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Become a Shoreline Monitor for Otsego Lake
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Shoreline Monitors do quick surveys to look for HABs are report their findings. These surveys should take no more than 20 minutes. Scroll down to learn more.
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Shoreline Monitors do quick surveys to look for HABs are report their findings. These surveys should take no more than 20 minutes. Scroll down to learn more.
Sign Up for HABs Notifications
Become a Shoreline Monitor for Canadarago Lake
Print and Share Informational Flyers with your Community
Sign up to be alerted when the weather and lake conditions are primed for potential HABs. These emails will serve as a heads-up so that the community can be watchful when entering or interacting with the lake.
Print and Share Informational Flyers with your Community
Print and Share Informational Flyers with your Community
Print and Share Informational Flyers with your Community
Help us spread the word about what causes HABs, our HABs notification system, and how to become a Shoreline Monitor.
View Reported Accounts of HABs
Print and Share Informational Flyers with your Community
View Reported Accounts of HABs
Visit NYHABs the official reporting system for NY State.
Becoming a SHoreline Monitor
1. Choose either Otsego Lake or Canadarago Lake
This Community Science volunteer program is geared towards residents who live on, work on, or frequent Otsego Lake or Canadarago Lake at least seasonally during the warm months of the year in which HABs are more frequent.
Click Here to join as a shoreline monitor for Otsego Lake
Click Here to join as a shoreline monitor for Canadrago Lake
2. Participate in an Online Training
Watch a 40 minute video that will train you on how to properly identify HABs, as well as how to properly uplaod data from your surveys to NY State's official monitoring website.
3. Get Notifications to Survey
Shoreline Monitors can survey whenever, but will be prompted to do so via email alert when lake and weather conditions are primed for HABs.
4. Report your Findings and your Volunteer Hours
Submit your findings to NYHABs online and report your volunteer hours to OCCA