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Onondaga County Soil & Water

Conservation District


​6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway
Liverpool, NY 13088

(315) 457-0325
Fax:  (315) 457-0410
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
2022
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Meeting schedule: 4th Wednesday of every month
10:00 a.m. at the District office (unless otherwise noted)
​January 26 
February 23    RESCHEDULED to February 28               
March 23 
April 27                      
May 25                           

June 22
July 27
August 24
September 28
October 26
November 16 (3rd Wednesday)
​December 21 (3rd Wednesday)
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​Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Press Release

2020 DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE
Here

Public Employer Health Emergency Plan

In Case of Emergency

In case assistance is needed at an agricultural spill, and it's after office hours (4:30 p.m.) you can call Mark Burger directly at 315-415-5057.


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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
2022

The office will be closed in observance of these holidays

​Friday, December 31    
Monday, January 17         
Monday, February 21       
Monday, May 30     
Monday, June 20         

Monday,  July 4                 
Monday, September 5     
Monday, October 10          

Friday, November 11     
Thursday, November 24    
Friday, November 25        

Monday, December 26       




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​New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
​Juneteenth
4th of July
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Day after Thanksgiving
​Christmas

Links to partnering organizations and info sheets:
ONONDAGA ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE
www.oei2.org/
Skaneateles Lake Watershed
SKANLAKEINFO.ORG
 
Kettle Lakes Watershed News:
​www.uppersusquehanna.org/usc/kettle-lakes/
Boat Decontamination
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 boat_decontamination.pdf
Snow and Ice Control Best Management Practices​​snow_and_ice_control_best_management_practices.pdf
Sharing the Road with Slow Moving Vehicles - What you need to know.
             http://www.safeny.ny.gov/media/SMV-broc4-09.pdf
​​Water Deflectors - Managing Surface Water & Reducing Erosion on Unpaved Roads    
water_diversion.pdf
Blue Green Algae - What you need to know
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http://www.ongov.net/health/bluegreenalgae.html
What's the Poop on Manure Lagoons?  To watch the interview, click below​http://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2017/06/whats_the_poop_on_manure_lagoons_see_how_they_work_why_farmers_need_them_video.html         
Information on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
https://blogs.cornell.edu/nyshemlockinitiative/
https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7250.html
https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/hwafactsheet.pdf
http://nyis.info/invasive_species/hemlock-woolly-adelgid/

What Does Dumping Milk Mean?
​ What can we do to help?
Imagine this. You wake up one morning and head to work which happens to be at the end of your driveway in the barn on the farm that your great-grandfather bought generations ago. You walk into the barn and see some of your hard-working staff milking cows so you head to the barn office and plan your day ahead. Your phone rings. It’s your milk processor where your milk is delivered every single day. They tell you that they won’t be coming to pick up your milk today. 

Read more.  ​Click on the link below for the full write-up:

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https://www.nyanimalag.org/blog/72/What-Does-Dumping-Milk-Mean-/

Our mission is to promote excellence in the wise use of our rural/urban natural resources.
Our vision is to live in a society in which future generations will have natural resources necessary to sustain and enrich their quality of life.
​The Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status.

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