Water Resources Council will host the next in a series
of public meetings to discuss progress with the Cayuga Lake Modeling Project
on Thursday, July 17th at 7:00 PM in The Space @ GreenStar, 700 West Buffalo
St., Ithaca. Representatives from New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC) in Albany will lead the meeting, which will include an
update on the overall project status followed by review of the technical
findings to date. 

Research scientists from the Upstate Freshwater Institute will discuss the
preliminary results of their extensive 2013 water quality monitoring program
of Cayuga Lake and the tributary streams, with a focus on phosphorus sources
and impacts. Cornell Professor Todd Walter will review the progress of the
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering's Soil and Water Lab
in constructing the Cayuga Lake watershed model. His research team is
exploring approaches to incorporating site-specific processes, such as
stream bank erosion and farming practices, on phosphorus transport from the
watershed to the lake. 

The NYSDEC representatives will moderate questions and lead an open
discussion of the Cayuga Lake Modeling Project.  All are welcome to attend.
Get more information about the project here
http://energyandsustainability.fs.cornell.edu/util/clmp/ 

 



Please let us know your questions! 

You can contact:

 

Diane Carlton, Citizen Participation Specialist
NYSDEC Region 7
615 Erie Blvd. West
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 426-7403

OR

Liz Moran, Project Consultant
EcoLogic LLC
5 Ledyard Ave., Suite 200
Cazenovia, NY 13035
(315) 655-8305

 

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RE: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Plugging old gas wells.

[Hilary Lambert]

Thank you George. 

I will send this to some folks who have been asking questions.

HL

 

From: bounce-117115011-12863...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-117115011-12863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of George Adams
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 4:22 PM
To: Sustainability in Tompkins County
Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Plugging old gas wells.

 

Thanks, Karen, for passing on Carissa Parlato's information on the suspicious 
looking drilling operation south of Tburg.

 

I had noticed the rig, trucks, cleared site of bare dirt and various odd boxy 
and tank like equipment last week and was also a bit alarmed but figured with a 
moratorium in place it could not be fracking.

 

But if this is getting folks attention, it is a good time for me to remind list 
mates...whom I hope won't be shy in telling their less aware or concerned 
acquaintances...that this capping operation is the tip of a slightly different 
iceberg than fracking.

 

As noted, capping is an involved and fairly expensive procedure to plug up an 
old gas well to the best degree possible.  I found records that mention this 
particular Deddleston well and a 100 or so others.  Virtually all abandoned now 
but few were ever capped with the stringent standards DEC and other authorities 
now require.   No need to provide deep and highly pressure resistant plugs was 
recognized decades before fracking.  

 

This PDF has quick overview of drilling in Tompkins county.

http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/PeoplePlaces/Faculty/cathles/Gas%20in%20Tompkins%20County/The%20history%20of%20oil%20and%20gas%20drilling%20in%20Tompkins%20County%20in%20500%20words%20FINAL.pdf

 

And of particular use is the link to the DEC gas well database for NYS.  It 
shows Tompkins as having about 106 wells and only lists about 36 of those as 
capped. I only examined Tompkins county but similar density of old uncapped 
wells drilled to similar depths is likely throughout southern tier..  The data 
can be imported to a spread sheet, where its easier to learn many things about 
these ghosts of past extractions: Many have UNKNOWN rather than PLUGGED status. 
 Oriskany being beneath Marcellus, and the average depth of all wells, even 
dry hole wells being over 2000ft many holes of unknown status necessarily 
exist as perforations in the Marcellus shale that frackers are planning to 
drill. When they drill sideways and super-pressurize the Marcellus, stuff is 
going to pop up these other holes unless they were plugged to modern 
standards...maybe.  of the 40 or so wells of unknown status, virtually all 
were drilled before the 60's but average 2300feet with a few at 6000...

 

BTW, there are 4 well right in Ithaca.  Caroline is the town with fewest old 
wells: just one.   In 2008 a series of HORIZONTAL wells were drilled...not all 
the holes are straight vertical bores.  Lots to think about...unless Tompkins 
county is not your home an you just think of it a a colony with a resource from 
which you can profit.

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] 6/30, Ithaca NY: Activists to Hold Press Conference Celebrating Precedent Setting Win Against Oil and Gas

[Hilary Lambert]

MEDIA ADVISORY
June 30, 2014

Please also see Dryden community group statement, attached.

MEDIA CONTACT
Hilary Lambert, hilary_lamb...@yahoo.com
Marie McRae, mmmc...@juno.com

Activists to Hold Press Conference Celebrating Precedent Setting Win Against 
Oil and Gas

ITHACA, NY – Today, in a precedent-setting ruling, the New York State Court of 
Appeals upheld the rights of local towns over big oil and gas companies with 
its decision in Matter of Wallach, Trustee for Norse Energy v. Town of Dryden. 
The Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition and Town of Dryden officials will host 
a press conference today, Monday, June 30 at 12 PM at the Ithaca Town Court in 
Ithaca, to discuss the implications of this ruling, which gives legal backing 
to the more than 170 municipalities across New York State which have taken 
measures, similar to those in Dryden and Middlefield, that protect their 
residents from the dangers of fracking and gas and oil development.

