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March Dinner Meeting and Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Moran (EcoLogic, LLC), "The Cayuga Lake Modeling Project (CLMP) "

When
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Spaghetti Warehouse

Registration

Member – $20.00
Dinner and talk
Non-Member – $30.00
Dinner and Talk
Student Member – $10.00
Dinner and Talk
Student non-member – $15.00
Dinner and Talk for any student who is not a Student-member of the organization
Walk in - Member – $25.00
Pay at the door on the day of the event with no prior registration.
Walk In - Non-member – $35.00
Pay at the door on the day of the event with no prior registration.
Walk In - Student member – $15.00
Pay at the door on the day of the event with no prior registration.
Walk In - Student non-member – $20.00
Pay at the door on the day of the event with no prior registration.

Registration is closed

Liz Moran of EcoLogic LLC will discuss the major findings of the Cayuga Lake Modeling Project (CLMP), a detailed evaluation of the sources and fate of phosphorus loading to Cayuga Lake from point and nonpoint sources. The NYSDEC required Cornell University to fund the CLMP as a permit requirement for continued operation of the Lake Source Cooling facility. The university and NYSDEC designed the CLMP to provide knowledge and tools for a rational, science-based approach to managing Cayuga Lake and other regional waters. EcoLogic managed communications among the many researchers, modelers, and institutional partners on behalf of Cornell’s Facilities and Energy Management Division.

The investment of four years and three million dollars resulted in a deeper understanding of three issues central to managing Cayuga Lake and other regional waters: phosphorus sources, phosphorus bioavailability (i.e., potency for supporting phytoplankton growth), and the impact of water motion on distribution of phosphorus and phytoplankton.