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/> ### 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.
