Feared Quagga Mussel Invades BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Then Zebra, Researcher Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNKEN ISLAND – At 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, just north of here, one of Sarah Coney’s worst fears was realized. There in a sieve that was straining a bucket of mud from Otsego Lake’s bottom was a tiny mussel the SUNY Oneonta biology master’s candidate immediately recognized. It was a quagga mussel, even more feared than the zebra mussel that…
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Sign Of Summer: No Wake Buoy In…
LETTER from PAUL LORD Attention, Boaters! Divers Below To the Editor: I was free diving (mask, fins and snorkel; no SCUBA) in Otsego Lake last Thursday evening, June 13, when I was run over by a motorboat moving at high speed. No, I was not injured. I was frightened. I dug myself into the lake bottom to avoid injury. A dive flag was clearly displayed, and I was within 70 feet of the Biological Field Station (BFS) boathouse dock. Clearly,…
from Paul Lord At Fly Creek ‘Phil,’ Youth, Beauty, Strength Evident To the Editor: As a deaf guy, I don’t attend many musical performances. They are largely exercises in frustration for me. Before my hearing loss, I appreciated music, and I still appreciate memories of music, but the reality is that the notes don’t resonate when you are missing enough frequencies. I attended last night’s performance to acknowledge the support provided by the Fly Creek Philharmonic for the Otsego Lake…
‘Monster Buoy’ Removed From Lake For Winter DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S, HOMETOWN EDITIONS…
LAKE FEST, RACE LAKE COLLOBORATE Otsego County Runners Dominate Half-Marathon Clark Sports Center photographer Emily Kishbaugh, top, documents Cooperstown’s Nancy Potter’s completion of the Race the Lake Marathon Saturday, which started and ended at Glimmerglass State Park. While Nancy wasn’t in the top 10, local runners dominated the half-marathon results, claiming the top five spots: Nick Arnecke, Edmeston, first; Wayne Allen, Oneonta, second; Brett Fritts, Springfield Center, third; Andrew Rock, Cooperstown, fourth, and Kara Arnold, Cooperstown, fifth. Peter Buffington,…
BFS Deploys Buoys For Summer, But Flashing Lights Found Lacking COOPERSTOWN – It means summer isn’t far behind. Volunteer Divers Pat McCormack, Lee Ferrara, Bjorn Eilertsen, and Sarah Coney deployed no-wake zone buoys (NWZBs) and retrieved the over-winter spar buoys this morning, according to Paul Lord, who oversees the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field State diving team. All NWZBs are deployed except for the Four Mile Point East and Five Mile Point Buoys, Lord reported. The Five-Mile Point NWZB is entangled with the…
