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CSI’s Outreach & Programs Coordinator, Alyssa Johnson, collects a sample from Cliff Brook Park on 4/23/26. On April 23, CSI received an email from a concerned community member who had noticed a cloudy, dark brown discharge flowing into the Cayuga Inlet in the City of Ithaca. Within two hours, our team mobilized. Armed with sampleRead more

Please enjoy this article written by one of CSI’s longterm HABs Harriers, James Edwards. This article was first included in the 7th HABs Newsletter of the 2025 season, compiled by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. James has been monitoring for harmful algal blooms on Cayuga Lake since our monitoring program began in 2018 on theRead more

The Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Monitoring Program had a busy start to the summer. On July 7th the first bloom on Cayuga Lake in 2019 was reported. In the following weeks, over 40 blooms have been reported and sampled by trained volunteers. A harmful algal bloom that occurred on the southwest shores ofRead more

Please join the Community Science Institute for a Water and Community Event on March 23rd, from 1:00 – 4:00 PM in the beautiful Lakeside Room at the Inns of Aurora. All are welcome! This event will be titled “Nutrients in the Watershed, Unusual Weather, and Harmful Algal Blooms: A Public Conversation”. It will be structuredRead more

Join the Community Science Institute on December 15th for the next presentation in our Water and Community series*. We will be discussing the first year of the Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Monitoring Program on Cayuga Lake, implemented in partnership with the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and the Floating Classroom of Discover Cayuga Lake.   FreeRead more

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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

TWO great programs coming up! First, join us for an afternoon exploring the amazing, tiny creatures that live under rocks in streams. We’ll use kick nets to capture a stream sample from the creek, pull out and identify organisms, learn what they tell us about water quality and draw pictures of what we find. It’sRead more

  From October 2015 to May 2016, the Community Science Institute (CSI) will host its second season of weekly sessions devoted to small aquatic organisms called benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) and what they tell us about water quality in area streams. Sessions will be held at the CSI lab, 283 Langmuir Lab, 95 Brown Road, nearRead more