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Drinking Water Wednesday A free public information series about drinking water in our community  Presented by the Community Science Institute Wednesday, December 13th 5:30 pm –  7:00 pm West Danby Fire Hall 47 Sylvan Ln, West Danby, NY 14883 Have you ever wanted to get some basic  information about your drinking water? What should I test my private well for? What is a public watersupplierRead more

The special maps issue of the Water Bulletin not only illustrates the geographic breath and programmatic diversity of CSI’s volunteer water quality monitoring partnerships but also highlights the effect of land use on water quality and documents the occurrence of harmful algal blooms on Cayuga Lake. Check it out!Read more

Ever wonder how volunteer water monitoring works, all the way from collecting the sample to analyzing the results? Wonder no more! Communications major Amanda Chin from Ithaca College gets her feet wet in this five minute feature about what makes CSI’s volunteer water monitoring program special and why it’s so important.Read more

Thanks to all who ventured out on September 30th, not to attend to the popular Apple Harvest Festival, but to learn about the emerging problem of Harmful Algal Blooms in Cayuga Lake. The event was quite successful. Over 80 community members attended and many asked some really important and thought provoking questions. We’re so pleased toRead more

Check out CSI’s interview with WHCU’s Lee Rayburn to learn more and get a sneak peak (listen) of what’s to come on Saturday, September 30th from 9:00 to 12:00.Read more

Wednesday, September 27th from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Dryden Fire Hall, 26 North St, Dryden, NYRead more

On Saturday, September 9th we’ll grab our waterproof boots and head to Six Mile Creek where we’ll collect and identify the insects that live among the rocks. On Sunday, September 10th we set sail with the Floating Classroom to learn about the lake and collect water quality data. Critters in the Stream: Biomonitoring to learn about water quality Saturday September, 9th from 2:00Read more

View CSI’s 2016 highlights, budget and donors; see the importance of maintaining long term data collection; and get a preview of what’s to come in CSI’s future! You can view CSI’s 2016 Annual Report here.Read more

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are concentrated growths of cyanobacteria. They are commonly called blue-green algae, but they are really bacteria, a more primitive life form than algae. Blue-green algae are one of the earliest forms of life on earth. They have been around for about 500 million years. They are a very diverse group ofRead more

Help a CSI scientist collect and analyse water samples from Stewart Park! Great for children interested in science, nature, and outdoor fun!   Tuesday July, 18th at Stewart Park from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (meet at the floating dock) Join us on a stroll through Stewart Park. Help a CSI scientist collect water samples that will contribute to the CommunityRead more

In preparation for the first in CSI’s new series, Drinking Water Wednesdays, we sat down for an interview with 95.9 WHCU’s Lee Rayburn! Learn about what makes CSI so special, what to expect at our new public forum series, and more! We’re hoping you’ll hear us on the radio again soon! Listen HERERead more

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The 4-H2O sampling event on Sunday, June 18th, has been postponed. We will update when it is rescheduled.    Sunday, June 18th, 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm.   Looking for a fun Sunday activity? Love Cayuga Lake and want to learn more about it? Whether you’re a regular or a first-time boater set sail with CSI! For theRead more

On May, 8th we finally finished processing the samples from the 2016 sampling season. Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who contributed to this huge effort. We had a record number of samples this year and some of these samples had a record number of organisms (Owego Creek had one sample withRead more

Critters in the Stream: Biomonitoring and Natural Science Illustration Saturday May, 6th from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm First, we’ll venture out to Enfield Creek to look at some of the insects that live among the rocks in the riffles of streams, otherwise known as benthic macroinvertebrates. We’ll use kick nets to capture a stream sample fromRead more