CLWA

Every Family Outside Event at Muller Field Station
2022-06-04 06:00 - 08:30 (America/New_York) | Muller Field Station
*Rain date June 11th, 10:00 am*
*Registration limited to 50 people*
*Event sponsored by the Finger Lakes Land Trust*
Join us for a fun day of outdoor exploration at Muller Field Station! Guests are welcome to rotate through several engaging activities including a canoe paddle, aquatic insect sampling, and an educational walk along the inlet. Each activity should last about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Guests can choose to spend part of their morning canoeing the Honeoye inlet with environmental educators looking for signs and sounds of wildlife. Evidence of beaver and river otter are frequently spotted, along with many native birds and plants. This paddle is great for beginners, and all equipment including life jackets will be provided. Feel free to bring binoculars!
Explore life under the water with a close up view of aquatic insects. Nets, observation containers, magnifying glasses, and identification guides will be available for examining samples from the pond. A laid-back and fun hands-on activity for all ages.
Guests are also invited to enjoy a walk along the inlet channel. This is a great opportunity to get a closer look at the wetland plant communities that are present, and also use observational senses to scout for birds and animal sign. The mowed and well-maintained trail is easily navigable, but may be slightly wet or muddy under certain conditions; appropriate footwear is encouraged.

Muller Field Station
6455 County Road 36
Honeoye, NY 14471
https://flcc.edu/muller/

Register at the link below:
https://forms.gle/WadjzGwYH3hdFTVWA

RESPONDING TO THE RAIN
2022-05-31 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week and is sponsored by Skaneateles Lake Association and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County.
Even after all the tried and true flood prevention efforts are carried out, lake communities still experience the aftermath of intense flash floods. Join experts from the Skaneateles Lake Association, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as they discuss strategies in responding to rain events.

Presenters:
FRANK MOSES, Executive Director, Skaneateles Lake Association
CAMILLE MARCOTTE, Water & Ecology Educator, Onondaga Cornell Cooperative Extension
TRENDON CHOE, Environmental Analyst – Division of Environmental Permits, NYSDEC – Region 7 – Syracuse

Register for this online event at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p2saGENiQsWo9JSgGAAzKA

Practices for Run-Off Resiliency
2022-05-26 14:00 - 15:00
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week and is sponsored by Yates County Soil and Water Conservation District and Keuka Lake Association.
Do you want to play a part in keeping our lakes and streams clean? This presentation will inform you of the key ways to prepare for and reduce run-off on your property.
LEXIE DAVIS is the Natural Resources Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Yates County. Lexie Davis collaborates with many different organizations regarding lake and forest habitats to ensure environmental health is protected and the public remains informed.
Register for this online event at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fOdjYxkWTrydhMGkafg5uQ

Education Program at Canandaigua: 5th Grade
2022-05-26 05:00 - 11:00, 2022-05-24 05:00 - 11:00 | Canandaigua Elementary
5th Grade Lesson:
Students will learn about the different ways humans use the land and the potential impacts these uses can have on water quality.

Eco-friendly Craft Kits and STEAM Learning with IDEA Collective
2022-05-22 08:00 - 13:00
This in-person event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week and is sponsored by Keuka Lake Association and Idea Collective.
IDEA (Innovation. Design. Education. Art.) Collective is a sustainable toy company and mobile art classroom that connects kids with nature through STEAM education. Their eco-friendly craft and garden kits bring fun, hands-on learning to homes while helping families and educators provide meaningful experiences to their children. Kiddos will learn about important environmental topics while exercising hand skills, connecting with nature, and creating fun memories through art! Their in-person craft workshops engage students with entertaining hands-on activities that integrate art with environmental education to empower the next generation of creative Earth stewards.
IDEA Collective will give a tour of their studio and introduce their education toy company to visitors. They’ll also spark conversations about future collaborations with Keuka and Canandaigua Lake watershed.

