WATER QUALITY UPDATE July 15, 2022 Current Lake Conditions: Harmful Algae Blooms: No Blooms Reported Average Secchi Disk Water Clarity: 5.68 meters Average Surface Water Temperature: 74.6 F Lake Level (as reported by the City of Canandaigua Wastewater Treatment Facility on 7/11/22): Current…
The Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association and Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) invite the public to participate in EVERY FAMILY OUTSIDE: programs designed to educate while exploring nature and all the region has to offer! Canandaigua, NY, May 27, 2022- The…
Spring Has Sprung! We’ve got 10 Native Plants that will make a great addition to your garden this year. Native plants help support our wildlife and ecosystems by providing nectar for pollinators, shelter for species like caterpillars, and food…
Lake Friendly Living Education Series to Feature Climate Resiliency, Rain Gardens, Invasive Species, and Shoreline Practices The Lake Friendly Living Coalition of the Finger Lakes has announced that beginning May 2 it will sponsor an education series featuring numerous expert…
Her name was Helen, and she loved the Lake. In the early 1950’s, with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Brockport, she was a physical education teacher at Monroe High School in Rochester. She worked summers as a counselor at Camp…
Earthworms are good, right? This is what most of us assume. But before we dive back into springtime mulching and planting season, have you heard of jumping worms? They are known by several different nicknames, i.e., crazy worms, snake worms,…
Abby Webster is a PhD student at SUNY ESF studying benthic and attached cyanobacteria in the Finger Lakes. She works closely with the team at the Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva to conduct her field work, and last summer, deployed…
Last week’s rains, ranging from 4-7 inches across the watershed, brought the lake level up by 1.8 feet. In recent days, the lake level reached a high of 689.84 (feet above sea level) and as of today (11/2) it is…
Water Quality Update for October 15, 2021 Welcome to the final Friday Water Quality Update of the season. Last week, we reported on a significant bloom event that started on Monday October 4th– occurring mostly on the west of the…
Lakewide Bloom Event on Canandaigua Lake Many areas around the lake impacted by harmful algae blooms This week, we experienced a significant harmful algal bloom event on Canandaigua Lake. Blooms extended along the vast majority of the shoreline, as well…