Richmond Public Scoping Meeting for Outlet Creek Flood Reduction Plan Presentation.

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We have completed our 2024 summer and fall Honeoye Lake water quality monitoring season. We will resume water quality reports in mid-May 2025. We will provide HLWTF blog updates periodically this fall and winter when there is Honeoye Lake news like fall color peak, ice in and ice out dates, FLCC Muller Field Station newsletter updates, etc. Please check our HLWTF blog periodically over the fall and winter to keep up with what is happing that you might be interested in.
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Click on the link below to see the Honeoye Lake Watershed Task Force 2025 Winter Newsletter:
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The Town of Richmond received an emergency DEC permit a few weeks ago to remove shale deposits from the Honeoye Lake Outlet Creek south of the 20A bride. You can easily see the progress that the Town of Richmond has made as of January 26th with a lake level drop of ~0.9 feet (~10.8 inches). The lake level is now at weir level (normal lake level):

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The Town of Richmond has been partnering with the USDA National Resources Conservation Service to develop a Honeoye Lake Outlet Creek watershed plan to reduce flooding issues in the Hamlet of Honeoye. Click on the link below to see the public scoping meeting presentation:

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Please click on the link below to read the FLCC Muller Field Station January 2025 Newsletter and register for one of their winter events:
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Honeoye Lake became completely ice covered on Wednesday January 8, 2025. As of Saturday January 11, 2025, ice fishman were out in large numbers at the South end of the lake with only ~3.5 inches of ice. Be very careful if you go ice fishing as the lake may not have a uniform ice thickness.

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New York Safe Boating Class Certificate will be required of all boaters on this schedule:
If born on or after: You will need boating safety certificate to operate motorized vessel in:
January 1, 1988 2022
January 1, 1983 2023
January 1, 1978 2024
All operators of motorized vessels, regardless of age, will need a boating safety certificate by January 1, 2025.
Click on the link below for more information and the schedule of local NYS Safe Boating classes:
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