Resiliency workshops being held by NY Sea Grant in November support Great Lakes goals

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New York Sea Grant Workshops Set to Address Future Lake Ontario Weather Extremes in NY

 

 

New York Sea Grant is inviting public stakeholders in the Lake Ontario region of New York State to share their best thinking on what actions are needed through lake and watershed planning to prepare for possible future extreme climate conditions and population changes in the region at workshops on November 10, 6:30pm, in Watertown and November 12, 6:30 pm, in Rochester.  

 
Specific areas for discussion at the workshops include potential actions related to water resource management, infrastructure, land use and zoning, governance, economic development related to agriculture, recreation and tourism, and ecosystem management. The workshops will consider potential recommendations to address both exceedingly wet and dry futures in the Lake Ontario region through stormwater management, riparian buffers, wetlands restoration, stream hydrology, job training, and energy considerations. 

 

New York Sea Grant will add public input to a report that will be presented to local, State and Federal agencies and stakeholder organizations to assist future planning efforts.  

 

Seating is limited for the November 10th workshop at Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County, 203 North Hamilton Street, Watertown.

The November 12th workshop in Rochester will be held at the Rochester Museum and Science Center Bausch Auditorium, 657 East Avenue, Rochester. Doors open at 6:15pm for each workshop.

 

Registration is recommended by calling New York Sea Grant at 315.312.3042, slm22@cornell.edu.  

 

MORE INFO: Funding for the workshop is through the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to build capacity to manage risks from climate change and variability in the Great Lakes region.   The counties included in the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments project in New York State are Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara, Onondaga, Orleans, Oswego, and Wayne. The watersheds included in the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments project in New York State are:  Black, Buffalo Eighteenmile, Cattaraugus, Chaumont Perch, Chautauqua-Conneaut, Conewango, French, Indian, Irondequoit Ninemile, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lower Genesee, Niagara, Oak Orchard Twelvemile, Oneida, Oswegatchies, Oswego, Salmon Sandy, Seneca, Upper Allegheny, and Upper St. Lawrence.   New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York is one of 33 university-based programs under the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more information on New York Sea Grant activities, www.nyseagrant.org.