Online Resources

Otisco Lake Drinking Water Source Protection Plan (DWSP2) This plan was developed to protect the local source water by CNY Regional Planning & Development Board. Read more

NY Governmennt Programs: Funding will go towards climate change mitigation, flood risk reduction, water quality improvement, and open space land conservation. https://www.ny.gov/programs/clean-water-clean-air-and-green-jobs-environmental-bond-act

Mechanically Controlling Aquatic Weeds, Which Aquatic Weeds can you remove mechanically?https://www.solitudelakemanagement.com/which-aquatic-weeds-can-you-remove-mechanically/

Cayuga County Health Department Hydrilla Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Harpoon Granular   https://www.cayugacounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/10590/Hydrilla-harpoon-granular-FAQ-PDF

 

SPDES Permit Fact Sheet - City of Syracuse Department of Water - Skaneateles Lake

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/factsheetny0300004.pdf

 

City of Syracuse Department of Water Application for SPDES Permit to Discharge a Pesticide Labeled for Aquatic Use

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/spdesappny0300004.pdf

 

NYS DEC Response Summary & Final SPDES Permit Approval for the City of Syracuse Department of Water to Discharge a Pesticide Labeled for Aquatic Use in Skaneateles Lake   https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/respsummny0300004.pdf

Public Information Session for EarthTec Treatment of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS) in Skaneateles Lake  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93LpxPXkQ80

Cayuga Lake Hydrilla Management Plan 2021 - 2026

https://www.cayugalake.org/wp-content/uploads/Cayuga-Lake-Hydrilla-Management-Plan-2021-FINAL.pdf

2018 Hydrilla Management Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/downloads/pdf/environment/science-research/hydrilla-faqs.pdf

City of Watervliet-Normanskill Relicensing

Water Chestnut Control Study October 2018 Final Report

Weston & Sampson, PE,LS,LA,PC

https://www.townofguilderland.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif7546/f/uploads/water_chestnut_control_study.pdf 

Chemical Management of Hydrilla for Drinking Water in Utilities

NYS Environmental Protection Water Research Foundation

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/downloads/pdf/environment/science-research/wrf-expert-study-hydrilla.pdf

Case Study: Managing Invasive Watermilfoil in Reservoir

Noel Browning, Aquatic Biologist Solitude Lake Management

https://www.solitudelakemanagement.com/case-study-managing-invasive-eurasian-watermilfoil-drinking-water-reservoir/

Monitoring & Water Quality Impacts of an Herbicide Treatment on an Aquatic Invasive Plant in a Drinking Water ReservoirNational Library of Medicine

National Center for Biotechnology Information

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33823450/

ProcellaCor Pilot Treatment Lake George Park Commission

https://lgpc.ny.gov/procellacor-pilot-treatment

Aquatic Invasive Plants Department of Environmental Management

State of Rhodesia Island   https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/water-resources/research-monitoring/aquatic-invasive-species-plants

 

NYS Invasive Species (IS) Information

Hydrilla -  https://nyis.info/invasive_species/hydrilla/

Water Chestnut - https://nyis.info/invasive_species/water-chestnut/

Eurasian Milfoil - https://nyis.info/invasive_species/eurasian-watermilfoil/

Spread the Word Not the Weed

US Department of Agriculture

Posted by Matt Burke, USDA Forest Service

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/02/22/spread-word-not-weeds

 

Managing Aquatic Invasive Species

A Resource Guide for Vermont Lake Managers

https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/wsm/lakes/ans/docs/Managing Aquatic Invasive Species 2018.pdf

 

Lake George Milfoil Project Annual Report 2022

https://lgpc.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/2022-lake-george-annual-report-final-reduced-file-size.pdf

 

Assessment of Economic Value of Clean Water in Lake George -  December 2020

https://public.warrencountyny.gov/gis/lakeprojects/C1000532/Assessment of the Economic Value of Clean Water in Lake George_ December 2020.pdf

 

Invasive Properties and Ecological Impact of Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum Spicatum Michigan Tech Institute - https://www.mtu.edu/mtri/research/project-areas/environmental/water/eurasian-watermilfoil/impacts/

 

NYS DEC Bureau of Fisheries Technical Brief #tb722006

Otisco Lake Trap Net Survey

James Everard Region 7 Fisheries

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/tb7otiscobpi.pdf

 

Spafford Creek Otisco Lake Watershed Case Study 7 August 2007

David Walowsky Civil Engineer Technician

US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

https://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/OpenNonWebContent.aspx?content=17804.wba

Diet for a Small Lake The Expanded Guide to New York State Lake and Watershed Management Second Edition Prepared by the NYS Federation of Lake Associations , Inc. in cooperation with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation   https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/dietlake09.pdf