This legal battle showcased the fight between local community rights and the 
oil and gas industry. After the towns of Dryden and Middlefield used local 
zoning laws to ban heavy industry development, including oil and gas operations 
within their borders, they faced legal challenges from industry officials 
looking to use the land for fracking and gas projects.

Today’s press conference will include Jason Leifer, Dryden Town Board deputy 
supervisor who initiated the effort to protect Dryden against gas drilling and 
rallied the support needed to pass a ban; Linda Lavine, Dryden Town Board 
Council Member who was instrumental in bringing townspeople together to support 
the ban through her run for a board seat and convinced the board to retain 
Deborah Goldberg through Earthjustice for the appeals, leading to this final 
win; Don Barber, Town of Caroline supervisor who led the neighboring Town of 
Caroline in a hard-won fight to ban gas drilling and fracking; and Barbara 
Lifton, Assemblywoman for the NY 125th District, who supported and championed 
efforts to ban fracking at every step of the process.

Dryden’s story began in 2009, after residents pressured by oil and gas company 
representatives to lease their land for gas development learned more about 
fracking, the technique companies planned to use to extract the gas. Residents 
organized and educated their fellow citizens for more than two years under the 
banner of the Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition (DRAC), ultimately convincing 
the town board to amend its zoning ordinance in August 2011 to clarify that oil 
and gas development activities, including fracking, were prohibited.

Just six weeks after the town board passed the measure in a unanimous 
bi-partisan vote, Anschutz Exploration Corporation (a privately held company 
owned by a Forbes-ranked billionaire) sued the town. Dryden argued that their 
right to make local land use decisions, enshrined in the home rule provision of 
the New York State Constitution, applies to oil and gas development. In 
February 2012, a state trial court judge agreed. In May 2013, a panel of judges 
in a mid-level appeals court unanimously sided with the town. Today’s decision 
by New York’s highest court is the final ruling in the matter.

The case in Dryden has taken on special significance. Through the course of its 
legal battle, more than 20,000 people from across the country and globe sent 
messages to Sumner and her colleagues on the Town Board, expressing support for 
the town in its legal fight, and a video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qxh7f3WJlc  depicting the town’s fight has 
garnered more than 80,000 views.

WHAT: Press conference to discuss this landmark victory in Matter of Wallach, 
Trustee for Norse Energy v. Town of Dryden which protecting municipalities’ 
rights to control land use within town borders

WHO: Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition and Town of Dryden officials including:

Jason Leifer, Dryden Town Board, Deputy Supervisor. 

Linda Lavine, Dryden Town Board, Council Member. 

Don Barber, Town of Caroline Supervisor

Barbara Lifton, Assemblywoman for the NY 125th District

WHEN: Monday, June 30, 2014, 12 PM

WHERE: Ithaca Town Court (base of steps), 215 N Tioga St, Ithaca NY.  In case 
of rain:  Ithaca Town Hall Lobby, 217 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca  NY
 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] March 29 - April come she will: Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake Neighboring Watersheds

[Hilary Lambert]

Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake  Neighboring Watersheds

From March 29 to April come she will/when streams are ripe and filled with 
rain … and previews 

This occasional list shares events widely relating to sustaining and protecting 
our water resources.

===

Sat March 29-30, 10AM-4PM: “Sapsquatch presents: Maple Weekend 2” -  
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sapsquatch-pure-maple-syrup/41901318258 
Sapsquatch pure maple syrup 2247 Mecklenburg Rd., Enfield, New York 14850. 
Visit the sugarshack, feed the fire, tap a tree, eat pancakes, walk in the 
woods, brave the luge run [may require….snow], howl at the moon ! 24-7 
Festivities as long as the sap is running. Call if you get lost 607-280-8498. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1476190012604131/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
  

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Sat March 29, 9-11AM Waterfront Cleanup 2014, Ithaca NY: The Cayuga Waterfront 
Trail Initiative, Friends of Stewart Park and the City of Ithaca’s annual 
Waterfront Cleanup.  Numerous organizations are helping out to pick up litter 
in Stewart Park, Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, Lighthouse Woods, Newman Golf Course, 
the Ithaca Farmers Market, Inlet Island, Cass Park and Treman State Marine 
Park.  Contact Rick Manning or Scott Wiggins if you or your organization would 
like to be involved in this annual effort to clean up litter and debris along 
the waterfront while the lake level is still low. The City of Ithaca will 
provide trash bags and will pick up bags along the waterfront on Monday 
morning.  You can call area captains in advance or just show up on Saturday 
morning and pick up litter for an hour or two.   Cleanup sites and meeting 
areas include:

