Month: January 2024

Saving the Hemlocks: One Member’s Story to Protect a Family Camp

Saving the Hemlocks: One Member’s Story to Protect a Family Camp CLWA is pleased to feature this article penned by CLWA Member Bill Hochadel.  As I pull onto our driveway off Monks Rd. I so look forward to a slow

Posted in Terrestrial Invasive Species

Storm Event Water Quality Testing for E. coli in Streams Feeding Canandaigua Lake

Storm Event Water Quality Testing for E. coli in Streams Feeding Canandaigua Lake CLWA volunteers, trained by Community Science Institute (CSI), Ithaca, NY collected samples from streams draining into Canandaigua Lake during 2021, 2022 and 2023. Samples were collected and

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Water and Wildlife Summer Camp Recap, by Lynn Ocorr, Watershed Educator

The camp was jam-packed and abuzz with activities to keep pace with the energy of young teens, grades 6- rising 9th graders. This year’s Water and Wildlife Camp went for 2 weeks; both half days. Each day was filled with

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Trout in the Classroom (TIC)

Another endeavor the WEP has taken on this school year, is helping to support the local Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program that is run by the Canandaigua Trout Unlimited (TU) group. Environmental education and stewardship are some of the

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