| Steward's New
Year Message
Sharon Anderson
Watershed Steward
Happy New Year and Season's Greetings to all of you from
all of us at the Network Office! We are looking forward to an
exciting year, as the Network continues to grow and take on new
challenges.
The theme of our winter newsletter, exploring the recent influx
of funding to the watershed, sets the stage for the work we see
ahead of us in 2003. We will be busy presenting workshops on stormwater
control and well maintenance, producing new educational tools
ranging from brochures to compact disks, and sponsoring local
stream protection efforts, just for starters.
The Network not only receives grants but also frequently serves
in an advisory or supporting capacity, facilitating cooperation
and communication that leads to stronger grant proposals by other
organizations. As we work together in ways that increase our effectiveness
and our efficiency, the further resources can be stretched and
the more our water resources benefit. The Cayuga Lake Watershed
Network was founded on these principles of networking and collaborating
to increase effectiveness.
Funding alone will not protect our precious water resources.
Ensuring the right projects are proposed and funds are used wisely
requires that we, as citizens in the watershed, be educated and
involved in the decision processes. And each of us -- as individuals,
municipalities, businesses and organizations – must do our
part to reduce our contribution of contaminants. Watch for our
spring newsletter for practical tips and information to help you
make a difference personally in protecting the high water quality
of our beautiful lake, our magnificent creeks and our precious
groundwater.
Tremendous opportunity awaits us, and we believe that the Network's
role as educator and advocate for watershed communities is perhaps
more critical now than ever before. The Network stands poised
to grow in its capacity, ever more able to carryout our mission
and serve our membership. |
