2025, June 25th, Community Conference, Canoga, NY

Alyssa Johnson, Community Science Institute, Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program: 2024 Cayuga Lake HAB season in review: earliest, latest, and most blooms ever

Dr. Lewis McCaffrey, NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water, Finger Lakes Watershed Program: Can we use satellites to identify HABs in the Finger Lakes?

Dr. Michael Schummer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Environmental Biology: Microbial source-tracking: an evidence-based approach to improving Cayuga Lake water quality (a report will be posted once this research has been published)

2024 Cayuga Lake Summit, Hosted by CLEAN & CLWN, Ithaca NY

Phil Sexton, WIT Advisors: Road Salt

Laura Akey & Brune Boukobza, Helbing Research Group, Cornell Civil and Environmental Engineering: Finger Lakes PFAS Project

David Pannucci, Waste Connections & Nick Ganzons, Americas — The Water and Carbon group: Managing PFAS in Landfill Applications

Murray McBride, Cornell University: Risks of Sewage Sludge Disposal on Farmland — The Case for Caution

Fall/Winter 2024 Community Conference Session#2, hosted by CLWN & CWIO, Ithaca, NY

Dave Matthews, Upstate Freshwater Institute: All Phosphorus Is Not Created Equal — Why Bioavailability Matters

Anthony Prestigiacomo, NYSDEC Division of Water, Finger Lakes Watershed Program: Implementing the Cayuga Lake TMDL

Greg Albrecht, Principal Environmental Analyst, Division of Land and Water Resources & NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee: Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM)   

Fall/Winter 2024 Community Conference Session#1, End-of-Season Hydrilla Session, Ithaca, NY

Slides and recording of this session are posted to our Hydrilla Information and Action webpage

2024 Spring/Summer Community Conference, Canoga, NY

Anthony Prestigiacomo, Research Scientist 3 & Supervisor, Finger Lakes Watershed Hub, NYS DEC: Cayuga Lake Water Quality, Harmful Algal Blooms, and Watershed Progress

Dr. Grascen Shidemantle, Executive Director, Community Science Institute: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) on Cayuga Lake: 6 Years of Local Volunteer Monitoring

Max Heitner, Director of Conservation, Finger Lakes Land Trust: An Overview of FLLT Conservation Work in the Cayuga Lake Watershed

Jeff Trout, Supervisor, Town of Fayette and Erin Peruzzini, District Manager, Seneca County Soil and Water Conservation District: Seneca County Water Quality Protection Projects

2024 Fall Community Conference, Ithaca, NY

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network: Introduction, Emerging Watershed Leader Award and Concluding Remarks

Ashley Stagnari, Cayuga Lake Watershed Intern, “Beat the Clock” recording of her talk (given previously for the Cornell Department of Communications) 

Dr. Meredith Holgerson, Cornell University: The Ecological Significance of Pond Ecosystems at Local and Global Scales   

Dr. Nicole Fernandez, Cornell University: Exploring Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Phosphorus Loading in Cascadilla Creek

Rebecca Minas, Barton & Loguidice: Drinking Water Source Protection Program Plan for the City of Ithaca

2023 Spring Community Conference: HABs & Water Quality, Aurora NY

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network: Introduction, James C. White Award and Concluding Remarks

Dr. Dave Matthews, Upstate Freshwater Institute: Water Quality Patterns In Cayuga Lake: Looking Backward, Forward, and Upstream. 

Grace Haynes, Commuity Science Insitute: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) on Cayuga Lake – five years of monitoring

Karl Rindfleish, Cayuga County Sewer and Water Authority: Cayuga Lake Protection Plan

2022 Fall Community Conference: Hydrilla (virtual)

Finger Lakes Institute, Finger Lakes PRISM, and a Primer on Hydrilla and Invasive Species Management 

Finger Lakes PRISM Field Season Update

ESF-NYS OPRHP Cayuga Lake Watercraft Inspection Stewards Update

NYS DEC Cayuga Lake Hydrilla Project Summary and Forecast

US-Army Corps of Engineers Cayuga Lake, Aurora and Ithaca NY Hydrilla Control Demonstration Project

Mind the gap! Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 Conference recordings can be found on our YouTube.