Presenters: Lindsey Dean & Sam Castner, co-founders of IDEA Collective, LLC.
Where: IDEA Collective – 2725 Bellis Hill Road in Dundee, NY 14837
For more information visit: WWW.FLRWA.ORG/LAKE-FRIENDLY-LIVING

Register for this in-person event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFfD3hUAqDEArEKE_X5nYM6PQbJf9NT1ZOCqWZp3PfYe4TTA/viewform

Rain Date or Overflow Group for Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for a Variety of Forest Types
2022-05-21 09:00 - 11:00 | Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve, Jones Road, Canandaigua, NY, 14424, United States
Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for a Variety of Forest Types
*Registration limited to 12 people*
Marty Dodge, as our teacher and guide, will bring participants to observe a number of different forest stands that occur on his land, and on the land now owned by the Finger Lakes Land Trust that he has managed for 25 years. There are pole stands of red maple and ash that regenerated from sheep pasture, a red pine stand that he has thinned, several stands of red oak poles that he has been thinning for 25 years, and several stands of mature oak hickory forest that have sustained several rounds of commercial cutting will serve to illustrate both needed management and the effects of ongoing forest practices.
Marty Dodge, born in New Haven, CT in 1942 dedicated his childhood to outdoor activities. He earned a BA in Chemistry from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1965. While at Colby he served as president of the Outing Club for two years, started the Woodsmen’s’ Team at Colby and served as captain and coach of the team for four years. Marty served as a tripping counselor for a boy’s camp in Belgrade, Maine for the four summers he attended Colby. He enrolled in the United States Coast Guard Officer Training program in Yorktown, VA and assumed duties as a deck watch officer aboard the USCG Cutter Sedge in Cordova, Alaska from 1967 through 1970. Marty earned a Master of Forestry degree from Utah State University in 1972. For two summers while in graduate school, Marty worked for the Cordova District of the US Forest Service maintaining and building cabins and trails in the Chugach National Forest.
Marty, now retired, served as a Professor of Natural Resources at Finger Lakes Community College for 39 years. In 1987, he conducted his first month long credit bearing travel ecology course through Alaskan Wilderness areas. From 1989 through 2010 he led thirteen more groups of college students into Alaskan National Parks and Forests. For as many as three months through the summers of 2011 to 2014, Marty designed and supervised the construction of seven buildings a mile south of Wiseman, Alaska; one of which will serve as a retirement getaway for him in the years to come.
Throughout his college career, Marty delivered Alaska presentations to more than one hundred civic groups and has produced dozens of Alaska related video programs, the latest of which can be viewed on YouTube. As well, Marty is known for his dramatic presentation of Alaskan poetry.
Register at the link below: https://forms.gle/UyuVhxjnTAPpTGBg9

Owasco Nursery Willow Planting Event
2022-05-21 05:00 - 09:00
This in-person event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council, Owasco Watershed Lake Association, and SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry.
A riparian forest buffer is an area adjacent to a stream, lake, or wetland that contains a combination of trees, shrubs, and/or other perennial plants and is managed to provide conservation benefits. Conservation benefits of riparian buffers include carbon sequestration for reducing the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, and the settling of sediments and nutrients that might otherwise discharge into waterways. In partnership with SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry and the Owasco Watershed Lake Association, the Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council is hosting this volunteer community planting event to develop a shrub willow nursery in a vacant lot in the Town of Owasco. The nursery will act as a long-term source of shrub willow for the future installation of riparian buffers within the Owasco Lake watershed.

Presenters:
Adam Effler: Executive Director, Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council
Karl Hallen: Senior Research Support Specialist, SUNY ESF FNRM/ willow

Where: Owasco Nursery Willow Planting Event
Where: 140 Melrose Road, Auburn, NY 13021
For more information visit: WWW.FLRWA.ORG/LAKE-FRIENDLY-LIVING

Register for this in-person event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2EBjoy84GHKweglyrdr4ByMch6TIdj2Dye7mawOVriOeK4Q/viewform

Citizen Science Hike at Hinchcliff Family Preserve: Baselining Birds in a Changing Environment
2022-05-21 04:00 - 06:30
This event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness month and is sponsored by the Skaneateles Lake Association and the Finger Lakes Land Trust.
Join SLA Executive Director Frank Moses along with local bird experts and learn about popular smart device applications such as eBird, iMapInvasives, and naturalist followed by a birding hike at Finger Lakes Land Trust’s Hinchcliff Family Preserve. The event will also be an effort in support of the Onondaga Audubon Society’s Birdathon. “Some say you don’t know what you have until it’s gone, but we also won’t know what to protect from being gone until we know what we have!”
Presenter:
Frank Moses joined SLA as Executive Director in May of 2019 and brings with him a strong background in water ecology, non-profit management, conservation, and community engagement.
He has been instrumental in advancing SLA’s mission through its key program areas in Invasive Species Prevention and Management, Watershed Wide Community Collaboration, Environmental Education, and addressing Harmful Algal Blooms through research and data-driven decision making relevant to Skaneateles Lake Watershed Improvement Projects.
Citizen Science Hike at Hinchcliff Family Preserve: Baselining Birds in a Changing Environment
Where: Finger Lakes Land Trust- Hinchcliff Family Preserve – Covey Rd in Homer, NY 13077
Register for this in-person event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFpKK1P1aOkgvVD5iDyRO5q7CZ4HUMdi8IShuTblR19oIJ_A/viewform

Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for Variety of Forest Types
2022-05-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Jones Road Canandaigua, NY 14424, Jones Road, Canandaigua, NY, 14424
Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for Variety of Forest Types
*Registration limited to 12 people*
*Rain date or overflow group, 5/21/22, 1:00-3:00 pm*
Marty Dodge, as our teacher and guide, will bring participants to observe a number of different forest stands that occur on his land, and on the land now owned by the Finger Lakes Land Trust that he has managed for 25 years. There are pole stands of red maple and ash that regenerated from sheep pasture, a red pine stand that he has thinned, several stands of red oak poles that he has been thinning for 25 years, and several stands of mature oak hickory forest that have sustained several rounds of commercial cutting will serve to illustrate both needed management and the effects of ongoing forest practices.
Marty Dodge, born in New Haven, CT in 1942 dedicated his childhood to outdoor activities. He earned a BA in Chemistry from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1965. While at Colby he served as president of the Outing Club for two years, started the Woodsmen’s’ Team at Colby and served as captain and coach of the team for four years. Marty served as a tripping counselor for a boy’s camp in Belgrade, Maine for the four summers he attended Colby. He enrolled in the United States Coast Guard Officer Training program in Yorktown, VA and assumed duties as a deck watch officer aboard the USCG Cutter Sedge in Cordova, Alaska from 1967 through 1970. Marty earned a Master of Forestry degree from Utah State University in 1972. For two summers while in graduate school, Marty worked for the Cordova District of the US Forest Service maintaining and building cabins and trails in the Chugach National Forest.
Marty, now retired, served as a Professor of Natural Resources at Finger Lakes Community College for 39 years. In 1987, he conducted his first month long credit bearing travel ecology course through Alaskan Wilderness areas. From 1989 through 2010 he led thirteen more groups of college students into Alaskan National Parks and Forests. For as many as three months through the summers of 2011 to 2014, Marty designed and supervised the construction of seven buildings a mile south of Wiseman, Alaska; one of which will serve as a retirement getaway for him in the years to come.
Throughout his college career, Marty delivered Alaska presentations to more than one hundred civic groups and has produced dozens of Alaska related video programs, the latest of which can be viewed on YouTube. As well, Marty is known for his dramatic presentation of Alaskan poetry.
Register here: https://forms.gle/3RKMhki6FEa1NTsq9

Connecting Land and People: Seneca County SWCD's local projects
2022-05-19 08:00 - 09:00 | Webinar
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week and is sponsored by Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.
The presentation will include an overview of how SWCDs were formed, how they are structured, and how they are funded. The primary focus will be a highlight of Best Management Practices implemented by Seneca County Soil & Water.
Erin Peruzzini:
Erin Peruzzini has been with Seneca County Soil & Water for almost 23 years, starting as a Technician, overseeing the non-ag operations, assisting landowners with permits along the lakeshore, and working with the Town & County Highway Departments to implement best management practices. Erin is now the District Manager at Seneca SWCD and works with her two Technicians (Christopher Creelman & Alex McGraw) & Bookkeeper (Anne Havelin) to serve the residents of Seneca County and protect it’s natural resources.
Register for this online event at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b0idlHXpTFeHOIPEAQ6Rag

Developing a Community Rain Garden Project
2022-05-19 07:00 - 08:00 | Webinar
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Week and is sponsored by the Owasco Lake Watershed Association.
This event will describe the experiences and outline the importance of building partnerships among community groups for a community rain garden project. Topics will include: Our motivation for the project and steps in planning the rain garden, Our planting day experience, Community partnerships, public information, and outreach in the watershed, Our public park project location and possible future steps.
Four members of our community team will present their experiences, including volunteer Board Members of the Owasco Lake Watershed Association, Lead Watershed Inspector of the Owasco Lake Watershed Inspection and Protection Division, and the Director of Cayuga County Parks and Trails.
Register for this online event at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d7asl4WwT6WaYIU7D6LJUQ

