December 17th, 2020.
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Dear friends of Otsego Lake,
What a splendid sheet of water we share! Its surface and nearly half of its shoreline barely changed from Fenimore Cooper’s description. If you fish it, or if you sail it, swim in it, dive under it, ski on it, cruise it, tee off alongside it, soar over it, bike beside it, If you photograph it, paint it, or if you study it, if you skip smooth shale stones across it, If you dwell on its shores, if you dine along its edges, if your business relies on it, If you get your drinking water from the lake.
WHAT IS IT WORTH? If you haven’t before, it is time for you to join your Otsego Lake Association to help us preserve our clean, healthy lake. If you already are on our team, thank you! Be sure to stay with us! We are the only 100% volunteer organization devoted exclusively to the well-being of Otsego Lake! We are on a mission to defend the Lake’s essential values. Together, we pay attention to the lake day by day, always alert to emerging threats. We share information and create educational opportunities. We conduct research. We also “get our feet wet” building shoreline buffer strips, maintaining navigational buoys, inspecting at boat launches and so much more.
December 5th, 2020.
Automated Monitoring Buoy removed for Winter
The Volunteer Dive Team & tenders recovered the Continuous Lake Monitoring Buoy & deployed the winter temperatures recording array today. The weather was better than it was last year & we improved our procedure while incorporating social distancing into our work. Tenders today were Wayne Bunn, Peter Regan, David Turner, Dawson Wilsey, & Professor Kiyoko Yokota. Divers were Lee Ferrara, Sarah Coney, Jim Vogler, & Paul H. Lord.
Photo by Paul Lord
August 29th, 2020.
Feared Quagga Mussel Invades
BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Than Zebra, Researcher Says Find out more here.
Photo by Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com
August 23rd, 2020.
Please view the video put together by OLT and CRISP about how to Clean Drain & Treat your boat and equipment before launching on Otsego Lake at Brookwood Point.
August 20th, 2020.
There have been a few cases of Swimmer’s Itch in the lake this year. Please view the document here to learn more about this non-contagious parasite.
August 9, 2020.
Incase you missed our 2020 Annual (Virtual) Gathering, it is now avaialble on youtube.
August 8th, 2020. Presentations from the 2020 Annual Meeting can be viewed on YouTube.
Thwarting Aquatic Invasive Species in Otsego Lake by Jared Stauss
European Frogbit in Otsego Lake by Sierra Stickney
Hybrid Pondweed Project 2020 by Mary Keefe
Continuous Lake Monitoring Buoy (CLMB) What’s that contraption in the lake? by Kiyoko Yokota
August 4th, 2020.
New stylish merchandise is now available. Find all our lines of clothing and accessories on the merch page.
July 4th, 2020.
Despite being in the middle of a pandemic the “Let’s Celebrate – It’s the 4th of July” Annual Decorated Boat Parade was well attended. 50+ boats and numerous shoreline spectators had a blast as boats slowly rode along the west shore from 3-mile point to Lake Front Park in Cooperstown. Boaters showed their “true colors”. Special thanks to those who participated, and everyone involved in organizing the event.
June 17th, 2020.
May 18th, 2020.
By: Jim Kevlin
Sign of Summer: No Wake Buoy In
Practicing social distancing, Paul Lord, who teaches at SUNY Oneonta and the Biological Field Station on Otsego Lake, places the no-wake buoy yesterday off Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park, a spring ritual and sign that summer isn’t far behind.
http://www.otsegolakeassociation.org/documents/newspaper-articles/All-Otsego-18May20.pdf