Dear Goodyear Lake Association Members,
Please find attached a detailed poster of the “Changes in Physical and Chemical Water Quality Indicators with Depth in Goodyear Lake, New York.” I taught a water resources course last year that focused on Goodyear Lake. Some of the data on the poster is from the course. Currently, I have a few students (grant funded) conducting a detailed bathometric study of the lake. This research could provide critical data that can be used to mitigate the loss of recreational space for boating and fishing, the destruction of natural wildlife habitats, basin infilling, and a decline in water quality. I will send that data on to the Association too when we are done. The Lake has serious concerns regarding nutrient loading (phosphate and nitrate) and hypoxia (almost no oxygen in places).
We love the Lake and want to see it healthy. A good place to start is understanding what makes it ill.
Tracy H. Allen, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, School of Social Science
State University of New York, Oneonta
A NOTE: Vigilance from members this Summer sent our local DEC Game Officer to cite a jet-skier for water violations. Stay Alert!!
The document below is an excellent primer
for lake management and uses.
It is downloadable as well.
Att: All GYLA members and waterfront homeowners:
We are presently in the process of obtaining information regarding dredging portions of Goodyear Lake. At this time, we do not yet know if we will be able to meet all local, state, and federal requirements for dredging. We have been reaching out to companies in NYS that are able to give us this info, and are awaiting their response.
If dredging is possible, we are looking at two distinctly different avenues: one will be the dredging of the river delta where it enters Goodyear Lake. This cost, if not prohibitively expensive, might be borne by the association. The other avenue would be localized dredging by homeowners at their individual waterfronts. This cost would be borne by each homeowner.
Understand that in a river/lake such as ours, silt will continue to build up even after dredging.
If you have any interest in dredging your particular waterfront, please write an e-mail to [email protected] and will be compile a list of interested homeowners. If you know of neighbors that adjoin your property who also wish to use dredging, it might be a financial advantage to have multiple, adjoining properties in one quote.
We are presently in the process of obtaining information regarding dredging portions of Goodyear Lake. At this time, we do not yet know if we will be able to meet all local, state, and federal requirements for dredging. We have been reaching out to companies in NYS that are able to give us this info, and are awaiting their response.
If dredging is possible, we are looking at two distinctly different avenues: one will be the dredging of the river delta where it enters Goodyear Lake. This cost, if not prohibitively expensive, might be borne by the association. The other avenue would be localized dredging by homeowners at their individual waterfronts. This cost would be borne by each homeowner.
Understand that in a river/lake such as ours, silt will continue to build up even after dredging.
If you have any interest in dredging your particular waterfront, please write an e-mail to [email protected] and will be compile a list of interested homeowners. If you know of neighbors that adjoin your property who also wish to use dredging, it might be a financial advantage to have multiple, adjoining properties in one quote.
LINKS TO NYS DEPT. OF CONSERVATION INFO REGARDING DREDGING
(Click on the link to go to the site)
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/70820.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6583.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/needPermit.htm
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/94755.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/558.html#region4
http://ramofcny.com/ (Licensed NYS dredging operator)
LINKS TO NYS DEPT. OF CONSERVATION INFO REGARDING DREDGING
(Click on the link to go to the site)
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/70820.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6583.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/needPermit.htm
http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/94755.html
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/558.html#region4
http://ramofcny.com/ (Licensed NYS dredging operator)
WEBSITES OF NOTE DEALING WITH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
WWW.OCCAINFO.ORG
WWW.ONEONTA.EDU/ACADEMICS/BIOFLD
WWW.NYSENVIROTHON.NET
WWW.CIWS.BINGHAMTON.EDU
WWW.NYSFOLA.ORG
WWW.OTSEGOSOILANDWATER.COM
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING; WATER CHESTNUTS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR LAKE AND CAN IMPACT BOATING, FISHING, AND ALL WATER ACTIVITIES. IF YOU SEE THIS PLANT WHILE BOATING OR FISHING, PULL IT FROM THE WATER WITH AS MUCH OF ITS ROOTS INTACT AS POSSIBLE AND DISPOSE OF IT AWAY FROM THE WATER.
For more info on water chestnuts, go to: http://www.iisgcp.org/EXOTICSP/waterchestnut.htm
WWW.OCCAINFO.ORG
WWW.ONEONTA.EDU/ACADEMICS/BIOFLD
WWW.NYSENVIROTHON.NET
WWW.CIWS.BINGHAMTON.EDU
WWW.NYSFOLA.ORG
WWW.OTSEGOSOILANDWATER.COM
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING; WATER CHESTNUTS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR LAKE AND CAN IMPACT BOATING, FISHING, AND ALL WATER ACTIVITIES. IF YOU SEE THIS PLANT WHILE BOATING OR FISHING, PULL IT FROM THE WATER WITH AS MUCH OF ITS ROOTS INTACT AS POSSIBLE AND DISPOSE OF IT AWAY FROM THE WATER.
For more info on water chestnuts, go to: http://www.iisgcp.org/EXOTICSP/waterchestnut.htm
Water Chestnut (Trapa natans) is an aquatic plant that is found in slow moving nutrient filled waters such as ponds, lakes, and shallow streams. The plant's size although characteristically small, may have branching stems reaching lengths of 16 feet. Leaves from this plant are both surfaced and submerged; Surface leaves are triangular in shape with long petioles which have an inflated spongy region (air bladder) while the submerged leaves are opposite and contain numerous adventitious roots. Water chestnuts begin to flower in mid to late July, with their nuts ripening approximately one month later. Flowering and seed production continue into the fall when frost kills the floating rosettes. The mature nuts sink to the bottom when dropped and may be able to produce new plants for up to 12 years. The plant spreads either by the rosettes detaching from their stems and floating to another area, or more often by the nuts being swept by currents or waves to other parts of the lake or river. The plant overwinters entirely by seed. Water chestnut is a nuisance aquatic plant that limits boating and fishing in infested areas. It has the potential to infest wetlands and critical environmental habitats in other areas of the state.