It's Always Been About the Water
2022-05-18 14:30 - 16:00
This in-person or online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension, Livingston County, Watershed Education Center, Town of Livonia, and Conesus Lake Association, Inc.
Few people work harder to keep our drinking water pure than the team at the Livingston County Water & Sewer Authority. You’re invited to hear Jason Molino, LCWSA Executive Director, share its fascinating history, what they do for us every day, and their long-range plans to benefit our watershed. Join us for this free presentation in person or online!
Presenter:
Jason Molino: Livingston County Water & Sewer Authority, Executive Director
Location:
Vitale Park, 5828 Big Tree Road, Lakeville, NY 14480
Register for this event at the link below:
https://woa.wufoo.com/forms/event-registration-form/

Protect Your Watershed: Effective Home Garden & Lawn Plantings
2022-05-18 14:30 - 16:00
This in-person event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Otisco Lake Preservation Association.
Pat Koloski of Hillside Gardens will lead a discussion about simple practices that residents can adopt to help minimize runoff. He will also present hands-on techniques for native landscaping as well. Attendees will not go home empty handed- each will choose a new Red Oak or American Sweetgum!
Pat works with Hillside Gardens, a family owned garden center located in Marcellus, NY specializing in annuals, perennials, and nursery stock.
Location:
Otisco Lake Community Center, 2223 Amber Road, Marietta, NY 13110
Register for this event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScy3IdKawnKJhgcHEkBjcjvbRLEd56dysj4IXM_OUvRMScjFQ/viewform

Rain Barrel Workshop
2022-05-17 14:30 - 16:30
This in-person workshop is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.
When you attend the May 17th Rain Barrel Workshop, there will be a short presentation on some lake-friendly living tips to manage stormwater around your home. Alaina will have already cleaned and drilled the 55-gallon plastic food-grade barrels for you. She will demonstrate how she prepared them, and how to assemble them. With assistance from Alaina and others, you will assemble your own rain barrel and take it home! It is such a fun evening learning about conserving water, protecting our local lakes, and making a difference in our environment.
Cost per rain barrel is $20 and can be paid at the CLWN website: https://www.cayugalake.org/volunteer/donate/. Payment must be received prior to the program.
Alaina Robarge is the Conservation District Educator for the Ontario County Soil & Water Conservation District. She also works for Seneca County Soil & Water to provide educational events like this in Seneca County. She has been with the District for almost four years.
Location:
Canoga Fire Hall, 3576 NYS Rt 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Register for this event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOe8bAK5K_WpSKLd9dhXJ5tPLOauQjPu7V5AsQhpiya00HUA/viewform

CLWA Board Meeting
2022-05-17 12:30 - 14:00 | Via Zoom

CLWA Government Relations Committee Meeting
2022-05-17 08:00 - 09:00 | Via Zoom

Squishing Spotted Lanternfly: How to Stop an Invading Bug
2022-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Heron Hill Winery
This event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by the Finger Lakes PRISM, Heron Hill Winery, and CLWA. Visit https://www.flrwa.org/lake-friendly-living for the full list of events.
The Finger Lakes are under attack from a…bug? Come join CLWA at Heron Hill Winery to learn about one of the biggest invasive species threats seen in decades – the spotted lanternfly (SLF). This insect poses a crisis because it threatens to eat all of our grapes, apples, and hops vines! You’ll have the opportunity to learn directly from an invasive species expert on what SLF is, why it’s a threat, and how you can help the Finger Lakes by stopping this bug.
Matt Gallo is the Terrestrial Invasive Species Outreach Coordinator for the Finger Lakes PRISM, where he is working on invasive species outreach and education programs. Matt graduated from SUNY-ESF with a B.S in Environmental Science and a minor in Native Peoples and the Environment in 2019. In his spare time, Matt likes to go hiking, camping, and play with his two ferrets.

