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New York State
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New York State is the only American state that borders Lake Ontario. Major cities on the U.S. side of Lake Ontario (the "south shore") include Rochester, population 220,000 and Oswego, population 18,000. Outside of these urban areas, the dominant land use on the south shore is rural, with many farms and smaller towns. There are two separate nuclear facilities here, at Ginna and Oswego.
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Water levels in Lake Ontario are about a foot below normal, and 1½ feet lower than they were a year ago, portending a potentially troublesome summer for boaters.
Some problems already are cropping up, but the concern is more for what lies ahead.
Lake levels typically decline a foot between June and September, due to normal seasonal fluctuations, and could be even lower... (more)
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The New York Power Authority said Tuesday that 11 companies have indicated they intend to submit proposals for offshore wind farms in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
“I’m shocked that we got so many,” said Richard M. Kessel, the authority’s president and chief executive. “It certainly shows me that people are taking this very seriously, developers in particular. From... (more)
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The New York Power Authority said yesterday that 11 companies will submit proposals for offshore wind farms in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
“It certainly shows me that people are taking this very seriously, developers in particular,” Power Authority President and CEO Richard M. Kessel told the Democrat and Chronicle. “From what I understand, there are companies from... (more)
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GREECE — Standing on a stepladder 100 yards into a cattail marsh off Island Cottage Road, I've been given the honors of slamming a steel pole into the muck using a heavy-handled device called a rod-pounder.
"Let's go, get the real experience," urges Peter Hofmann, the gregarious president of the Lake Plains Waterfowl Association, as I work up a sweat.
"Looks good," says... (more)
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SUNY Brockport professor Joe Makarewicz: Lake Ontario's water quality has improved since the 1970's and 1980's. PHOTO BY JEFF MARINI
About two miles off the shore of Lake Ontario, the water's often so clear that a measuring device submerged 40 feet is visible from the surface.
That's a major improvement from the 1970's and 1980's, when "if you could see down 10 feet,... (more)
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OSWEGO — Oswego County legislators followed the lead of Jefferson County in opposing an offshore wind-power project for eastern Lake Ontario.
Legislators voted 20-4 to support a resolution asking for the project, forwarded by the New York Power Authority, not to come to waters near Oswego County, said Shawn P. Doyle, a member of the Board of Legislators representing... (more)
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So, what's up with the Lake Ontario fishery?
As the name of a recent popular movie notes, "It’s Complicated."
It’s also important, as the lake’s sports fishing industry generates thousands of jobs and substantial economic spinoffs by pumping millions of dollars each year into the state’s economy. A 2007 statewide angler survey estimated that angler expenditures... (more)
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The New York Power Authority has targeted zones in lakes Ontario and Erie as potential sites for off-shore wind farms. The zones are all more than two miles from shore, and in 150 feet of water or less.
The power authority hopes for up to 500 megawatts of power, and will accept proposals from private developers until June 1.
One of the zones lies between Galloo and... (more)
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On Earth Day 2009, New York Power Authority (NYPA) President Richie Kessel unveiled plans to industrialize Lake Ontario and Lake Erie with near shore wind turbines clustered in 120MW to 500MW arrays in waters 150 feet deep, or less.
Some arrays would consist of 500 turbines towering 450'from the lake levels. NYPAs proposal was unveiled without input from the shoreline... (more)
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The benefits are huge, but the controversy over wind farms is even greater. The head of the New York Power Authority was in Watertown Tuesday to discuss a proposal to build wind turbines in Lake Ontario. Our Katie Gibas tells us which way the winds settled on the idea of an offshore wind farm.
WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- It's pretty windy in Lake Ontario, and that means both... (more)
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