New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. (NYSFOLA)

Forested watersheds are the best for water quality. Buffers along streams prevent runoff and keep the water cool. Kudos to the Upper Susquehanna Coalition!

Is your lake association contemplating the use of mechanical harvesters, herbicides, aeration devices, or other lake management techniques? Read about the pros and cons of various lake management strategies -- and how you can protect your lake and it's watershed! https://nysfola.org/books/.

Is your lake in hot water?

Do you need a Floating Object Permit? A floating object is an object floating on the surface of the water that isn't an aid to navigation. That could be anything from a mooring buoy to an environmental quality monitoring buoy. A floating object permit issued by NYS Parks is required on all waters in NYS except the tide waters of Nassau and Suffolk County. https://parks.ny.gov///boating/FloatingObjectRulesRegs.pdf

If it's Thursday, it must be Lake Moraine in Madison County. Many NYSFOLA members who attended our annual conferences at White Eagle Conference Center will recognize this one!

Healthy shorelines = healthy rivers and lakes!

Restoring Cisco in Keuka Lake On October 15, staff from DEC Region 8 Fisheries, Bath Fish Hatchery, and United States Geological Survey -Tunison (USGS) stocked 205,000 cisco (Coregonus artedi) into Keuka Lake as part of an experimental native forage fish restoration project. The stocked fish came from eggs collected from Chaumont Bay in Lake Ontario and were reared at USGS Tunison Lab and DEC’s Bath and Oneida hatcheries. Researchers implanted 60 cisco with small acoustic tag...s and strategically placed 20 receivers throughout the lake to record tagged fish movements. DEC, USGS, and Cornell University are collaborating to study the movements, survival, and habitat use of cisco. This was the third year of stocking with a total of 399,000 cisco stocked. Cisco were last collected in Keuka Lake in 1994. Recent changes relating to decreasing lake productivity and a collapse in the non-native alewife population provided the opportune time to attempt cisco restoration in Keuka Lake. Cisco are a native species that are generally better suited than alewives for low productivity waters, are longer lived, and can be recreationally harvested. Check out the most recent forage assessment study on Keuka Lake (PDF).

It might be snowing out, but here at NYSFOLA we're getting ready for spring. Paperwork for the 2021 Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program has been sent to all participating lake associations and will be due February 28th. Please contact the NYSFOLA office if you have any questions.