The Finger Lakes PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) is an organization based out of the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges that coordinates invasive species prevention, removal, and outreach in the Finger Lakes region. The FL-PRISM is a key player in local invasive species management, leveraging partnerships among various stakeholders in prevention and education efforts.
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Water Assessment by Volunteer Evaluators (WAVE)
2022-05-14 11:00 - 13:00
This in-person event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness month and is sponsored by Keuka Lake Association and Yates County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The rocky streams following into Keuka are the “lifeblood” of the lake. Stream water quality directly impacts the ecology and resiliency in the watershed. By participating in WAVE (Water Assessments by Volunteer Scientists), we will be helping the DEC to identify streams at risk. Participants will learn to sample, identify and report benthic invertebrates (little bugs) in the field. Dress for the weather. Numbers of participants are limited so sign up early.
Maria Hudson: Vice President and Chair Water Quality, Keuka Lake Association
Maria Hudson is a Limnologist, Agronomist, and Environmental Educator who has been working in the water quality field for 45 years. Maria is currently sampling and analyzing waters from Keuka Lake and its tributaries for indications of non-point source pollution.
Location:
Sugar Creek, 2915 E Valley Rd, Branchport, NY 14418
Register at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6rs09beVAB_xJefH5QNqyig-s8t4naTjzAnOL8ahFC3xvNA/viewform

Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for Variety of Forest Types
2022-05-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve, Jones Road, Canandaigua, NY, 14424, United States
Into the Woods with Marty Dodge: Management Options for Variety of Forest Types
*EVENT SOLD OUT*
*Register for Marty’s second date on 5/20/22, 1:00-3:00 pm*
Marty Dodge, as our teacher and guide, will bring participants to observe a number of different forest stands that occur on his land, and on the land now owned by the Finger Lakes Land Trust that he has managed for 25 years. There are pole stands of red maple and ash that regenerated from sheep pasture, a red pine stand that he has thinned, several stands of red oak poles that he has been thinning for 25 years, and several stands of mature oak hickory forest that have sustained several rounds of commercial cutting will serve to illustrate both needed management and the effects of ongoing forest practices.
Marty Dodge, born in New Haven, CT in 1942 dedicated his childhood to outdoor activities. He earned a BA in Chemistry from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1965. While at Colby he served as president of the Outing Club for two years, started the Woodsmen’s’ Team at Colby and served as captain and coach of the team for four years. Marty served as a tripping counselor for a boy’s camp in Belgrade, Maine for the four summers he attended Colby. He enrolled in the United States Coast Guard Officer Training program in Yorktown, VA and assumed duties as a deck watch officer aboard the USCG Cutter Sedge in Cordova, Alaska from 1967 through 1970. Marty earned a Master of Forestry degree from Utah State University in 1972. For two summers while in graduate school, Marty worked for the Cordova District of the US Forest Service maintaining and building cabins and trails in the Chugach National Forest.
Marty, now retired, served as a Professor of Natural Resources at Finger Lakes Community College for 39 years. In 1987, he conducted his first month long credit bearing travel ecology course through Alaskan Wilderness areas. From 1989 through 2010 he led thirteen more groups of college students into Alaskan National Parks and Forests. For as many as three months through the summers of 2011 to 2014, Marty designed and supervised the construction of seven buildings a mile south of Wiseman, Alaska; one of which will serve as a retirement getaway for him in the years to come.
Throughout his college career, Marty delivered Alaska presentations to more than one hundred civic groups and has produced dozens of Alaska related video programs, the latest of which can be viewed on YouTube. As well, Marty is known for his dramatic presentation of Alaskan poetry.
*Registration closed out for this event but registration for the 5/20/22 event is here: https://forms.gle/zREzvVvQSJ2tCHgTA

NATURE-BASED SHORELINES FOR LAKE FRIENDLY LIVING
2022-05-12 08:00 - 09:30 | Via Zoom
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by CLWA, OCSWCD, and HVA. For the full list of events visit https://www.flrwa.org/lake-friendly-living .
The Ontario County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) has completed multiple streambank and shoreline stabilization projects across Ontario County. Their focus is on implementing projects that not only protect public uses and public infrastructures, like roads and buildings, but also mimic what would occur in nature to recreate native aquatic habitat. Nature-based design practices focus on using materials and building methods that occur naturally in ecosystems.
At this lunch and learn presentation, Alaina will share ideas on nature-based shoreline options and some lake-friendly practices you can start working on right in your own backyard.
Alaina Robarge is the Conservation District Educator for the Ontario County Soil & Water Conservation District. She has been with the District for almost four years.
Register at the link below:

Education Program with Marcus Whitman ECO Program: 6th Grade
2022-05-12 04:30 - 11:00, 2022-05-11 04:30 - 11:00
Stream study at Flint Creek.

