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2025 Issues
HABs Newsletter #11 (9/19/2025): Special Mid-September Alert
HABs Newsletter #10(9/5/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; Bolton Point: Protecting a five-municipality water supply from HABs; Lake Friendly Living: Cayuga County’s Residential Water Quality Guidelines: Free and Donation-based Community Events this Month; Recognizing the team behind the Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program
HABs Newsletter #9(8/29/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; HABs Patrol: Keeping Women Swimmin event safe and successful; FLX Lake Friendly Living Coalition & Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance resources; Past issues, resources, and contact information
HABs Newsletter #8(8/22/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; Navigating CSI’s Cayuga Lake HABs Database; Understanding a HAB lab analysis report; Lake Friendly Living: preparing your land for fall and winter; Past issues, resources, and contact information
HABs Newsletter #7(8/15/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; Why We Volunteer as HAB Harriers; Lake Friendly Living: Herbicides, Fertilizer, and Lawncare; Past issues, resources, and contact information
HABs Newsletter #6(8/8/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; Testifying for Clean Water: Cayuga Lake Partners Urge NYS to Strengthen HABs Response; Lake Friendly Living: Green Cleaning Product Recipes; Past issues, resources, and contact information
HABs Newsletter #5(8/1/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; Museum of the Earth HABs exhibit & expertise; HABs Lakeside Water User Toolkit; Lake Friendly Living: Focus on Stormwater Runoff; Cayuga Lake Watershed Partners – Celebration Events this month!; Past issues, resources, and contact information
HABs Newsletter #4(7/25/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary; HABs in the news: 3000 sq. mile HAB offshore of South Australia; Summary of the CLWN’s HABs Community Conference, 6/25/2025; Lake Friendly Living tips for July; resources & past issues, including identification, health and safety
HABs Newsletter #3 (7/18/2025): Weekly HABs Report – Confirmed HAB Summary
HABs in the news; New research from Cornell University; What causes HABs?; Lake Friendly Living: What YOU do can reduce Harmful Algal Blooms; resources & past issues, including identification, health and safety
HABs Newsletter #2 (7/11/2025): Weekly HABs Report Summary; How to Identify HABs & Submit Reports; Health and Safety Information; Overview of the Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program
HABs Newsletter #1 (7/4/2025): HABs Report; season kick-off INFORMATION & REMINDERS
2024 Issues
HABs Newsletter #10 (8/30/24): HABs Report; HABs in the News; Seeking Volunteers For The 2025 Season!; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #9 (8/23/24): HABs Report; Considerations for Combatting HABs: Phosphorus Forms & Climate Change; Lake Friendly Living; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #8 (8/16/24): HABs Report; Understanding a HAB Analysis Lab Report; Lake Friendly Living energy saving tips; HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #7 (8/9/24): HABs Report; Tropical Storm Debby: forecast, lake level, and ACTION resources; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #6 (8/2/24): HABs Report; HABs Harrier Spotlights; Reducing Stormwater Runoff with Lake-Friendly Living; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #5 (7/27/24): HABs Report; NYS directs $1.2M in funding to the Eastern Finger Lakes Coalition; NYS Department of Health terminates the process of updating Owasco Watershed Rules & Regulations; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #4 (7/19/24): HABs Report; CSI HABs Database Tutorial; Curious Clumps: a lesser-known bloom; Lake Friendly Living; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #3 (7/12/24): HABs Report; Lakeside Water Use Toolkit & Resources; New Media & Press Releases; Faces behind the HABs Hotline; You can help – Lake Friendly Living is for EVERYONE!; HABs FAQ; HABs Monitoring Program Contacts
HABs Newsletter #2 (7/5/24):HABs Report; Kicking off the 7th Year of the Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program & how to report a HAB; All about HABs – overview, identification, and causes; Health and safety information; HABs monitoring program contacts
HABs Newsletter #1 (6/4/2024): PRE-MONITORTING SEASON INFORMATION & REMINDERS
2023 Issues
HABs Newsletter #10 (8/26/23): HABs Update & Report Summary, Call for Volunteers in 2024, Lake Friendly Living Tip of the Week: Lawn Care; HABs FAQs
