CNY ecoBlog

NY Times science has a good article on the science of stream restoration. Reading this I couldn’t help but think of The Onondaga Creek Conceptual Revitalization Plan. The best approach for stream restoration “is to create landforms and [...]

There is a lot of justifiable concern that environmental stress and large-scale diversions to more arid regions of the country could threaten the health of the Great Lakes and surrounding communities. That is in a nut-shell the reason for being of The Great Lakes Basin Compact – to ban diversions outside the Great Lake [...]

From Sunday’s Post-Standard, Tim Knauss reports on the rising mercury levels in sediments analyzed in Glacial Lake at Clark Reservation State Park in Jamesville.

Glacier Lake at Clark Reservation State Park, in Jamesville, is an ideal barometer for measuring mercury that falls out of the atmosphere, according to Charles T. Driscoll Jr., a mercury [...]

From the Rochester D&C:

Sewage is a major source of water pollution in western New York, according to a new analysis of federal data revealing that most area treatment plants have released illegal levels of pollution into lakes and rivers in recent years.

In the 10-county area, at least 25 facilities were responsible for 260 water pollution [...]

Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a major source of surface water pollution especially in older municipalities with aging infrastructure. That pretty much describes almost all of Upstate New York. The Utica O&D reports on one sewage overflow problem along Sauquoit Creek. Sewer overflows are largely the result of combined sewage systems [...]

Research examining the relationship between global warming and seasonal trends in Oneida Lake ice cover and other limnological impacts is on-going according to the Post-Standard.

The headline however, “Dead Zones appear in Lake”, is straight out of Stephen King and is more obfuscation than clarification. Furthermore the idea that this was the Sunday [...]

In a report to be made public this week, the Onondaga Nation will ask state and federal officials why vast amounts of a dangerous substance will remain near a lake undergoing a total of nearly $1 billion in cleanup work.

The mercury at the former LCP Chemicals plant off Bridge Street in Geddes remains buried 18 [...]

Oxygen levels in Onondaga Lake have been steadily improving according to a study conducted by the Upstate Freshwater Institute and Syracuse University Researchers. The most dramatic improvement has occurred within the last year or so as the county finished upgrading its Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant in Syracuse. Good news for fish and taxpayers:
Oxygen [...]

In April the Susquehanna River was listed as most-endangered river for 2005 by the American Rivers conservation organization. The AP has another report on the river; the Upper Susquehanna Coalition, a network of county natural resource professionals working in the upper Susquehanna watershed region, suggest that the headwaters of the Susquehanna River in [...]

The newly expanded Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant has resulted in sooner-than-expected improvements in Onondaga Lake water quality. Dramatic reductions in ammonia and phosphorus levels have been observed in only a few short months; ammonia levels now meet the 2012 federally mandated standards for clean water. Phosphorus levels, while improved, still exceed those standards [...]