NY Climate Smart Communities: Opportunities and Lessons Learned
2022-05-09 12:30 - 13:30 | Webinar
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council.
Broadly, long-term watershed protection requires implementing measures that help reduce the impacts of climate change. Climate change has brought more flooding and increased surface water temperatures, which has prolonged lake stratification, driving HABs. It’s important that we attempt to mitigate adverse effects at the local level. This is a massive undertaking, and we greatly appreciate the support of the Central NY Regional Planning and Development Board (CNYRPDB) staff towards advancing climate-smart communities’ programming.
Amanda Mazzoni:
Amanda Mazzoni, Principal Planner for the Central NY Regional Planning and Development Board, assists local communities with advancing municipalities’ registrations and certifications with the NY Climate Smart Communities program. Ms. Mazzoni will present the merits of the program, steps for those looking to get registered, and action items for those registered to make advancements towards program accreditation.
Ed Wagner:
The Town of Owasco is the first within Cayuga County to achieve bronze level certification as a Climate Smart Community. Supervisor for the Town of Owasco, Ed Wagner, will share the Town’s experience with the program, describe the Climate Smart actions the Town has advanced, and provide recommendations for those interested in advancing this program for their municipality.
Register for this online event at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ehPy-OAdQDGlWy2Be9DRnA

Home and Garden Practices to Help Protect our Lake and Land
2022-05-07 07:00 - 09:00 | Lodi Whittier Library 8484 S. Main Street, Lodi, NY 14860
This event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association.
The Seneca Lake watershed has experienced heavy precipitation resulting in serious run-off and flooding conditions. These conditions impact the water quality of Seneca lake by carrying excessive nutrients and pollutants into the lake. These pollutants combined with warmer lake temperatures disrupt the quality of the drinking water and lake ecosystems.
The event, led by Maura Toole and Martha Macinski, will start inside with a presentation and discussion about simple practices that residents can adopt to help minimize runoff and pollutant contamination. Participants will then move outside to the community garden and learn hands-on techniques for native landscaping and sustainable gardening for healthy eating.

Maura Toole:
Maura lives in Lodi, NY and is a volunteer with the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association and the Lodi Climate Smart Community Taskforce. Maura recently completed the Cornell Cooperative Extension Climate Steward course and is actively involved in projects to build climate resiliency.

Martha (Marti) Macinski:
Martha lives in Lodi, NY and leads the Lodi Community Garden efforts to grow food for the Lodi food pantry and engage residents in sustainable gardening practices.
When: Saturday, May 7th from 11AM – 1PM
Where: Lodi Whittier Library 8484 S. Main Street, Lodi, NY 14860
For more information visit: WWW.FLRWA.ORG/LAKE-FRIENDLY-LIVING

Register for this in person event at the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgAqHb-OLZp6jxHTmgFkglku28hmofQ-Tjf_dtX9Sugp1W9A/viewform

Education Program at Canandaigua: 4th Grade
2022-05-06 05:00 - 11:00, 2022-05-04 05:00 - 11:00 | Canandaigua Elementary
4th Grade Lesson:
This lesson reinforces and expands on elementary science representations of key water cycle dynamics. It includes relevant terminology and a conservation/protection message about one of Earth’s most valuable and finite resources.

Invasive Species Threats to the Finger Lakes
2022-05-05 08:00 - 09:00 | Webinar
This online event is part of Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month and is sponsored by Finger Lakes PRISM and Otisco Lake Preservation Association.
The invasive species challenge. What we know, what we don’t know, and what you need to know to prevent the spread and impact of our region’s most harmful threats.
Hilary Mosher is the Coordinator for the Finger Lakes-Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management at the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges where she is committed to working with local, state, regional, and federal agencies, NGOs, private enterprise, academic institutions, citizens, and others to help coordinate invasive species efforts on behalf of seventeen NY counties of the Finger Lakes.
Register for this webinar at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sosr3JghSjOsuvDTXr2Mdg

CLWA Communications Committee
2022-05-04 12:30 - 13:30 | Via Zoom

CLWA Citizen Science Committee Meeting
2022-05-04 06:30 - 08:00 | Via Zoom
