New York Sea Grant Research: 2024 Results and Impacts
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May 26, 2025
Jun 14, 2025
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Some recently-completed investigations address topics including: Impacts of microplastics in the aquatic environment, including the species that reside there; Flood risk planning for Lake Ontario's coastal communities; Aquaculture and/or restoration of several species (e.g., oysters, seaweed); Detection of aquatic invasive species; Optimizing existing control strategies for food borne pathogens; Providing a cost efficient and reliable tool in the Great Lakes for ID-ing hatchery vs. wild Chinook
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2023 Results and Impacts
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Mar 30, 2023
May 31, 2025
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For more than five decades, New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has been supporting university-based research related to a variety of marine, Hudson estuary, and Great Lakes topics and issues.
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On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Brings Strategies to COP27 Climate Summit
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Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
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— By Chris Gonzales, Freelance Science Writer, New York Sea Grant
Contact:
Kathy Bunting-Howarth, NYSG's Associate Director, E: keb264@cornell.edu, P: 607-255-2832
Ithaca, NY, January 13, 2023 - The negative effects of climate change appear all too often in the news media: Across the globe, we’re seeing rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and an increase of disruptive and dangerous storms and wildfires. Damage to buildings, roads, and bridges—and displacemen...
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Lake Ontario Water Levels: NYSG Connects Local Stakeholders/Regulators to Strengthen Decision Making
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
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New York Sea Grant is helping decision-makers respond to climate change impacts that are creating water level extremes in Lake Ontario, threatening the sustainability of waterfront communities.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2022 Ongoing Projects
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Aug 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
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Summaries for ongoing investigations that address a variety of concerns within a few key topics, including: harmful algal blooms, microplastics, marine fisheries, aquaculture and coastal resiliency for communities on Long Island and around NY's Great Lakes.
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New York Stewards Trained to Work on Local Climate Change Projects
Climate - News
Mar 10, 2022
May 31, 2025
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The objective of Cornell's Climate Stewards program is to provide research-based, hands-on training to community members who are motivated to work on climate change at the local level.
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2017 Lake Ontario Water Level Impact Survey
Story Maps
Dec 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
This interactive story map showcases data collected during the 2017 Lake Ontario survey — where the water came from, county breakdowns on impacts from inundation and erosion, what respondents experienced in other areas of their lives
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2021
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May 08, 2021
May 31, 2025
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Check out stories from the Spring 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release over the summer to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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Lake Ontario Inundation Mapping Tool Empowers Waterfront Communities
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Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
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The interactive New York Sea Grant Lake Ontario Flood Risk Mapping Tool empowers local leaders’ flood contingency planning
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In Media: $2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment
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Oct 16, 2020
May 31, 2025
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NYSG has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and benefiting New York’s coastal environment, communities and economies.
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NYSG's “Currents Clips” Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’
Currents Clips - News
Sep 22, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Launched in mid-2019 as a limited series, this collection of one- to two-minute videos immerses NYSG's subscribers and followers into the program's coastal research, extension and education work.
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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Communities & Aquaculture
Research - Press Release
Sep 16, 2020
May 31, 2025
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“This set of projects will contribute to the long-standing and growing body of NYSG-supported science-based knowledge available to coastal communities in New York State.”
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NY Sea Grant and Cornell Professor Introduce Lake Ontario Parcel-Level Flood Risk Prediction Tool
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Jul 28, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Lake Ontario has experienced two record-setting floods over the course of three years: 2017-2019. With funding from NYSG, a Cornell researcher has developed an inundation prediction model for rapid flood forecasting at weekly to monthly timescales.
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New York Coastlines, Summer 2020
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Jul 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Check out stories from the summer 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release in the fall to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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New York Sea Grant's Virtual Seminar Series
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Jun 11, 2020
May 31, 2025
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This on-going series features NYSG–supported researchers and topics and activities of interest to the New York State coastal community and stakeholders that our program serves.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2020
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Apr 07, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Check out stories from the spring 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our latest issue, which was released in mid-July to our e-subscribers. Sign up and we'll send you issues weeks before it's online.
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In Media: ‘Resilience’ Plan Will Identify, Address Erie Weather Risks
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Mar 31, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Local officials, farmers, business leaders and others will identify and rank extreme weather risks based on a model developed by New York Sea Grant. Strategies to address the risks are identified in a Coastal Resilience Index publication.
