Last Revised 3/02/01
Cayuga Lake Projects Directory
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 environmental 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.
Allee, David dja1@cornell.edu
Projects: Phosphorus TMDL development for Cayuga Lake
Anderson, Sharon ska2@cornell.edu
Projects: Cauyga Lake watershed: Environmental Education and public participation
Bain, Mark mbb1@cornell.edu
Projects: Ecology, bioassessment, and gap analysis of freshwater streams and lakes.
Watersheds: Sixmile Creek and Fall Creek.
Bouldin, Cornell University
Projects: Historical nutrient and sediment monitoring data for 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.
Canal Corporation lake level recording
Citizen monitoring of Fall Creek and Virgil Creek Subwatersheds (exit this site)
Cornell University Utilitities/Environmental Complience Office
Projects: SPDES Permit requirements for Lake Source Cooling <http://www.utilities.cornell.edu/LSC/LakeData>
Cowen, Edwin eac20@cornell.edu
Projects: 3-D hydrodynamic modeling of Cayuga Lake
County Health Departments
Project: Monitoring at private camps, campgrounds, and public beaches
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
Makarewicz, Joseph, SUNY Brockport. jmakarew@brockport.edu
Project: Nutrient survey, north basin (for Seneca County SWCD)
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.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Cortland)
Project: Fish Surveys and Stocking Records
New York State Department of Health
Project: Fish Contaminant Monitoring
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. (out of town).
United States Geological Survey
Additional Projects: USGS stream gauging at Fall Creek, Cayuga Inlet, Six Mile Creek (http://ny.water.usgs.gov). Low level pesticide monitoring at Fall Creek and Bolton Point and occational special investigations of tributaries (http://ny.water.usgs.gov)
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)
Zorn, David dzorn@frontiernet.net
Projects: Cayuga Lake Watershed Preliminary Characterization and Restoration and Projection Plan
Local Government 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
Daelrymple, Elaine (607) 535-9650, USDA Schuyler County Soil & Water Conservation District.
Projects: Water Quality Coordinating Committee
Eidt, Steve speidt@gw.dec.state.ny.us, NYS DEC Region 7 RWE
Projects: Watershed Management Plans - Permitting
Hurlbut, Sylvia ledyard@audubon.com, Intermunicipal Organization, Chair, Local government agencies contact. Cayuga Lake Restoration and Protection Plan.
Projects: Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan development
Malyj, James jcm@nyseneca.fcu.usda.gov, USDA Seneca County Soil & Water Conservation District (water quality coordinating committee
Projects: Water quality monitoring. Macrophytes control.
Landre, Betsy wrb@eznet.net, Finger Lakes- Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance, FL-LOWPA
Projects: Coordinates counties alliance to promote watershed planning.
Lozano, Jose jll13@cornell.edu, City of Ithaca Environmental Laboratories (Drinking & Waste Water)
Projects: Sixmile Creek steambank & riparian buffers restoration. Cayuga Lake monitoring program coordination.
Zorn, David dzorn@frontiernet.net, Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council
Projects: Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan - Technical Coordination
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