“This program will enhance HAB monitoring efforts by providing more frequent reporting to the DEC,” Prouty said. “With more eyes on the water, we can identify harmful algal blooms earlier and help keep people, pets, and wildlife safe.” …
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These small surface blooms were associated with other lake debris (bits of plants, foam, etc.), officials said, and were short-lived and therefore not photographed for reporting to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.…
According to the e-mail, small surface blooms were also observed on Wednesday, September 17 during periods of calm winds, though they were short-lived and therefore not photographed for reporting to the DEC. The current weather pattern of warm, clear skies lends itself to the development of intermittent blooms of this type, officials said.…
We get our beach fix every year at the Cape. We bring our own water from Cooperstown because the Cape invariably runs low on fresh water by the end of the summer...…
The summer of 2022 marked the first major harmful algal bloom—or HAB—in Otsego Lake, resulting in the closure of the public beach at Glimmerglass State Park as well as the Village of Cooperstown-owned Three Mile Point and Fairy Spring parks. Though not to the scale that some New York State counties have seen, the negative effects of HABs on public health have been raising concerns.…
Tracking of HABs, the opening reception for The Smithy Gallery's "Music and Movement" exhibit, Friday's Sixth Ward Shindig and a grant received by the Oneonta Community Concert Band are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
When the presence of harmful algae blooms was first detected in Lake Otsego, many of the locals, myself included, did their best impersonations of headless chickens in a one-act play, titled “The Sky Is Falling.” No one seemed to know how to respond. Not so Rhonda and Doug Willies.…
This week's news briefs include information about a new COVID vaccine, various workshops, an upcoming meeting of the Oneonta Democratic Club, the Grand and Glorious Fall Fair and more.…
Job Corps celebrates its 60th anniversary, the Richfield Springs Community Center will host Ann Thayer for a talk on Alzheimer's warning signs and the Springfield Historical Society will dedicate a historic marker, among other news.…
When it comes to the health of local aquatic species, such as fish in the lake, there is concern ranging not only from how those substances interact within the fish themselves, but also how the substances are passed from fish that are part of a larger food system—including to humans.…
