CSI will be hosting a volunteer thank you meal and mini-symposium on November 2 from 2-4:30 pm at the Tompkins County Public Library. We hope you will be able to join us! This year we’re excited to be resurrecting (and adding to!) CSI’s historic volunteer symposium model to help us all stay up to speed with CSI’s water quality monitoring and outreach efforts. We’ll also be announcing the winners of this year’s volunteer awards!

The event will be held at the Tompkins County Public Library Borg Warner Room. Street parking is free on weekends and parking is also available in the nearby Cayuga Street Parking garage. A delicious meal will be provided courtesy of some local businesses (including Ithaca Bakery, Word of Mouth Catering, Lev Kitchen, Adam’s Corner Café, Macro Mamas, Wegmans, and GreenStar Food Co-op) who are grateful for the work you all do monitoring and protecting local water quality. After the meal there will be brief presentations and opportunities to share your own ideas, engage in small discussion groups around some of the topics presented and to meet fellow volunteers.

Click “LEARN MORE” below to register!

Click here –>TO NOMINATE A FELLOW VOLUNTEER FOR AN AWARD 

Join us for a fun evening of getting to know the aquatic critters that live in our local streams! During Biomonitoring Open Lab Nights, volunteers come to Community Science Institute’s lab in Ithaca to sort through samples of benthic macroinvertebrates (stream dwelling organisms like insects) collected by volunteers during the previous summer. These samples allow us to understand the ecological health of our streams while allowing you to become acquainted with the amazing biodiversity right here in the Finger Lakes.

During Open Lab Nights, you will receive training from our talented Biomonitoring Program Coordinator, Adrianna. No experience is necessary – Adrianna will teach you everything you need to know to get started.

To join an Open Lab Night or to get more information, please email adrianna@communityscience.org! We are always looking for volunteers for this program. 

Open Lab Nights will take place at 95 Brown Rd in Ithaca (Room 288) from 6-9 PM

• Who’s Invited? Everyone who participated in at least one Journey of Water program in 2024! Registration is by invite-only. If you were a participant in the 2024 Journey of Water Youth Education Series, and haven’t received an invitation in your email, please reach out to alyssa@communityscience.org.
• What: A fun & educational “wrap-up” event to gather together and celebrate the Journey of Water throughout the Cayuga Lake Watershed!
  • A pizza lunch & refreshments will be available for all who attend!
  • There will be hands-on activities like learning how to use a microscope!
  • You will learn about the results of the biomonitoring samples collected AND the Cayuga Lake water samples collected aboard the MV Teal!
• Where: The Lansing Community Center, 29 Auburn Rd, Lansing.
  FYI: the TCAT Bus Route 77 picks up/drops off right next door at the Lansing Town Hall.
• When: Saturday, 11/9/24 @ 1:30 – 3:30 pm. DOORS OPEN at 1 pm!
• Cost: FREE!

The Community Science Institute lab will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in recognition of Veterans’ Day.

The lab will resume normal hours of operation on Tuesday, November 12th. If you have any questions during this time, you can leave us a message by email at info@communityscience.org.