·  Stewart Park (meet at Large Pavilion) – Friends of Stewart Park  Ithaca 
High School Green Team

·  Renwick Wildwood (meet on boardwalk between pedestrian bridges) – Linda 
Orkin and Cayuga Bird Club

·  Newman Golf Course (meet at Clubhouse)  - Friends of Newman Golf Course

·  Waterfront Trail - Market to Stewart Park (meet near The Haunt) – Cascadilla 
Boat Club

·  Ithaca Farmers Market  (meet at the market)

·  Inlet Island Area  (meet at west entry to Island Health  Fitness) - Inlet 
Island Businesses

·  Bordoni Fitness Trailhead (meet at the trailhead) – Carol Sprague

·  Ithaca Children’s Garden (meet at the garden) – ICG volunteers

·  Black Diamond Trail (meet at entry near ICG) – BDTEN (not confirmed)

·  Cass Park (meet at Cass Park Trailhead/Rink Entry) – Rick Manning

·  Treman Marine State Park (meet at Dog Park entry) – Leon Kochian 



Monday, March 31, 2014, 7-8:30PM: “Cayuga Lake: Our Gift and Responsibility” 

Hilary Lambert, Steward and Executive Director of Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

Bill Foster, Program Director, Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom

Question  Answer/discussion follows

Borg Warner Room, Tompkins County Public Library 101 E. Green St., Ithaca 

Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County, and Sustainable 
Tompkins, Inc.



Thursday April 3 6:30-8:30PM, Please join the Community Science Institute for 
our 10th Annual Volunteer Symposium: From Hydrilla to Hydrofracking: Why 
Community Science Matters

Tompkins County Public Library BorgWarner Room, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca.

CSI's 10th Annual Volunteer Symposium celebrates the contributions made by 
CSI's volunteer partnerships over the last 10 years. With CSI volunteers now 
monitoring in twelve New York counties, the Symposium also serves an 
opportunity to meet other volunteers working to protect water quality.

  From Hydrilla to Hydrofracking: Why Community Science Matters will 
present highlights from the past year of monitoring by CSI volunteers. A panel 
will discuss the importance of engaging community members in scientific data 
collection about locally relevant water quality issues like invasive species, 
phosphorus, erosion and sediment control, harmful bacteria, and fracking. The 
event will also include a walk-through of CSI's new online database, which 
places water quality data from streams, lakes, and groundwater in the public 
domain. This event is free and open to the public. Find out more at: 
www.communityscience.org

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Saturday April 5, 10 AM -12:30 PM: “Cayuga Lake: Watershed Modeling, Monitoring 
 TMDL Projects”

Wells College, 209 Stratton Hall, 170 Main St., Aurora NY 13026. Public 
presentation  panel discussion. The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network provides 
free community conferences on issues of concern to watershed residents. Join us 
at Wells College to learn about new Cayuga Lake water quality research projects 
and how they might impact land use in Cayuga County. Refreshments served. Info 
displays about hydrilla  other invasives.

For directions contact stew...@cayugalake.org 



Monday April 11, 10-11AM: Finger Lakes ReUse is hosting a volunteer orientation 
at the ReUse Center. Meet great people and help make donated items ready for 
sale. Anyone interested in volunteering at the ReUse Center

[sustainable_tompkins-l] March 7-22: Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake Neighboring Watersheds

[Hilary Lambert]

Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake  Neighboring Watersheds

March 7-22  previews This occasional list shares events relating to sustaining 
and protecting our water resources.

 

March 7  8: Ithaca Native Plants Landscape Symposium, at Cinemapolis on Green 
Street, Ithaca. March 7, 8 AM – 5 PM, with 5:30 reception at Lot 10; March 8, 
8:15 AM – 3:30 PM. Admission fee. http://www.ithacanativelandscape.com/ 

 

TONIGHT FRIDAY MARCH 7 is Ithaca Gallery Night: 
http://gallerynightithaca.wordpress.com/

 

Friday March 7, 5-8 PM: Local artist Gwendelyn Daniels will have one of her 
photographs on view in the 25th Annual State of the Art Juried Photography 
Show. Tonight’s reception is at the SOAG Gallery, 120 West State Street, 
Ithaca. The piece, titled Water Study, is a depiction of some of the 
instruments used to study the waters of Cayuga Lake. It was taken on the 
Floating Classroom teaching boat in the spring of 2012 during a Boynton Middle 
School science field trip. The main subject of this found still life, known 
as a Secchi Disc, is pictured alongside a row of water sample collection jars 
and their rope coils. The Secchi Disc, originally created in 1865 by Angelo 
Secchi, is an instrument used to measure the depth of water clarity. It is 
lowered into the water and a reading is noted at the depth when the bold black 
and white pattern is no longer visible. This measurement, called the Secchi 
Depth, varies for many reasons and provides a part of the overall health 
snapshot of the lake. The boldly patterned Secchi Disc can be seen as a symbol 
of how we must remain vigilant about the health of our beloved Cayuga Lake and 
the surrounding watershed. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this art 
work (and different sized prints available) will be donated to the water health 
awareness efforts of the Cayuga Watershed Network. An additional portion of the 
proceeds will also go to the Floating Classroom (where the shot was taken) to 
help keep its wonderful program going! The artist will be at tonight’s 
reception to meet and talk about her passion for the arts, the area, and its 
precious water system. Thanks to all who care deeply for our water! Feel free 
to contact the artist directly; (607) 280-4537.

