NAPLES — For the first time in its 70-year history, The Nature Conservancy will offer a multi-use trail system for hikers, trail runners, and mountain bikers in New York state. The trail will be located on the West Hill Preserve and, once completed, consist of 13.5 miles on a improved sectio…

SENECA FALLS — When Seneca Energy applied for a permit renewal and modification to expand its Route 414 facility, the company told the state Department of Environmental Conservation that it was not in compliance with air-pollution regulations.

PENN YAN — The Seneca Watershed Intermunicipal Organization’s Ian Smith will present the Riparian Runoff Reduction Project — information and a walking tour of the proposed project to hydrologically connect several Keuka Outlet canals with the Minnesetah Riverway (Keuka Outlet) during times o…

GENEVA — The city’s Green Committee is partnering with the Town of Geneva Sustainability Committee and the Geneva High School Green Club to host a Native Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center.

It was supposed to have been a simple rally to celebrate Earth Day and to protest the extension of the Seneca Meadows Landfill, but somehow a simple protest morphed into a catered musical event. You see, someone decided that all of the people coming would be hungry and had to be fed, so the …

GENEVA — May is Lake Friendly Living Awareness Month, a month that focuses on making an impact, and empowering and inspiring communities to take action to preserve and protect the Finger Lakes.

SENECA FALLS — Back on Feb. 24, ITT Goulds Pumps in Seneca Falls trucked a load of foundry sand to Seneca Meadows landfill. The landfill’s detectors set off an alarm that the sand contained radioactivity, specifically Radium 226. The load was isolated and the state Department of Environmenta…

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SENECA FALLS — Community members, elected officials and business owners joined Seneca Lake Guardian Saturday at an Earth Day rally demanding Gov. Kathy Hochul close Seneca Meadows landfill on schedule in 2025, per a local ordinance.

GENEVA — The city of Geneva Green Committee has partnered with the town of Geneva Sustainability Committee, the Geneva Shade Tree Committee, and the Geneva High School Green Club to put together “Mission Zero 2: Joining Hands to Meet the Challenge” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22 at the Gene…

An interesting sign was located within an abandoned work area of the former Seneca Army Depot and is now on display at Deer Haven Park. It’s not so much what the sign says, but the graffiti-type character which accompanies it that is intriguing.

PENN YAN — The Keuka Lake Association is dedicated to safeguarding the waters of Keuka Lake by leading community efforts in preservation, advocacy and education. The KLA helps to ensure the health and longevity of the much-loved natural resource and its surrounding watershed.

SENECA FALLS — Seneca Lake Guardian is asking Finger Lakes residents to urge their state representatives to support legislation requiring testing for PFAS in drinking water that has been treated and discharged.

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SENECA FALLS — Lawyers for Seneca Meadows Inc. are repeating their claim that the Town Board violated state law when adopting Local Law 3-2016, the legislation that stipulates the Route 414 landfill close by Dec. 31, 2025, and prohibits the construction of new waste-deposit facilities in Sen…

In order to fulfill Gov. Hochul’s dream of an all electric New York state, wind definitely needs to be in the picture. The current recommendation in the Scoping Plan is for 9 gigawatts of electricity by offshore wind by 2035. Several projects are in the works, all of which off the shores of …

GENEVA — The Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association is seeking to raise $5,000 in donations to help pay for up to five pollution-reduction projects in Seneca Lake in 2023. The donations would be matched by seed money from the organization’s Sediment, Nutrient and Pollution Reduction program fund.

LODI — “Landscape to Lake: A look at farming in the context of healthy watersheds” will be presented from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 23 at Ginny Lee Café.

Did you know that researchers have acknowledged the obscurity of roughly 86% of earth’s species? That means that of the abundance of globally known species, humankind is privy to merely 14% of the whole!

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GENEVA — A 250-gallon container of a petroleum-based liquid is being blamed for Saturday’s spill into Marsh Creek — with the material eventually flowing into the north end of Seneca Lake.

So now that Groundhog’s Day is over this year, and we know that Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, we can all be assured that is the case. Right? We all know Phil is always correct, no? Or at least until we have to go 100% for electric heat that is under the Scoping Plan.