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 === 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 ===== 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, eCenter, or Deconstruction Services program should attend this meeting, which will cover details of operations and volunteer tasks. The ReUse Center is in Triphammer Marketplace 2255 N Triphammer Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850. Please RSVP to Anise Hotchkiss, an...@fingerlakesreuse.org, call (607) 257-9699 <tel:%28607%29%20257-9699> or fill out our Volunteer Application http://fingerlakesreuse.org/volunteer.shtml ==== April 19 & May 17, Household hazardous waste collection at Tompkins County Solid Waste, 122 Commercial Ave., Ithaca. You must preregister and have a permit, all info here: http://www.recycletompkins.org/Garbage/Household-Hazardous-Waste Statewide info, where/when to drop off unwanted household drugs: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/63826.html Statewide info, where/when to drop off household hazardous waste: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8780.html ==== Ithaca’s Earth Day this year will be held on Sunday, May 4, 1-5pm. Info from organizer Joey Gates: “This year we are excited to announce that Earth Day will be held alongside the Streets Alive! Celebration in the parking lot of Boynton Middle School. Now in its third year, Streets Alive! is in celebration of the reclaiming of streets as public space for more than just cars, and has included everything from a bike rodeo to tai chi demonstrations to TCAT bus exhibitions. “Because of scheduling conflicts (and to avoid another potentially cold April Sunday!), we decided to partner up with the Streets Alive! team to take advantage of the large and diverse audience their event attracts. We will enjoy opportunities for our usual networking and catching up with fellow sustainability-minded colleagues, as well as reaching new families and community residents. We hope that you will return again to enrich our gathering with information and displays on your work in sustainability. “We also invite your active participation in planning for this and future Earth Days. If you would like to be a part of the planning process, there is space on the registration form to indicate that you wish to receive more information. Examples of contributions include media/public relations, set up or cleanup crew, coordination of a special performance and so on. The next meeting will be held on the 16th of April at Tompkins County Cooperative Extension from 3-5 p.m. “To offset insurance and other costs, we ask for a sliding scale registration fee of $10.00-$50.00 from each participating non-profit group. For businesses and government entities, we ask $25 as a starting point. Exhibitors will need to bring their own pop-up tents, tables and chairs. Checks or money orders should be made out to Sustainable Tompkins, noted as “Earth Day 2014” and mailed, along with the application form, to Sustainable Tompkins, Attn: Joey Diana Gates, 109 S. Albany St., Ithaca, NY 14850. Exhibitors can obtain forms from and email them to Joey at: solkitch...@gmail.com and pay at Earth Day at check in.” ===== Visit Montezuma Wildlife Refuge, north end of Cayuga Lake: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/montezuma/ Join Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex & learn about volunteer events: http://www.friendsofmontezuma.org/ ==== Embrace the Lake: Is your group interested in spring cleaning a portion of the lakeshore, or along a creek? The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network provides free gloves, trash bags, posters, publicity, and help with getting the trash picked up afterwards for proper disposal. Seeking groups all around the lake! Community, church/faith, Scout, schools: contact stew...@cayugalake.org to get started. Best in April and May. Sponsored by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. Watch for a listing of cleanups soon – Cornell Plantations, Dryden, Aurora, more. ==== May 3 & 27: LANSING SPRING WORKSHOP SERIES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY Lansing Communergy, a group of Lansing residents organized by Sustainable Tompkins <http://sustainabletompkins.org/> , has been meeting since last August to explore various types of locally-owned renewable energy systems. This spring they are hosting a series of public lectures on solar hot water, microhydro systems, and reducing household electricity usage prior to sizing a solar electric system. The first event was March 25, to hear Keith Liblick of Renovus Energy <http://renovusenergy.com/> on the topic of converting domestic hot water systems to solar energy. One of the easiest and lowest cost ways to go solar, the systems collect heat year-round to drastically reduce the fossil fuel energy used by your water heater. On Saturday, May 3, we will host a lecture and site visit on microhydro systems from 12:30-5:00 pm. We’ll begin with a brown bag lunch at the Lansing Community Center featuring Professor Phil Hofmeyer of the Renewable Energy Training Center at SUNY Morrisville. Phil and his students have installed 4 microhydro systems in Madison County, and have several more underway. After the lecture and Q&A session on the basics of microhydro systems, we will tour two potential sites on Gulf Creek and two sites in the Salmon Creek watershed near Ludlowville. The final workshop on Tuesday, May 27 (7-9 pm at the Lansing Community Center) will explore how to reduce electricity consumption through conservation and efficiency measures before investing in a solar electric (PV) system. Solar panel prices are lower than ever and incentives and tax credits remain high, so this is a great time to get off fossil fuels for your home electric needs. However, it would be wasteful to spend more money and consume more natural resources than necessary to provide lighting and power to your appliances using solar energy. This workshop will feature Cheryl Shields of Friedman Electric to share the latest in LED lighting, and Gay Nicholson of Sustainable Tompkins on reducing phantom load and switching to high efficiency equipment. For more information, email g...@sustainabletompkins.org. ===== Watch for our next events list soon. Seeking hydrilla hunters now, for August and beyond. Send, to share, your upcoming events relating even tangentially to water: stew...@cayugalake.org YýY “It takes a Network to protect a watershed!” www.cayugalake.org & every last one of us. ## --- 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.
