July 17, 2024 – Volunteers joined the Finger Lakes PRISM (Partnership for Invasive Species Management) and CLWA in the West River on Wednesday to assist with managing Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). The main target species was water chestnut (Trapa natans)…
CLWA is in the enviable position of having a deep bench of trained volunteers collecting various water quality parameters through the multiple programs directed by the Aquatic Citizen Science Committee. Celebrating its 14th anniversary this year, our longest-running effort is…
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…
We joined Joel Pasternack, a CLWA Board Member and Community Science Volunteer, to learn about our Secchi Disk and Temperature at Depth programs. Watch our short video to learn more about how and why we monitor Canandaigua Lake for water…
CLWA has received grant funding through Freshwater Future for research into Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Canandaigua Lake. This project proposes to look at a potentially understudied contaminant in the Finger Lakes and the role it might play in…
If you participate in or follow the programs led by the Aquatic Citizen Science Committee, you have undoubtedly heard us use the phrase “eyes on the lake.” Those “eyes” refer to the nearly 80 volunteers CLWA relies on each year…
TAKE A DIP WATER CLARITY MONITORING By Dee Crofton & Lindsay McMillan Have you ever been out enjoying a day on the lake and seen someone reeling in an odd-looking black and white disk from the side of their kayak,…
Studying Water Temperature at Depth By Joel Pasternack, CLWA Board Member Canandaigua Lake has changed in many ways over the past 50 years. While the lake is still beautiful for recreation, and a source of drinking water, there have been…