 

Friday March 7, 5-7 PM Sustainability Center 111 N. Albany Street, Ithaca. 
“Green Building Illustrated – A Local Celebration.” Presenters: Lou Vogel and 
Ian Shapiro. Hosted by Taitem Engineering. Bringing green building design to 
life. The new book Green Building Illustrated explains the fundamental issues 
of sustainable design and construction in a beautifully illustrated format. Ian 
presents the theory, practices, and complexities of sustainable design 
including site selection, passive design using building shape, water 
conservation, ventilation and air quality, heating and cooling, minimum-impact 
materials, and much more with graphical representations by legendary author, 
architect, and draftsman Francis D.K. Ching. Join Taitem and Ian Shapiro in 
celebrating this book launch!

 

Saturday, March 8, 12:00-3:00 pm - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair, 
Boynton Middle School, 1601 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca. What is CSA? Learn 
about this partnership between consumers and farmers, and how it can benefit 
you! More than 20 CSA farmers serving Tompkins, Seneca, Cayuga, Tioga, 
Chenango, and Schuyler Counties will be on hand to talk with consumers about 
their farms and CSA programs. In addition to the traditional vegetable CSA, 
attendees will find fruits, berries, baked goods, meat, eggs, herbs and herbal 
products.  All participants will be entered in a drawing for a variety of door 
prizes donated by the farms.  Free admission, plus activities to keep the kids 
busy, and space to sit and review farm information. For more information, call 
Avi Miner at CCE-Tompkins, 607-272-2292 or email ag...@cornell.edu. Join our 
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1426716780903059/

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 7­-9 pm: SENECA IN THE BALANCE, a free public forum 
(doors open at 6pm), Watkins Glen High School Auditorium, 301 12th St, Watkins 
Glen, NY. An Open Invitation to All Who Love the Finger Lakes - Cuomo’s Wager: 
Clean Water  Fine Wine, or Industrial Gas Storage? Find out how close we are 
to becoming the gas storage and transportation hub for the Northeast; Discover 
what we've learned about the structural integrity of the salt caverns under 
Seneca Lake that are slated for storage expansion, and how this could impact 
the region; Learn about this expansion plan's regional economic and public 
health impacts; Identify what our region's legislative bodies think about this 
project; Understand the legal standing of the community and possible legal 
recourse. SPEAKERS: Richard A. Young, SUNY Geneseo; John Halfman, Finger Lakes 
Institute, Hobart William Smith College; Moneen Nasmith, Earthjustice; Steve 
Churchill, Seneca County Board of Supervisors; Paula 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Air photo of the iced-up Finger Lakes

[Hilary Lambert]

 

Finger Lakes from space March 6 2014.jpgThought that everyone would enjoy
seeing this photo taken from space today, March 6 2014. 

 

Commentary from a Facebook post: 

If you missed our post earlier today:  http://on.fb.me/1ouYn6T
http://on.fb.me/1ouYn6T a clear sky has provided a great opportunity to view
the snow and ice cover from space. This zoomed in image is of Central NY,
and extreme northern PA. Unlike our previous post we did not add any
geographic references. We didn't want to take away from the features of
interest. See below for more on those features:

. Notice how much ice is over the eastern end of Lake Ontario. While not as
covered as other Great Lakes, this is very significant. If you look close
you can see how the ice is much more solid along the far eastern end of the
lake along the coastline. Over the lake itself it is much more fractured. 

. Just southeast of here is Oneida Lake. This is completely covered with
ice.

. Look at the Finger Lakes Region. The smaller lakes, such as Owasco are
completely covered. While the two larger lakes (Seneca and Cayuga) are
mostly free, look at the northern end of Cayuga. Some ice is also present
over Cayuga lake itself, and also at the southern end.

. The white you see over land is the snow cover. In addition if you can make
out the rivers, those are pretty much ice covered as well. 

This image is courtesy of
http://eosweb.ssec.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?passID=t20140651604sat=terr
athumb=yes
http://eosweb.ssec.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?passID=t20140651604sat=terra
thumb=yes.