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Staying Connected: NYSG's Related Resources
COVID-19: New York Sea Grant's Rapid Response Support for its Coastal Stakeholders - News
Mar 30, 2020
May 31, 2025
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Welcome to "Staying Connected," NYSG's web portal to online resources for a variety of our stakeholders (including educators, the seafood industry, among others) as well as some of our program's partners. We also provide opportunities for researchers and educators, and more.
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NYSG Develops Lake Ontario Inundation Mapping Tools
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2020)
Mar 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
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NYSG’s interactive Lake Ontario inundation mapping tools help communities and property/business owners enhance their flooding preparedness
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In Media: Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Index - Resource of the Month
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Feb 15, 2020
Feb 15, 2020
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This 44-page self-assessment tool with supplemental information is designed to empower municipal leaders, local planners, engineers, floodplain managers and others to guide discussions about their community’s resilience to coastal hazards.
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On Air: NY Great Lakes CRI Gives Lakefront Communities a Tool to Measure Vulnerability
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Feb 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
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This 44-page self-assessment tool with supplemental information is designed to empower municipal leaders, local planners, engineers, floodplain managers and others to guide discussions about their community’s resilience to coastal hazards.
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On Air: New tool could help Lake Ontario communities prepare for future flooding
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Feb 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
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This 44-page self-assessment tool with supplemental information is designed to empower municipal leaders, local planners, engineers, floodplain managers and others to guide discussions about their community’s resilience to coastal hazards.
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NYSG Publishes NY Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Index
Coastal Community Development Program - Press Release
Feb 12, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
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This 44-page self-assessment tool with supplemental information is designed to empower municipal leaders, local planners, engineers, floodplain managers and others to guide discussions about their community’s resilience to coastal hazards.
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Sodus Point Project Receives Public Outreach Award
Coastal Community Development Program - Press Release
Feb 12, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
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he Post-Flood Recovery Building Workshop for the Village of Sodus Point, a project co-organized by NYSG, has received a 2019 Public Outreach Award from the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association.
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On YouTube: Wayne Leaders Want REDI Funds That'll Impact Homeowners
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Nov 20, 2019
May 31, 2025
Extension News > Extension News
New York Sea Grant is at the table to discuss NY State's new REDI program to help communities along the Lake Ontario shore develop new infrastructure and economic projects.
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RISE 2019: NYSG Climate and Resiliency Extension, Outreach and Education
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Nov 13, 2019
May 31, 2025
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NYSG provides multiple platforms for climate and resilience extension, outreach and education along New York’s marine and Great Lakes coastlines.
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NY Sea Grant Extension Educators Receive National, Great Lakes Network Honors
Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Program / Coastal Youth Education - News
Oct 25, 2019
May 31, 2025
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NYSG Extension educators received special recognition at the 2019 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and National Sea Grant Extension Assembly meetings.
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New York Coastlines, Early Summer 2019
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Aug 02, 2019
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the early summer issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, slated for release to our subscribers in November.
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On Air: High Lake Ontario water levels could be 'new norm'
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Jun 17, 2019
Nov 20, 2019
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NYSG Helen Domske tells WBFO FM that while climate change is bringing greater storms, which leads to higher lake levels, it is not accurate to say that every year from now on the levels will be higher.
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In Media: Great Lakes at Highest Water Levels Ever Recorded for Month of May
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Jun 17, 2019
Nov 20, 2019
Extension News > Extension News
An extremely wet winter and spring have led to record-high water levels in the Great Lakes, with flooding having occurred in Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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In Media: Live on Lake Ontario? There's now a tool to help you plan for potential flooding
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Jun 17, 2019
Nov 20, 2019
Extension News > Extension News
People with property on the shores of Lake Ontario can now see how they might be impacted by flooding in the future. A new tool developed by a NYSG maps out potentially vulnerable areas along the lake.
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Lake Ontario Inundation Mapping Tools Now Available from New York Sea Grant
Coastal Community Development Program - Press Release
Jun 06, 2019
Apr 13, 2021
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New interactive inundation mapping tools are helping property owners along Lake Ontario and its embayments enhance flooding preparedness.
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May 08, 2019
May 31, 2025
Education News
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This is a new series of one to two minute video summaries that immerse NYSG's Web site visitors, social media followers and NY Coastlines subscribers into the program's coastal research, extension and education stories.
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New York Coastlines, Late Winter 2019
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Mar 22, 2019
Aug 18, 2022
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In June, NYSG will release the late Spring / early Summer '19 issue of its flagship publication, New York Coastlines. E-subscribers will receive it first, so be sure to sign up ... and, in the meantime, check out our late Winter '19 edition.
