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Today is Giving Tuesday, a global celebration of generosity. This Giving Tuesday, we hope that you will consider making a difference by becoming a member of CSI. Just take a look at what your support of CSI means to one of our valued members and longtime volunteers, Di Florini:   “CSI taught James and IRead more

We thank you for your interest in participating! However the precipitation monitoring program is closed at this time and all rain gauges have been deployed around the region. Many thanks to the Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County for funding this collaborative project between CSI and CoCoRaHS. If you would like to monitor precipitation, you mustRead more

With this new feature on our database, you can: Monitor active blooms on the lake – just like you could with our HABs reporting page last year. Explore data from all previous years of the Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Program! Download HABs data to analyze patterns yourself. We are so excited to unveilRead more

At Community Science Institute (CSI), environmental education is a core part of our mission to empower residents to become stewards of their local water resources. Thanks to a generous gift from the Community Foundation of Tompkins County directed by the estate of Dr. Tapan Mitra, CSI will be able to take that mission to newRead more

The Power of Community-Collected Data: how CSI’s data have been used to effect positive change Community Science Institute has been a pillar in the Finger Lakes region for over two decades. In that time, we have collected over 80,000 water quality data points with the help of our extensive community volunteer network. While short-term dataRead more

Our 2022 Membership Goal                                                                                                       Read more

Dear CSI Volunteers, Friends, and Supporters,           The board and staff of the Community Science Institute are delighted to announce that Grascen Shidemantle will assume the duties of Executive Director in July 2022. Grascen will begin her work at CSI February 7 as our Executive Director in training on a part timeRead more

This summer CSI will again be hosting fun, water science education events as part of our 4-H2O Education Program. These events include Water Quality Cruises with Discover Cayuga Lake, Biomonitoring Fun at local state parks, and the Amazing Cyanobacteria of Cayuga Lake Workshops. Whether you have attended a 4-H2O Education Program event in the past, orRead more

Our 2021 Membership Goal                                                                                                       Read more

In 2021, the Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Monitoring Program received over one hundred reports of HABs on the shoreline of Cayuga Lake. Many concerned community members are taking action to help monitor and document the seemingly ever-increasing presence of HABs on the shoreline during the summer months. Below are pictures taken by ‘HABsRead more

     With the 2021 Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Monitoring Season coming to an end, please help us reach our HABs fundraising goal by sharing this fundraiser with you friends and neighbors! Your donation will help support the efforts of our dedicated ‘HABs Harrier’ volunteers who make this program possible, and our rapidRead more

     Comments submitted by CSI Executive Director Stephen Penningroth, Ph.D., to NYSDEC (Comments on Draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Phosphorus in Cayuga Lake, New York, submitted on July 2, 2021; available on our Public Events and Presentations page) address the amounts of dissolved and particulate phosphorus that the Draft Total Maximum Daily LoadRead more

Our 2020 Membership Goal                                                                                                       Read more

2020 marks the third year that the Community Science Institute (CSI) has led the Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Monitoring Program in collaboration with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network (CLWN) and Discover Cayuga Lake (DCL). The program is made possible by our dedicated volunteer HABs Harriers who monitor assigned lengths of shoreline for bloomsRead more

Please join the Taughannock Garden Club for a public guest presentation on Harmful Algal Blooms by Nathaniel Launer, Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Program Coordinator. The presentation will take place on April 18th at 12:30 PM in the Melvin Room at the Ulysses Philomathic Library. All are welcome to attend. The presentation will provideRead more