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reminder of availability of coal ash info for AES/Cayuga....RE: [sustainable_tompkins-l] info on coal ash from Earthjustice

[Hilary Lambert]

http://www.cayugalake.org/cayuga-aes-power-plant.html 

-Original Message-
From: bounce-112394684-12863...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-112394684-12863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Regi
Teasley
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 11:08 AM
To: sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu
Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] info on coal ash from Earthjustice

Hi Folks,
 Just saw this on earthjustice listserve.
   Scroll down to the line communities living near..  click on it and find
a list that includes Tompkins County.
Regi



http://earthjustice.org/blog/2014-january/celebrating-an-historic-agreement-
on-coal-ash


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] State of Emergency declared in Ithaca NY due to flooding and ice problems

[Hilary Lambert]

Announcement from Ithaca's Mayor, at 4:50 pm today


Tuesday January 7, 2014


 


 https://www.facebook.com/svantem Svante Myrick:


I have officially declared a local State of Emergency due to the flooding
caused by ice jams in the creeks of the City of Ithaca for the purpose of
securing outside resources, if needed. 

The Department of Public Works continues to battle the ice jams in
Cascadilla Creek. The freezing temperatures have created additional jams
causing localized flooding in the First Street, Monroe Street, Madison
Street, and Hancock Street area of the City. In addition, other areas of the
City have experienced icy conditions due to residual water remaining in the
streets. 

All of the creeks in the City are being monitored closely, and Officials
have been in contact with the National Weather Service to prepare for the
impacts that warmer weather and rain may create later in the week. 

The following blocks are closed to traffic and parking is prohibited until
further notice:

100 - 300 Blocks of First Street 

The following blocks are open but parking is prohibited until further
notice:

400 Block of Adams Street

100-200 Blocks of Madison Street

200-600 Blocks of Willow Avenue 

City residents who live in the vicinity of Cascadilla Creek, Six Mile Creek
and Fall Creek should remain vigilant to weather and creek conditions, and
prepare to protect their properties. 

- Remove valuable items, furniture, carpeting, etc. from the basement
- If you don't already have an operating sump-pump, consider purchasing one.
Check sump-pumps regularly and make sure that the discharge is directed away
from any houses, and into the storm sewer if possible. 
- Remove ice from the storm sewer in front of your house
- Adhere to street closures, parking prohibitions, and the odd / even
parking regulations as they will be strictly enforced by the Ithaca Police
Department to assist DPW efforts to clear streets and drainage structures.

If you have water in your home and do not have an operating sump-pump, the
Ithaca Fire Department may be available to assist and check your utilities
such as gas and electric. You can contact them through the Tompkins County
Department of Emergency Response at (607) 273-7288.

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Recent Upcoming: Cayuga Lake Watershed Events

[Hilary Lambert]

Recent  Upcoming: Cayuga Lake Watershed Events

Through December 17, 2013

 

New info about Climate Change, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, City of Ithaca Water 
Plant, Emerald Ash Borer: The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network's recent fall 
conference focused on Six Mile Creek. Tony Ingraham's Walk in the Park show 
has two new episodes about it. Go here http://ithacafingerlakes.com/ and scroll 
down to click on and watch episode 61, “Gorge Tree Killer” and episode 62, “Six 
Mile Creek, Trees and Water” – and stay a while to enjoy Tony’s long-running 
local series. 

 

Monday MORNING, December 2: Public comments due on proposed revised Lake 
Conservation Zoning ordinance for the Town of Ulysses lakefront area. Link to 
the proposed zoning: 
http://ulysses.ny.us/pdf/Zoning-Law-REVISED_11-14-13_DRAFT.pdf - Lakeshore and 
Conservation Zoning are on pp 54-70.  Contact Ken Zeserson k...@zeserson.com 
for more information, how to submit comments. 

 

Tuesday December 3, 7 PM: Public Meeting about Cayuga Lake Modeling Project and 
Related TMDL Project: The Tompkins County Water Resources Council is hosting a 
public meeting to discuss progress with the Cayuga Lake Modeling Project, in 
the Boynton Middle School cafeteria at 1601 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca. 
Representatives from DEC and other project participants will update the 
community on the 2013 monitoring program, development of the Cayuga Lake 
watershed model, and regulatory perspectives on impaired waters and the TMDL 
program.  Meeting agenda: 
http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/bulletins/96d46b

All are welcome to attend.

 

Wednesday December 4 DEADLINE: Get your comments in on the NY DEC draft rules 
for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Suggested comments, how to submit: 
http://www.thirtydaysoffrackingregs.com/

 

Saturday December 7, 11 AM-6 PM: The 10th Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair at the 
First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches bordering Dewitt Park, near the 
corner of North Cayuga and Court Streets in Ithaca NY. Sixty local 
not-for-profit organizations are offering a selection of gifts to support their 
activities, that have meaning for our community and you! Each gift you buy 
comes with a card that describes it, and a free greeting card. Plus, the fair 
is fun for everyone, including children. And the refreshments are GREAT. Can’t 
make it? All of the gifts can be purchased online from December 8 through 31 on 
the fair’s website: www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org. In conjunction with Giving 
Tuesday, early bird online giving – and a preview of the gifts – will also be 
available December 3 through 5. More information at www.ithacaaltgiftfair.org 
and facebook.com/IthacaAltGiftFair .

