Owasco Watershed Lake Association
“Speak on behalf of the lake for she cannot speak for herself.”
The members of the Owasco Watershed Lake Association have continued to meet during this time of isolation due to the threat of the Covid 19 virus, gathering virtually from our homes. Plans for summer projects to reduce sediment and nutrient flow into the lake are in the works, as well as plans for public outreach and education about what we can all do to preserve and protect Owasco Lake. Please join us.
Owasco Lake is essential to our community character and our economic future. The Owasco Watershed Lake Association, as the voice of the lake, recognizes this and has joined together to draw attention to the value and importance of Owasco Lake.
OWLA commits itself to facilitating the strategies and activities that are designed to restore our watershed and improve water quality for both drinking and full recreational use of Owasco Lake and its watershed.
YOU CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION BY JOINING OWLA TODAY!!
The Sediment Reduction Task Force
Scientists estimate that more than 20% of the sediment and nutrients reaching the lake came from eroding roadside ditches. This can be easily fixed by hydroseeding exposed soil and using rock on steep ditch surfaces. OWLA and partners have created a The Sediment Reduction Task Force to reduce soil and nutrient erosion into the lake.
The Be Watershed Aware Campaign
Owasco Lake is the collection point for all of the water used in the 208 square mile watershed.
Do you know that Owasco Lake provides drinking water for more than 44,000 people in our community? The lake offers year-round recreation, attracts tourists from far and wide, and continues to be a crown jewel of central New York! In turn, because Owasco Lake’s health is in jeopardy, all of us need to assist in its restoration, maintenance and preservation.
The Be Watershed Aware Campaign is a critical component in the long-term strategy to minimize the occurrence and severity of HABs in Owasco Lake. It is based on creating an informed population of landowners, businesses, and recreational users of the Lake and the surrounding Watershed.
HABs Reporting in Owasco Lake
The OWLA HABs Program Volunteers monitor their assigned shoreline zones once a week from July through early October.
Learn More about HAB reporting:
NEWS
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Lake Fact Sheets are HERE! : Finger Lakes PRISM
To celebrate NY Invasive Species Awareness Week, the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges launched a Finger Lakes Fact Sheet project to honor the 11 Finger Lakes in the region. We created fact cards for each of the lakes with special information about each of the lakes with ph...Attention OWLA Members and Concerned Citizens:
OWLA Members and Concerned Citizens: To continue to do our part to protect everyone's health and safety we will be holding the OWLA meeting set for Wednesday, June 3, 2020 by Zoom teleconference.
Special Presentation: We are excited to welcome Olivia Green, Finger Lakes Water Quality Specialist from the Nature Conservancy who will provide a brief presentation: "Our Lakes, Our Future, Working Together in the Finger Lakes"
Time to Vote! This meeting is also the annual Elections meeting. We will have elections for Executive Officers and Board Members during the meeting via Zoom Poll. As all of the candidates are running unopposed we will be voting for two slates, one for the Executive Officers and one for the Board of Directors.
The slates are as follows:
Officers: Dana Hall, President; Ann Robson; Secretary; Sue Gatto, Treasurer. There are no candidates for President Elect.
Board of Directors: Gilda Brower; Ken Kudla; Rick Nelson; Peter Rogers; Meg Vanek; and Eileen Berry.
David Carr is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Follow link below to register and join the meeting:
Topic: OWLA Monthly Meeting, June 3, 2020
Time: Jun 3, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA) is hosting a series of webinars in collaboration with Syracuse University.
These will be filled with valuable information about how to manage a lake association. Topics include: Insurance, Conflict Management, Lake Ecosystems, and Working with Local Governments.
Go to our News page on our website for details: owla.org/category/news/
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Bob Brower Scientific Symposium in “Plain English”
“THIS CAN’T BE THE NEW NORMAL”
What’s happening to our lakes?
On Saturday, March 7, at the Auburn Public Theater, the Owasco Watershed Lake Association hosted the annual Bob Brower Scientific Symposium delivered in “plain English.”
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Robert N. Brower
Memorial Honorarium
In 2018 we lost our friend and advocate for the lake and the environment, Bob Brower. OWLA has established an Honorarium in Bob’s name to help fund projects that were dear to him.
Please consider contributing to OWLA to honor Bob’s memory.
All donations are tax deductible.
What can you do to HELP?
Protecting Owasco Lake is essential to the maintenance of our community character and the improvement of our economic future. We encourage everyone to help the Owasco Watershed Lake Association personally and/or financially. By this commitment you will help keep Owasco Lake clean and safe.