HABs Newsletter #9 (8/18/23): HABs Update & Report Summary, Understanding a HABs Analysis report, Lake Friendly Living Tip of the Week: Energy Use; HABs FAQs
HABs Newsletter #8 (8/11/23): HABs Update, HABs Harrier Volunteer Spotlights, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Household materials, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #7 (8/04/23): HABs Update, Climate Smart Communities Combat HABs, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Yard & Property, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #6 (7/28/23): HABs Update, Watershed Protection Projects and Practices, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Shoreline Maintenance, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #5 (7/21/23): HABs Update, CSI HABs Database Tutorial, Watershed Protection Projects and Practices, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Lawn Care, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #4 (7/14/23): HABs Update, Watershed Protection Highlight, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Reduce Stormwater Runoff, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #3 (7/07/23): HABs Update, Vital Signs of Climate Change, Upcoming Events, FEMA Flood Zones and Map in Tompkins County and Ithaca, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Water Conservation and Pollution Control, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #2 (6/30/2023): HABs Update, Lakeside Water Use Toolkit, Lake Friendly Living Tips: Inspect Your Septic, Behind the HABs Hotline, HABs FAQ
HABs Newsletter #1 (6/23/2023): Intro to HABs, How to Identify a Harmful Algal Bloom, Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program, HABs Updates & Upcoming events
2022 Issues
HABs Newsletter #11 (9/16/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, Interview with HABs Harrier Hollie Ellison, Watershed Friendly Living Tips for Climate Change, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #10 (9/9/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, Aquatic Vegetation: History and Management, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #9 (9/2/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, Interview with CSI’s Grace Haynes, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #8 (8/26/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, Summer Summary, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #7 (8/11/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, Creatures of Cayuga Lake: Zebra Mussels, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #6 (8/4/2022): HABs Update, HABs Harrier Spotlight Interview, Creatures of Cayuga Lake, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #5 (7/28/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, The Costs of Cyanobacteria Blooms, Creatures of Cayuga Lake, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #4 (7/21/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, HABs: A Danger to Drinking Water, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #3 (7/14/2022): HABs Update, HABs Information Chart, HABs and Climate Change, Creatures of Cayuga Lake, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #2 (7/7/2022): HABs Update, Lake Friendly Living, Creatures of Cayuga Lake, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #1 (6/30/2022): Intro to HABs, How to Identify a Harmful Algal Bloom, Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program, HABs Updates
2021 Issues
HABs Newsletter #10 (8/24/2021): HABs Update, Interview with CLWN’s New Chair of the Board of Directors, FAQs.
HABs Newsletter #9 (8/17/2021): HABs Update, Community Science Institute (CSI) Team Introductions, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #8 (8/10/2021): HABs Update, The New IPCC Report (and what it has to say about HABs), Arts Feature, FAQs.
HABs Newsletter #7 (8/3/2021): HABs Update, CLWN Summer Intern Bios, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #6 (7/27/2021): HABs Update, Historical Timeline of Cayuga’s HABs and the Monitoring Program, Arts Feature, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #5 (7/20/2021): HABs Update, Leadership Spotlight, Arts Feature, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #4 (7/13/21): HABs Update, HABs Pop Quiz, Art Feature, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #3 (7/6/21): HABs Update, How are Climate Change and HABs Connected?, Art Feature, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #2 (6/29/21): HABs Update, Lake Friendly Living, Art Feature, FAQs
HABs Newsletter #1 (6/22/21): HABs Refresher, Cayuga Lake Monitoring Program, HABs Update, Opportunities to Get Involved, FAQs
Research Update — Magnified Eyes on the HABs Problem: inexpensive scopes project show promise as rapid screening tool for water samples for elevated mycrocystin toxins