 

SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday morning December 10, Hydrilla Hunters Thank You  Public 
Information Update in Seneca Falls at the north end of Cayuga Lake. The 
first-ever, free, Breakfast Around the Lake event sponsored by the Cayuga Lake 
Watershed Network. Watch for time  location details. Contact: Hilary Lambert 
stew...@cayugalake.org  www.cayugalake.org 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cayuga-Lake-Watershed-Network/ 

 

SAVE THE DATE! Monday December 16, 5:30 PM Ithaca: A SEEN Holiday! Your 
Business Holiday Banquet! Join us for a dinner banquet featuring tastings from 
a regional brewery, cidery, and distillery with food pairings coordinated by 
Experience! The Finger Lakes!  5:30 PM at La Tourelle Banquet Room. Watch for 
an announcement with full details!  Contact Bob Rossi, SEEN Program Director, 
Green Resource Hub: ithaca@gmail.com http://creating.theseen.org/

 

Tuesday December 17, 6:30 PM Ithaca: What’s in Your Watershed: Fall Creek and 
Virgil Creek. The final event in this year's What's In Your Watershed series 
highlights Fall and Virgil Creeks at the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 
Green Street, Ithaca. Fall Creek water monitoring volunteers and staff from the 
Community Science Institute will present. Previous 2013 presentations on water 
quality topics have ranged from agriculture impacts in Salmon Creek, the sewage 
treatment plant on Trumansburg Creek, the hydrilla eradication effort in the 
Cayuga Inlet, and erosion control in Six Mile Creek. Contact Becky Sims 
be...@communityscience.org and learn more http://communityscience.org .

 

This is an irregularly-compiled, heartfelt listing of local water and enviro 
focused events. 

We’ll have info for you soon on balancing stress and activism: the restful mind.

 

Send event information to:

Hilary Lambert steward/executive director 

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network 

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed”

stew...@cayugalake.org   www.cayugalake.org   
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cayuga-Lake-Watershed-Network/ 

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Nov 8-9 Watershed Woes: Six Mile Creek, Climate Change, Us. Just come - it will do you good.

[Hilary Lambert]

 

Text Box: Schedule Friday November 8
Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Rd., Brooktondale NY
1:00 PM Registration
1:30 Welcome and Energizer Ann, Melanie
2:00 Positivity, Hope and Action Hilary
2:30 Adaptation 101 and Climate Change Basics for the Great Lakes Ann,
Melanie, Stacey
3:45 How to Make Your Community and Work Climate Savvy 4:45 Adaptation
Hurdles  Wrap-Up
5:30-7:00 Six Mile Creek Winery tasting (5.30-6.30), cider tasting, and
local snacks including the Six Mile Creek Cake (your food and drink
contributions welcome!).
Friday presenters: Ann Baughman and Melanie Welch, Freshwater Future; Stacey
Smith, Onondaga Creek; Hilary Lambert, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.
Saturday November 9, at two locations
Morning: Creekside trail, Mulholland Wildflower Preserve, Giles Street,
Ithaca.
9:45 AM Arrival and parking.
10:00-Noon On the creekside trail with Mark Whitmore, Cornell University: “A
walk and talk in the hemlock woods: Protecting our hemlock heritage.”






“Watershed Woes: Six Mile Creek, Climate Change,  Us”

On Six Mile Creek, in Brooktondale  Ithaca NY, November 8-9 2013 

 

Just drop what you are doing and come. It will do you good.

 

Please join us for some or all of the Nov. 8-9 Friday afternoon 
evening/Saturday morning/Saturday afternoon series of

talks, refreshments, and walks in nature while discussing issues and
potential for resilient responses.

Take part in healing workshops, and obtain information about building
personal and community resilience

and adaptability, and funding local projects.

 

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (Network) provides free community
conferences each year on issues of concern to watershed residents, at the
south end of the lake in the fall, and the north end in the spring. The
Network and co-sponsors* are attempting something a bit different on
November 8/9 with “Watershed Woes: Six Mile Creek, Climate Change,  Us”:
Let’s discuss and inform about taking care of nature -- and of ourselves.

 

You know the truism, “You cannot take care of others if you are not taking
care of yourself.”

This conference is focused on both.

 

With our daily activist focus on saving our communities, the Finger Lakes,
NY State and Earth from fracking, climate change and other forms of
techno-extremism, many have lost hope, worn out – burned out – from
continuous action and struggle. Many of you live in panic and are often
overcome with grief about what is being lost, and 

fear of an unknown future. And shame that you are “not doing enough.”

