DEC Large Scale Pilot Study to Control Phosphorous Impacts in Honeoye Lake started on November 1st

DEC Announces Large Scale Pilot Study to Control Phosphorous Impacts in Honeoye Lake - Virtual Public Information Session was held on Sept. 27

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) held a virtual public information session on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to update residents on a research project to control phosphorous in Honeoye Lake.

Sept. 27th DEC Virtual Public Information Session presentation can be found on the link below:

https://rambollglobal.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/988be25c582d4c9e941783637f92aabc/data

The DEC Honeoye Lake Nutrient Inactivation Pilot Project started on Novemeber 1st, 2022.

A few pictures that I took today at our NYS Boat Launch site which they are using as a project staging area are below:

Please visit the Honeoye DEC Project website for more information on the Honeoye Lake Nutrient Inactivation Project and to stay up to date on the status of the project:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/40f4130beca94cd1ada6aa5afafa5c51

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Finger Lakes Land Trust & DEC Announce more than 195 Acres Protected in Ontario & Schuyler Counties

For more information on the 57 acres of land protected near the Honeoye Lake Inlet see the press release on this link:

Finger Lakes Land Trust and DEC Announce More Than 195 Acres Protected in Ontario and Schuyler Counties | Finger Lakes Land Trust (fllt.org)

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We will resume water quality reports in mid-May 2023. We will provide updates on the DEC Alum Pilot project as more information becomes available later this fall.

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Click on the link below for the Muller Field Station November 2022 Newsletter:

Muller Field Station November 2022 Newsletter (mailchi.mp)

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- Click on this link for the Winter 2022 HLWTF Newsletter:

e6fc30_f702480f8dff4c2bad8b93e0ddb21176.pdf (honeoyelakewatershed.org)

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- Click on this link to see the new HLWTF Honeoye Lake Watershed Storm Water Took Kit if you are planning any storm water projects on your property:

e6fc30_5299c36614ab4b3b995b53aeec724bfa.pdf (filesusr.com)

- Click on this link for "Honeoye Lake: 2021 State of the Lake article":

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Honeoye Lake (honeoyelakewatershed.org)

Final Aeration Engineering Planning Project Report, Public Information Meeting Presentation, and WebEx recording posted on the HLWTF web site:

Aeration Engineering Grant | Honeoye Lake (honeoyelakewatershed.org)

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