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Great Lakes’ Environmental, Economic, Educational Value Noted in NY Sea Grant Impact Series
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2019) - Press Release
Feb 26, 2019
Nov 14, 2019
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The environmental, economic, and educational benefits of Great Lakes-focused projects spanning Lake Erie to the 1000 Islands region are highlighted in the 2019 New York Sea Grant series of impact statements.
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On YouTube: Post-Flood Recovery Visioning: Sodus Point, NY
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2019)
Feb 25, 2019
May 31, 2025
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NYSG’s post-flood recovery planning provides communities the opportunity to improve resilience to future flooding
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On YouTube: Flood Resilience Training for Municipal Staff
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2019)
Feb 25, 2019
May 31, 2025
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NYSG-facilitated educational programming is advancing local government’s ability to address hazard resiliency
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On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Research Zooms In On Water Quality, Severe Storms, Seafood Safety
Research - News
Feb 23, 2019
May 31, 2025
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Results and resources from these 2018-19 NYSG investigations provide useful information to the public, businesses, coastal communities and managers.
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New York Coastlines, Early Winter 2018
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Dec 19, 2018
Aug 18, 2022
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NYSG's latest e-newsletter, New York Coastlines, has come ashore. Check out the Winter '18 edition, which features our latest fellowship as well as stories on coastal tourism, flood resiliency, stewardship, climate challenges and more ...
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New York Sea Grant Attends NYC Climate Action Summit
Climate - News
Dec 11, 2018
May 23, 2023
Extension News > Extension News
The Local Climate Action Summit, held in New York City during Climate Week NYC in late September, focused on the challenges and opportunities facing local communities in the Northeastern United States because of climate change.
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On YouTube: Innovative Flood Resilience Workshop on Lake Ontario
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Dec 08, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
The record-high water event in 2017 hit the Village of Sodus Point, 40 miles east of Rochester, N.Y., hard. But with help from Sea Grant and others, the Village has taken steps toward improving resiliency.
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New York Coastlines, Late Summer - Early Fall 2018
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Sep 13, 2018
Aug 18, 2022
Education News
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NY Coastlines—NYSG's flagship publication—and its news archive, Currents, highlight news, events and other activities from our coastal program's various research, extension and education endeavors throughout NY's marine and Great Lakes waters.
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In Media: NYSG's New Wave of Research at Stony Brook University, Cornell
Research - News
Aug 29, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
Research > Research News
Scientists are seeking solutions for harmful algal blooms and better aquatic invasive species detection, as well as ocean acidification, flood risk, and a pervasive microbic food-borne pathogen.
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On Air: Results in from NYSG's Lake Ontario High Water Impact Survey Project
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Jul 08, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
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This 2017 NYSG-funded Cornell University high water level impact survey provided an opportunity to document the parcel-level impacts of the event on waterfront properties, identify areas most vulnerable to future flooding, and verify existing flood-risk modeling.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2018
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May 11, 2018
Aug 18, 2022
Education News
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NY Coastlines—NYSG's flagship publication—and its news archive, Currents, highlight news, events and other activities from our coastal program's various research, extension and education endeavors throughout NY's marine and Great Lakes waters.
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Over $1.1M for New York Sea Grant Research in 2018-2019
Research - Press Release
Apr 19, 2018
May 23, 2023
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Scientists are seeking solutions for harmful algal blooms and better aquatic invasive species detection, as well as ocean acidification, flood risk, and a pervasive microbic food-borne pathogen.
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New York Sea Grant Posts High Water Level Survey Results, Resources
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Apr 17, 2018
Nov 14, 2019
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Survey results, photos, public testimony, and resources related to the 2017 Lake Ontario record high water impact event are now available.
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New York Coastlines, Fall 2017
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Oct 23, 2017
Nov 14, 2019
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Features include: How Does Sea Grant Benefit You? ... Surveying Lake Ontario Basin communities about springtime flooding ... Are you prepared for the next hurricane or severe storm? ... Also Upcoming Events and other NYSG research, extension and education stories.
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On YouTube: Lake Ontario Sand Dunes Slowly Return
Great Lakes Sand Dunes and Wetlands - News
Oct 09, 2017
Nov 14, 2019
Extension News > Extension News
The high waters of this spring and summer on Lake Ontario took their toll on much of the lake's shoreline.
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In Photos, On YouTube: NYSG Surveys NY North Country Property Owners Impacted by High Water Levels
Coastal Community Development Program - News
Oct 09, 2017
Dec 30, 2020
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The information collected will be used to identify areas that are most vulnerable to high water levels and inform future community flood risk planning.
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