Owasco Watershed Lake Association
“Speak on behalf of the lake for she cannot speak for herself.”
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.
2019 HABs Reporting
The OWLA HABs Program Volunteers began monitoring their assigned shoreline zones once a week from July 8 through early October.
Learn More about the NYS DEC GIS-based, interactive map:
NEWS
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Do you want to hear what the experts are learning about Owasco Lake and it's watershed? Do you have questions?
Join us at the annual Bob Brower Scientific Symposium Saturday morning March 7th, 2020, 9:00 am at the Auburn Public Theater.
Find out about current research and become Watershed Aware!
We will be there!!
Join us for our monthly meeting and presentation - Wednesday, March 4th, 2020, 7pm at the Springside Inn!
This month we are excited to have Nick Colas speaking about:
Cayuga County's Geographic Information System (GIS) and It's Past Roles in Studying the Owasco Lake Watershed and Future Uses To Estimate Nutrient Loads.
Mr. Colas works at the Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development as a Planner and Principal GIS Analyst.
Hope to see you there!
Please join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at the Springside Inn, 6141 W. Lake Road, Fleming.
David Carr of the Finger Lakes Institute will discuss the Starry Stonewort Collaborative's regional approach to understanding and managing this aggressive aquatic invasive.
A brief business meeting will be held after the presentation.
Invasive species talk to take place at Springside Inn
David Carr of the Finger Lakes Institute will discuss the Starry Stonewort Collaborative at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Springside Inn, 6141 W. Lake Road, Fleming.Dave Iannello
Thank you Jon Robson for this informative article that reminds us about the importance of keeping the water in Owasco Lake clean!!
Owasco Watershed Lake Association: What's in a glass of water?
The sight of a woodland lake at sunset or the soft blanket of snow over a peaceful country landscape can cause us to pause and reflect on nature. After aLovely article! I wish some of my neighbors that spray Roundup on their West Lake Road property’s read this!
EVENTS and MEETINGS
Bob Brower Scientific Symposium in “Plain English”
“THIS CAN’T BE THE NEW NORMAL”
Many bloom readings taken in recent years during the late Summer and early Fall showed high levels of not only blue‐green algae (cyanobacteria), but also harmful toxins (microcystin).
What’s happening to our lakes?
Please join us to find out more about HABs and other water quality issues affecting our Finger Lakes.
March 7, 2020 9:00 AM—11:30 AM Main Stage
Auburn Public Theater 8 Exchange Street
Auburn NY 13021
Free * Open to the Public * Accessible
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News
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OWLA Monthly Meetings:
OWLA Meeting Presentation – Cayuga County’s GIS and the Owasco Lake Watershed
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2020 Bob Brower Scientific Symposium 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.