Central New York Regional Conference – September 11, 2026
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Lower Hudson Lakes – June 5, 2026
- Building Communities at Peach Lake – Warren Lucas, North Salem Town Supervisor
- Septic Advances to Safeguard Lake Kitchawan – Tia Trate, PE and Emily Nealon, PE, Woodard & Curran
- Action through connections – Emily Vail, ED, Hudson Valley Watershed Alliance
- Native plants belong at your shoreline – Carolyn Summers, SUNY WCC, Native Plant Center
Lower Hudson Lakes – June 13, 2025
- Welcome & ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵupdate – Janet Andersen, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵSecretary
- Here Comes the Rain Again: Stormwater Management – Kevin Fitzpatrick, East of Hudson Watershed Corp
- New NYS Wetland Regulations and Lakes – Brian Drumm, NYSDEC Region 3
- Harmful Algal Blooms: Awareness, Response, and Emerging Research – Emily Mayer, NJ DEP
- A Global View of Lake Trends – Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Columbia-Greene (Upper Hudson) – August 13, 2025
- For information: jdigiovanni@sleepyhollowlake.org; 518-731-6175
Central New York – September 12, 2025
- Welcome – Tarki Heath – President, Kettle Lakes Association; VP, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵand Song Lake Association
- Rooted in Water: Understanding Aquatic Plants in Our Lakes – Andrew Brainard – Executive Director, Upstate Freshwater Institute
- The Importance of Wetlands Olivia Green- Freshwater Resilience Specialist and Cathy Gibson – Water Resource Specialist, The Nature Conservancy of New York
- The Wildlife in Our Watersheds and Why They Matter – Tom Hughes – Environmental Stewardship Biologist, NYS Office of Parks
- Legislative Brief – Jacob Welch – President, Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance (FLRWA) Douglas Merrill – Vice President, FLRWA Ken Belfer – President, Mohegan Lake Improvement District
- Protecting Natural Resources Through Programs Including Unified Septic System Regulations. Megan Webster – District Manager, Ontario County SWCD
- Septic Panel Discussion: Megan Webster – District Manager, Ontario County SWCD Adam Effler – Executive Director, Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council Eric Buck – Septic Design Engineer
Western New York – October 25, 2025
Western New York Regional – October 26, 2024
- Meeting Introduction; Don Cook, Conference Chair
- NYS Senator Pam Helming, 54th District
- Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council Accelerating Water Quality and Flood Resiliency Through Enhanced Partnerships; Kevin Olvany, Canandaigua Lake Watershed Manager
- Rapidly Changing Cyanobacteria In A Changing World; Dr. Greg Boyer, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, SUNY ESF
- Bio-Control For Weeds; Melanie Rooney, Rooney’s Aquatic Biologists, Groton, NY
- Roles Counties Play In Resource Protection and Management; Part 1 – Tom Harvey, Director, Ontario County Panning Department, and Part 2 – Darby Kiley, Associate Planner, Tompkins County Planning and Sustainability
- Closing Remarks and Discussion
Central New York Regional – September 13, 2024
- Tarki Heath, President, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ& Kettle Lakes Association, BP, Song Lake Association; David Carr, Executive Director, NYSFOLA
- Janet Allen, President and Co-Founder, Wild Ones Chapter Habitat Gardening in CNY (HGCNY)
- David Matthews, Technical Director & and Senior Research Scientist, Upstate Freshwater Institute
- Doug Knoph, New York Natual Heritage Program (iMapInvasives); Sam Beck-Andersen, Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM)
- – Identifying a HAB Under the Microscope Dr. Greg Boyer, Professor Emeritus at SSUNY-ESF, Director of the Great Lake Research Consortium, Treasurer, NYSFOLA
- John Jablonski III, Special Projects Coordinator and Former Executive Director for Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy
- Social Issues with Septic Systems Sharon Moran, Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Studies at SUNY ESF; Mackenzie Gregg, MS, Environmental Science at SUNY ESF
Lower Hudson Lakes – June 14, 2024
- How much (surveying, sampling, surveillance) Scott Kishbaugh, Chief, NYSDEC Div. of Water, retired
- Tried and True Technologies – Or Are They? Chris Mikolajczyk, CLM, Princeton Hydro
- Watershed Disturbance and Lake Phosphorus Alene Onion, NYSDEC Division of Water, CSLAP Coordinator
- It’s In the Bag! – Passive Phosphorus Uptake AJ Reyes, CLM, GEI Consulting
Central New York Regional – August 11, 2023
Lower Hudson Lakes – June 9, 2023
- Peach Lake’s Journey from Septic to Sewer: Lorraine Janus, PhD, Peach Lake Environmental Coalition
- New Septic System Technologies: Mike Dunn, FujiClean and Pat Tyndall, Tyndall Septic
- Aquatic Invasive Species and their Impacts on Lakes – AJ Reyes, GEI Inc.
- Dam Safety: Jen Ross, NYS DEC and Neal Tomann Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation District
The June 9 conference was videotaped and is available on , thanks to Putnam County
Lower Hudson “Let’s Talk Lakes” – June 3, 2022
- Welcome – Janet Andersen
- The Lake Effect of Wastewater Management – Rachel Schnabel, PE
- Introduction to Stormwater Management – Kevin Fitzpatrick, PE
- Internal Nutrient Loading – A. J. Reyes, CLM
- Overview of HABs in NYS – Rebecca Gorney, PhD
- HABs in Putnam County – Vincent Perrin
- Effects of Grass Carp at Lake Mahopac – Alissa Perrone
- Lake Grants 101 – Anne Campbell
- DEC Tools – Janet Andersen
- Closing – Janet Andersen
Lower Hudson Lakes – June 14, 2019
- Welcome, CSLAP update, NALMS – Jan Andersen, NYSFOLA
- Shoreline Buffer Planting – Maureen Galway-Perotti, Putnam CCE
- Nuisance / toxic algae – Steve Di Lonardo, Aquatic Ecosystems Consulting
- Stormwater management – Kevin Fitzpatrick, PE, East of Hudson Watershed Corp
- Pilot Update – Ken Belfer, Mohegan Lake
- Aquatic Plants – Talk and Display – Alejandro Reyes, Northeast Aquatic Research
We were so happy to have 88 attendees! Thanks to the Sedgewood Club for the use of their facility.