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Each of our regional lakes –Findley, Cassadaga, Bear, and Chautauqua — is part of a system of connected environments, often referred to as an ecosystem. Human activities within these ecosystems can have positive or negative impacts on their delicate balance. Nutrients in lakes, such as Chautauqua, come from different sources including runoff from land, leaking septic systems, release from lake …

As authorized by permits issued a week earlier, 125.6 acres of Chautauqua Lake were treated with the herbicide Aquathol-K on May 25 for the purpose of combating Curly-leaf Pondweed. These treatments took place in the Town of Ellery, the Village of Bemus Point, the Town of Ellicott, and the Town of Busti. The permits state: “Warning/notification signs must be posted …

Question: When is a lake not just a lake? Answer: When it is an ecosystem. And make no mistake about it, when it comes to effectively managing a complex ecosystemsuch as Chautauqua Lake, you definitely want to have science taking the lead. Recently a county legislature committee dropped the idea of creating a special taxingdistrict that would provide funding to …

We have released our third annual report. See what we have been doing… by the numbers. Download

Conewango Creek Watershed Association (CCWA) and the Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium (CCC) held their Annual Gala and Member Meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at the Audubon Community Nature Center. The Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Ruth Wahl, a leader of the Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium.  Ruth retired after 30 years as a high-school science education teacher and she has also …

A national study, “Unprecedented Analysis Reveals PFAS Contamination in U.S. Waterways Shows Shocking Levels of Contamination” was released on October 18, 2022, by the Waterkeeper Alliance. They are the largest and fastest-growing nonprofit solely focused on clean water, dedicated to preserving and protecting water via local Waterkeeper groups worldwide. The Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium is the Waterkeeper Alliance Affiliate responsible for the …

Conewango Creek Watershed Association and the Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium Invite you to their annual meeting and gala. Come join us to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the landmark legislation, the Clean Water Act.

The planned use by the Lake George Park Commission of the chemical herbicide ProcellaCOR EC was shut down with the issuance of a preliminary injunction by New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Muller. The court granted the preliminary injunction because the petitioners demonstrated the likelihood of success on the merits and that there would be irreparable harm if …

Are you aware? That 370 acres of Chautauqua Lake are permitted to be treated with the herbicide, ProcellaCOR EC between June 13 and 22? That once treated locations are not marked with buoys in the lake? That you should not use treated water for watering or irrigating plants? That you should not use treated plants as fertilizer or compost in …

Earlier in May, legal action was filed to have local authorities refrain from the use of the chemical herbicide, ProcellaCOR, in Lake George by the Lake George Association, the Lake George Waterkeeper, the town of Hague and a lakeside resident.  Here is the full press release published by the national Waterkeeper Alliance.  This information is important to us in our Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium region because …