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/ YþüýY --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
