Canandaigua Lake Harmful Algae Blooms

This summer, Canandaigua Lake experienced an unprecedented Harmful Algae Bloom event that impacted our use and enjoyment of the lake. For the first time ever, detectable levels of toxins were found in the drinking water supply of a community drawing water from Canandaigua Lake.

Please join us on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 PM for an important community forum with leading experts to discuss results from 2018 monitoring efforts, the factors that influence algal blooms, and the local and Statewide efforts to protect our water resources.

Local initiatives to monitor water quality and build resiliency in our watershed will be highlighted by CLWA and the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council.
Presentations will include:
Rebecca M. Gorney, PhD
Research Scientist, Division of Water
Lake Monitoring & Assessment Section, NYS DEC
"NYS DEC HABs Program: Results from 2018"
Anthony R. Prestigiacomo
Research Scientist, Division of Water
Finger Lakes Watershed Hub, NYS DEC
"HABs in Low Nutrient Lakes: Mechanisms, Knowledge Gaps, and Moving Forward"
Lloyd R. Wilson, PhD
Director of Drinking Water Program for NYS
Bureau of Water Supply Protection,
NYS Department of Health
"HABs and Drinking Water"
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.
Event is sponsored by the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association and the Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council.

Landscaping with Native Plants

Landscaping with Native Plants

Saturday, November 3, 2018  10 AM

Room 2640 Finger Lakes Community College

Landscaping with Native Plants - a presentation by Sandra Bierbrauer, former instructor of Botany, Plant Ecology and Genetics at Stockton.  Sandra will share tips on landscaping with native plants, as well as discussing invasive species that are now illegal to plant in New York. 

Presentation is free and open to the public.

Directions: Follow the CANANDAIGUA BOTANICAL SOCIETY signs from the front entrance of the main FLCC campus building  or enter the conservation wing directly from the northeast side of the building.

Fall Foliage at Mount Hope Cemetary

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018: 10 AM

FALL FOLIAGE at MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY

791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 

We are again joining along with the Burroughs Audubon Nature Club for this program.  The old trees of Mount Hope Cemetery should be in their full fall glory as October comes to its end. As we stroll the paths, tree expert, Frank Crombe, will help appreciate the wonderful specimens of trees and shrubs found in the cemetery.  We will meet at the north entrance on Mount Hope Avenue at 10 AM.

More information can be found at bancny.org

Ganondagan Granary Trail from Fort Hill

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018; 10 AM

GANONDAGAN GRANARY TRAIL FROM FORT HILL

Boughton Hill Road (CR 41), Victor

Kim Burchard will lead us to where the Seneca built a picketed granary atop Fort Hill to protect the two things they valued most: their lives and their corn.  The location of Gah:ha-da-yan-duk is significant to the Seneca.  From this hill, looking south on a clear day, the observer can see Bare Hill, the legendary birthplace of the Seneca Nation.  We will enjoy plant identification and perhaps check out a few tech savvy skills (http://www.namethatplant.net/)

Directions: Travel north on 332.  Turn west (left) onto CR 41 and continue on past the traffic light at Ganondagan.  The Granary trail head parking will be on the right just past where Murry Road meets Boughton Hill Road from the south.

It was a VERY rainy beginning to our walk toward the mesa but by the end of our morning we were able to enjoy sunbeams through the canopy of trees. I'll post pictures now and hope to return before the weeks end to add captions.