Your Clear Lake. Pure Water. Skaneateles Lake Newsletter

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August 25, 2022 - Welcome to the Skaneateles Lake Association's (SLA) monthly e-newsletter distributed the last Thursday of each month.

Clear Lake. Pure Water. promotes watershed wide protection of Skaneateles Lake by sharing news on SLA's and community partner work around the watershed along with tips and takeaways on how we can all play a part in lake protection through Lake Friendly Living efforts.

In this issue please find information on the following:

SPECIAL - SLA's 2022 Online Annual Meeting (video recording & recap)
- Video presentation showcasing the Dr. Robert Werner Research & Education Boat - "The Bob"
- SLA Board President Welcome & Opening Remarks - Dr. Paul Torrisi (starts at time stamp 3:36)
- Membership, Financial Report, and Voting on New and Renewed Board Leadership - SLA Executive Director Frank Moses and Treasurer Richard Hole, Esq. (starts at time stamp 21:35)
- State of Lake & Programs that Protect Report - SLA Executive Director Frank Moses (starts at time stamp 31:25)
- A Program to Understand and Mitigate Nutrient Supply and Harmful Algal Blooms in Skaneateles Lake - Syracuse University Distinguished Professor and SLA Board Member Dr. Charles T. Driscoll (starts at time stamp 53:00)
- Question & Answer Session - facilitated by SLA Board Member and Community Education & Outreach Chair Dr. James Tifft (starts at time stamp 1:05:36)

Calendar of Events - September 4th @ 2 PM SLA in Skaneateles Fire Department's Grand Parade as a 2022 Honoree

Water Quality & Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Updates - Lake Data, Kickoff to Volunteer Shoreline Monitoring for HABs, and how you can help be on the lookout as well

Membership & supporting SLA through Amazon Smiles with back to school shopping

Please enjoy!

This year's Annual Meeting kicked off with a viewing of a video showcasing the "Dr. Robert Werner Research & Education Boat" titled "The Bob" and produced and donated by the late Bob Werner's son-in-law Andy Robinson with "prproductionstv".

FULL ANNUAL MEETING RECORDING
(starts after viewing of video on "The Bob" - better quality version in video above annual meeting recording)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

September 4th @ 2 PM - SLA in Skaneateles Fire Department's Grand Parade as a 2022 Honoree - The Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department will be honoring the SLA in their 2022 Grand Parade on Sunday, September 4th at 2 PM. SLA is being recognized as a community organization for our work in protecting Skaneateles Lake and its Watershed. Congratulations to all the student athletes as our fellow honoree! Come cheer on our float showcasing the Robert Werner Research & Education Boat and work in protecting the lake from invasive species!

WATER QUALITY &
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM UPDATES

As of Thursday August 25th, there have been two Harmful Algal Bloom community reports on 8-10-22 and 8-23-22 for Skaneateles Lake communicated by the SLA as listed below:

“Localized” Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) observed at Zones 3524 and 3525 between 9 and 10 AM on 8-10-22

Please click HERE for more details including INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING & REPORTING HABs AND ADVISORIES ON SWIMMING, WATER USE, AND EXPOSURE AS RECOMMENDED BY NYSDEC AND NYSDOH.

“Localized” Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) observed – Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 8:56 am at Monitoring Zone 3525 near Skaneateles Village Docks

Please click HERE for more details including INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING & REPORTING HABs AND ADVISORIES ON SWIMMING, WATER USE, AND EXPOSURE AS RECOMMENDED BY NYSDEC AND NYSDOH.

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation's (NYS DEC) Shoreline Monitoring Program for Skaneateles Lake kicked off. SLA coordinates with trained volunteers covering about 30 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) monitoring zones around the lake. The NYS DEC and NYS Department of Health continue to promote "Know it. Avoid it. Report it." when it comes to responding to HABs.

Observations of HABs on New York State lakes including Skaneateles through NYSDEC's NYHABs notification page, can be accessed HERE.

To learn more about the dangers of Harmful Algal Blooms, how to identify them, and how to report them, please visit HERE. We need more eyes on the lake to be aware of any HABs. Thank you!

Additional Lake Data

Lake Level
According to the City of Syracuse Water Department, the Skaneateles Lake level as of 8-23-22 was 861.31' with dam discharge at 6.53 million gallons per day (MGD) and Syracuse Intake pipe usage of 38.32 MGD.

Lake Temperature
A graph of United States Geological Survey (USGS) temperature readings by the Skaneateles Village Pier for the month of August can be found below. More real time and historic USGS data on Skaneateles Lake can be accessed HERE.

MEMBERSHIP

SLA Membership & Support

Please help share the word with your neighbors encouraging them to become members of SLA if they aren't already.

Also, have kids going back to school or other reasons to be purchasing on Amazon? Yo can now support SLA as you shop. Consider locking in SLA as a default organization to support. Visit HERE for more details.