Doubling down on Hydrilla and Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Across the Cayuga Lake Watershed Hilary Lambert, Steward/Executive Director Cayuga Lake Watershed Network www.cayugalake.org Bill Foster, Director Floating Classroom of Cayuga Lake www.floatingclassroom.net February 27, 2016 Mission Statement The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network identifies key threats to Cayuga Lake and its watershed, and it advocates for solutions that support a healthy environment and vibrant communities. Motto It takes a Network to protect a watershed. www.cayugalake.org Our Mission The mission of the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom is to engage community members from around Cayuga Lake, and throughout the Finger Lakes Region, in the future of our water resources. To accomplish this, we provide experiential learning opportunities and promote academic achievement, environmental literacy, and lifelong relationships with the waterways that define our communities. www.floatingclassroom.net 870 square miles of land, creeks and lake. Invasives and algae – summertime issues on the lake Water chestnut, Hydrilla Hemlock Wooly Adelgid on Cayuga Lake’s west shore Spreading rapidly 2014-5 Floating Classroom: Six volunteer training cruises in 2015, and Frequent eco-tours from Ithaca Farmers Market with hydrilla and other invasives information. Cayuga Lake Watershed Network: Ten tabling events, summer 2015 Hydrilla Happenings newsletters Hydrilla i.d. kits sent to participants in the Floating Classroom’s cruises Publicity, presentations, networking. Five issues of Hydrilla Hunter Happenings, a one-page newsletter that can be printed or sent as email or pdf announcement Cayuga Lake’s top HYDRILLA HEROES, Dave and Joyce Heck of Lansing Volunteers Dave and Joyce Heck developed and regularly serviced thirty-three hydrilla information sites lakewide at marinas, state parks and launches, private launches, waterside restaurants, town and village offices. The Hecks report that 660 Hydrilla I.D. kits were taken from the dispensers during 2015. The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid HWA workshops and identification field trips Six Mile Creek, Ithaca Vestal, NY Finding HWA at the Wells College campus, Aurora HWA at the Cayuga Nature Center Finger Lakes PRISM: Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management It takes a Network to protect a watershed..