2024 Presentations
6/26/24: Risks of the Salt Mine under Cayuga Lake – what municipalities should know. Ray Vaughn, Geologist and Environmental Scientist (Video on Cayuga County WQMA page)
5/22/24: Seneca County Efforts on Behalf of the Cayuga Watershed. Ryan Staychock, Natural Resources Education, Cornell Cooperative Extension; Erin Peruzzini, Director, Seneca County Soil and Water Conservation District; Dan Tighe, Resource Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service; Mary Jump, Director of Environmental Health, Seneca County Health Department, Liz Kreitinger, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (Video on Cayuga County WQMA page)
4/24/24: Local Waterfront Revitalization Program: Watershed Implementation Funding and Success Stories. Kate Black, Coastal Resource Specialist, Department of State, Office of Planning, Development and Community Infrastructure (Video on Cayuga County WQMA page)
3/27/24: The State Revolving Funds and Funding Opportunities for Water Infrastructure Projects–Nicholas Demitraszek, Environmental Facilities Corporation and Ashley Inserillo, NYS Department of Health. See the powerpoint. See the video of the presentation.
2/28/24: Finger Lakes Land Trust – Max Heitner, Director of Conservation (ppt) or (video of presentation)
1/24/24: DEC Presentation (ppt) (video): 303(d) list and TMDL/Nine Element Plans – Lauren Townley Chief, Water Assessment and Implementation Section Bureau of Water Assessment and Management, Division of Water of the DEC along with Sarah Rickard and Tony Prestigiacomo.
2023 Presentations
9/27/23 Implementation of the Clean Water Plan for Owasco Lake –9Element plan for phosphorus reduction- Adam Effler. See slides
10/25/23 Drinking Water Source Protection Plans (DWSP2) – Why develope a DWSP2 plan – Rebecca Minas–see slides.
9/27/23 Getting Your Project to Run Smoothly – Becky Sims from the Rural Communities Assistance Partnership (RCAP). See the summary
7/26/23 Protecting NYs Freshwater Wetlands – J.R. Jacobson, DEC Habitat Protection. Presentation slides
4/19/23: Project development, grant management, and funding opportunities-Kate Black from NYS DOS and Cayuga County Planning’s Greg Hutnik: Presentation to CWIO 04.19.23. Youtube of presentation (thanks to Cayuga Co channel)NY