This conference is for you.

 

Please join us for some or all of the Nov. 8-9 Friday afternoon 
evening/Saturday morning/Saturday afternoon series of 

talks, refreshments, and walks in nature while discussing issues and
potential for resilient responses. Take part in healing workshops,  

and obtain information about building personal and community resilience and
adaptability, and funding local projects.

 

Refreshments provided, including a Six Mile Creek Winery tasting  local
cider tasting on Friday evening, at the Brooktondale Community Center.

Full Friday/Saturday schedule is provided to the left, and is on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/355996531202719/

 

Please RSVP if possible to stew...@cayugalake.org – but really, just come.
It will do us all good.

More information  http://www.cayugalake.org http://www.cayugalake.org,
http://www.freshwaterfuture.org/

 

 

*Co-Sponsors: Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Sustainable Tompkins, 

Freshwater Future, Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Organization.

 

Partially supported by grants from the Park Foundation and Freshwater
Future.

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] TODAY only: Herbicide Application Closes Fall Creek to Boating Sept 26, 2013

[Hilary Lambert]

From: Sharon K. Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 4:09 PM
Subject: Herbicide Application Closes Fall Creek to Boating Sept 26, 2013

 

As you may have seen in today's Ithaca Journal, herbicide treatment is
planned for tomorrow, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2013.  The Tompkins County Sheriff
will be closing Fall Creek to all boat traffic starting at approximately
9:30 a.m.   We are estimating that treatment will take approximately 6 hours
(hopefully there won't be any mechanical issues to cause delays.)


The herbicide will be applied in Fall Creek from the mouth to the railroad
crossing adjacent to Route 13, from the entrance to the Stewart Park Pond
from Fall Creek (northeast side of Fall Creek) to the railroad crossing, the
backwater area near the municipal golf course on the northwest side of Fall
Creek, and the backwater area along the wetland on the northeast side of
Fall Creek. A total of 22 acres will be treated. View a map at
http://ccetompkins.org/sites/all/files/353/FallCreekTreatmentArea2013-1.JPG.

Aquathol K will be applied in liquid form to Fall Creek using subsurface
injection. In areas that cannot be reached by boat, Aquathol K will be
applied using a backpack sprayer. Aquathol K is the same herbicide used in
Cayuga Inlet in July of this year, and in 2012 and 2011.

Swimming or bathing in the water should be avoided until 24 hours after the
application;  incidental water contact after the area is reopened is not
considered harmful.

 

Endothall degrades naturally in the water, with a half-life of approximately
5 to 8 days. This, combined with the dilution that occurs as the herbicide
mixes with the water, will result in most areas having low or undetectable
concentrations of endothall within 14 days.  The concentration of endothall
in the water at various locations will be monitored several times during the
next two to three weeks. The first analytical results and the monitoring
locations will be available early next week on StopHydrilla.org
http://ccetompkins.org/environment/invasive-species/hydrilla . 

 

For detailed information about the herbicides and the hydrilla eradication
effort, visit
http://ccetompkins.org/environment/invasive-species/herbicides-use
http://ccetompkins.org/environment/invasive-species/herbicides-use .

 

 

Sharon K. Anderson

Environment Team Leader

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850

Cell 607-280-5580

Office 607-272-2292

 

Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off
with you having tried

Tim O'Reilly

 

Visit http://ccetompkins.org http://ccetompkins.org/ 

Find CCE-Tompkins on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cornell-Cooperative-Extension-of-Tompkins-Co
unty/160713570642799?sk=wall 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sunday afternoon/evening 9/22: Slottje supporters celebration picnic 4-8 pm please come!

[Hilary Lambert]

CEDC front of Antifrackathon Invite 2013 A Benning.jpgYou are invited! 

September 22, 2013: Backyard picnic  fundraiser for Helen and David
Slottje. A thank-you party for everyone helping the Slottjes defend our
towns against fracking, via bans and moratoria. 

4-8 pm: 1676 Hanshaw Road Ithaca (Dryden) NY 14850 

Bring yourselves, friends and family, and delightful, delicious food and
drinks to share.

Silent auction – bring items, goods and services: local is good! 

Facebook event info at Community Environmental Defense Council Inc’s page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/228967853922397/ 

Contact hilary_lamb...@yahoo.com for more event information.

RSVPs appreciated but not required. 

To learn about the Slottjes’ ongoing work across NY State advising towns on
how to strengthen anti-frack and gas drilling protections, visit their web
page: http://www.cedclaw.org

About this poster: Graphic artist Ashley Benning has envisioned our
beautiful state as a geo-quilt, with the Slottjes’ citizen-powered fist
carefully stitching on colorful ban and moratorium patches, one town at a
time. She is ambi...@gmail.com 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Comments please! (takes 5 minutes) DAY 4: Build Infrastructure for the future

[Hilary Lambert]

From: Irene Weiser [mailto:irene32...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 12:31 PM

 

DAY 4  CAYUGA POWER PLANT SHUT DOWN CAMPAIGN - Please forward this message
to keep our campaign growing!!

