Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization

This compilation is only for current and planned programs. It covers staff at local agencies and universities. You are encouraged to submit the name and address of people involved in monitoring programs, and if possible a description of the project, to

Jose Lozano jll13@cornell.edu

Environmental Labs - City of Ithaca

525 Third St.

Ithaca NY 14850.

Anderson, Sharon ska2@cornell.edu

Projects: Cayuga Lake watershed: Environmental education, public participation and outreach.

Bain, Mark mbb1@cornell.edu

Projects: Ecology, bioassessment, and gap analysis of freshwater streams and lakes. Watersheds: Sixmile Creek and Fall Creek.

Boyer, Elizabeth ewboyer@syr.edu

Projects: Digitizing of Bouldin's Fall Creek sediments and nutrients

extensive data base (1926 through 1993).

Callinan, Clifford cwcallin@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Projects: RIBS studies in Cayuga Lake. Modeling and development of waste allocations, and safe yield for lakes and reservoirs. Limnological investigations in fate and transport of toxic contaminants, trophic status, and sediment core investigations.

Cowen, Edwin eac20@cornell.edu

Projects: 3-D hydrodynamic modeling of Cayuga Lake

DeGloria, Stephen sdd4@cornell.edu

Projects: Multiscale framework and resource data (GIS) for characterization of the Cayuga Lake Watershed.

Eckhardt, David. USGS daeckhar@usgs.gov

Projects: Water quality studies. Statewide appraisal of pesticide residues in the surface and ground water of New York.

Effler, Steven. Upstate Freshwater Institute. sweffler@upstatefreshwater.org

Projects: Physical, chemical and biological aspects of surface waters.

Hairston, Jr. Nelson ngh1@cornell.edu

Projects: Lake ecology projects, phosphorus concentration sediment records at the south end of Cayuga Lake.

Johnson, Robert rlj5@cornell.edu

Projects: Macrophyte composition and biological control in Cayuga Lake.

Kappel, William. USGS. wkappel@usgs.gov

Projects: Hydrogeology of the Cayuga Lake watershed

Karig, Daniel dek9@cornell.edu

Projects: Sixmile Creek Hydrodynamics.

Ketola, George. USGS. hgk1@cornell.edu

Projects: Fish (salmonoids and walleye) physiology and nutrition.

Kraemer, Thomas. USGS. tkraemer@usgs.gov

Projects: Geochemistry of naturally-occurring radionuclides as indicators of natural process and anthropogenic activity occurring within the lake basin.

Loucks, Daniel dp13@cornell.edu

Projects: Systems R&D for environmental resources planning & management.

Several simulation models for flow, T, nutrients, sediments concentration, and

bioassessment for the Fall Creek and Sixmile Creek watersheds.

Lozano, Jose. Environmental Labs City of Ithaca. jll13@cornell.edu

Projects: Sixmile Creek watershed management plan. Streambank stabilization,

riparian buffer restoration and bioassesment.

McKenna, Jr. James. Tunison Lab of Aquatic Science. jim_mckenna@usgs.gov

Projects: Littoral zone fish assemblages of Northern Cayuga Lake

Marks, Peter plm6@cornell.edu

Projects: Changes in forest area and land use in the uplands around Cayuga Lake.

Moran, Elizabeth. EcoLogic LLC. ecmoran@sprintmail.com

Projects: Thermal, water quality, and biological characterization of Cayuga Lake.

Mullins, Henry Dept. of Earth Sciences, Syracuse U, Syracuse NY 13244

Projects: Marine geophysical surveys of the Finger Lakes: Use of lake sediments

as records of natural and anthropogenic environmental changes.

Oglesby, Ray rto1@cornell.edu

Projects: Cayuga Lake Watershed planning & management.

Packard, Susan. Nat.Audubon Soc./Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Projects: Cayuga Lake's quality as an ornithological habitat.

Peckarsky, Barbara blp1@cornell.edu

Projects: Macroinvertebrate community composition and structure at Cayuga Inlet

Penningroth, Steve smp7@cornell.edu

Projects: Citizen monitoring and bioassessment at the Fall Creek watershed

Rudstam, Lars. Cornell Biological Field Station. lgr1@cornell.edu

Projects: Zooplankton, fish, and mysid shrimp pelagic interactions in Cayuga Lake Associates: Tom Chioti, NYS-DEC

Schneider, Rebecca rls11@cornell.edu

Projects: Streamsides and wetlands as critical components of Cayuga Lake. Wetland plant communities and groundwater. Ecological water resources protection.

Steenhuis, Tammo tss1@cornell.edu

Projects: Modeling and simulation of tributaries to Cayuga Lake, Natural Resources planning and management

Taylor, Marshall. Resources Planning Associates, Inc. rpamrt@aol.com

Projects: Natural resources planning. Watershed management at Sixmile Creek and Fall Creek.

Yager, Richard. USGS. ryager@usgs.gov

Projects: Modeling of ground-water flow and transport. Sedimentation rates in Cayuga Lake.

Wagenet, Linda lpw2@cornell.edu

Projects: Cayuga Lake watershed planning and management.

White, William white@geology.cornell.edu

Projects: Sedimentation rates in Cayuga Lake

Vawter, Thomas. Wells College. tvawter@wells.edu

Projects: Benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality in two tributaries of Cayuga Lake (Paine's Creek and Great Gully)

Contacts at the County level are indicated here. Please contact Jose Lozano, jll13@cornell.edu, with the name, agency, and description of projects to be added to this directory.

Adams, Molly bba1@cornell.edu

Projects: Coordinate watershed management. Caroline Watersheds Council

Barber, Amanda

USDA Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District

100 Grange Pl. Room 204, Cortland NY

Projects: Water Quality Coordinating Committee

Barnes, Jeff (607) 687-3553

USDA Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District

Projects: Water Quality Coordinating Committee

Brower, Bob bbrower@co.cayuga.ny.us

Cayuga County Planning.

Projects: Water Quality Coordinating Committee