Thanks to the BFS Volunteer Dive Team and OLA, despite two major challenges that were dished out to us at the last minute including the continued unavailability of the 37-foot BFS pontoon Anodontoides, the Otsego Lake Continuous Lake Monitoring Buoy (CLMB) was deployed on 7-9 April 2023. The lack of a large vessel with a flat deck meant that we had to break up the work over 3 days, and the SCUBA divers had to work harder for a longer time in cold water. The newly acquired Airmar 200WX weather station is now reporting wind direction and speed, thanks to the generous funding by OLA and the School of Sciences at SUNY Oneonta. If you are enjoying the real-time Otsego Lake data applet above, please consider supporting the operation and maintenance of the CLMB for the 2023 season and beyond through OLA. Due to the recent buoy system upgrade, starting in 2024, Yokota Lab will need to maintain a $1500/year data service subscription to keep this buoy data applet available to the public, and we are exploring funding sources.