Look for clickable link below to submit a comment!

 

The issue of what to do with the Cayuga Plant centers on the need for a
reliable source of electricity, especially for users such as the Nucor steel
plant in Auburn.  This is particularly a problem on hot summer days.

THERE IS NO GOOD REASON FOR THE CONVERSION: Since the use of coal has made
the Cayuga Plant financially non-competitive, the owners are proposing to
keep the plant open and convert it to run on natural gas.  This conversion
will be very expensive (up to $500,000,000) and will require  building  an
18 mile pipeline to bring natural gas to the plant.  In addition, if the
price of natural gas rises, as many expect it to do, the plant could again
become non-competitive.

BUILDING NEW TRANSMISSION LINES MAKES MORE SENSE:  NYSEG has submitted an
analysis of this possible conversion and have stated that the real problem
is not a lack of electrical supply but rather that of transmission.  They
recommend that a new power line be constructed and an old one be upgraded.
The cost will be a fraction of the cost of the most efficient conversion of
the plant.  If this upgrade is done there will be no need for the Cayuga
Plant.

WHAT IS BETTER OR OUR FUTURE? As we look to the future and plan for a move
to renewable energy resources, it is clear that the electrical grid will
need to be upgraded, eventually including a smart grid.  Increasing our
fossil fuel infrastructure and dependency by converting the plant to burning
gas is expensive and moves us in the wrong direction.  Upgrading the
electrical grid instead is cheaper, better for the environment, and begins a
process of enabling us to use renewable energy resources effectively.

 

 http://shutdowncayugapower.weebly.com/upgrade-transmission-lines.html ACT
NOW!!  CLICK HEREto send a message to the Public Service Commission and
Governor Cuomo telling them that you want them to invest in infrastructure
for a renewable energy future, not in fossil fuel.  

 

 

Irene Weiser

Brooktondale, NY 

irene32...@gmail.com

607-539-6856

 

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

 

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Comments please: Day 2 Shut Down Campaign- No Corporate Welfare

[Hilary Lambert]

From: shalesh...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:shalesh...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Irene Weiser
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:12 AM

 

Hi All

Thanks for your terrific response yesterday in our 10 day campaign to send
messages to the PSC re: shutting down the Cayuga Operating plant.  

Please forward this message to others to keep our movement growing!

 

SEND A MESSAGE A DAY!

The politics are really ramping up and we need to ramp up our response too! 

This morning on the radio I heard that Senator Schumer has spoken out in
favor of converting the Dunkirk Power Plant in western NY to gas because
it's a cleaner fuel and will create jobs!!  The Dunkirk plant is owned by
the same corporation as our Cayuga plant.

 

Here's today's message to the PSC.  

http://shutdowncayugapower.weebly.com/no-corporate-welfare.html to send your
message!!

 

NO CORPORATE WELFARE!!

New York's 2012 Power Trends report says that there is a surplus of energy
in NY State - that we've got more than enough to meet our needs even on peak
consumption days in the summer.  What's needed is to upgrade our grid to
distribute the power to where it's needed, as the NYSEG plan proposes to do.

So why is the PSC considering a plan to convert the Cayuga Operating Plant
to burn gas at a cost of half a billion dollars to be paid by us, the NYSEG
and National Grid customers?  Perhaps it has something to do with the fact
that the power plant recently emerged from bankruptcy, and one of their
bond-holders is J.P. Morgan who the NY Times recently reported just struck
a $410 million settlement with the nation's top energy regulator, which had
accused the bank of devising manipulative schemes to transform
money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers.  And of course,
there's all the financially teetering fracking companies that need to find a
market for their product so they can keep their ponzi scheme from toppling.

 

TAKE ACTION NOW!!

Go to http://shutdowncayugapower.weebly.com/no-corporate-welfare.html and
send a message to the PSC telling them you don't support corporate welfare
and don't want your electric bills to go up to pay for an unnecessary power
plant.  Tell them you support the NYSEG plan to upgrade the transmission
lines.  Tell them - No Coal, No Gas - SHUT DOWN CAYUGA POWER PLANT!

 

Our strength is in our numbers! 

Please forward this message to others and ask them to take action too.  Post
on FB too!

Let's send thousands of messages to the PSC so that the public's voices ring
louder than industry's money.

 

EXTRA CREDIT give Senator Schumer a call @ 202-224-6542

 

 

Irene Weiser

Brooktondale, NY 

irene32...@gmail.com

607-539-6856

 

Joy to the world

All the boys and girls

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

Joy to you and me

 

 




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