Online Resources

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

Here are our Wild Ones Habitat Gardening in Central New York chapter bylaws.

From September through April, we have monthly programs, which are free and open to the public. We also have an annual field trip in the spring and Show Me, Help Me tours in the summer.

Our plant sales help get native plants planted out there in CNY and, equally important, support local native plant nurseries, helping make native plants easier to obtain and the common sense default choice for home landscapes.

https://hgcny.org/

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