Dear Sustainability Friends, The Fall & Virgil Creek "What's In Your Watershed" event (above) has been postponed to a later date in January. Stay tuned for a detailed announcement.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Hilary Lambert <hilary_lamb...@yahoo.com>wrote: > *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 > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. > > -- Becky Sims Director of Outreach Community Science Institute Water Quality Testing Lab NYSDOH-ELAP #11790 http://communityscience.org 607-257-6606 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.
