High water in Clayton, NY, at Cedar Point State Park. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
St. Lawrence River Property Owners Can Now Report High Water Impact;
New York Sea Grant, Cornell Post Online Survey
Contacts:
Mary Austerman, Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Specialist, New York Sea Grant, P: 315-331-8415, E: mp357@cornell.edu
Kara Lynn Dunn, Publicist, P: 315-465-7578, E: karalynn@gisco.net
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Newark, NY, June 19, 2017 - The St. Lawrence River edition of a high water impact survey developed and implemented by Cornell University with rapid response funding from New York Sea Grant is now available HERE. Survey responses will be accepted through August 31, 2017.
The survey was developed in response to stakeholder requests for a standardized method for collecting and reporting the impacts of high water levels on waterfront properties.
The information collected will be used to identify areas that are most vulnerable to high water levels and inform future community flood risk planning.
Southern and eastern Lake Ontario property owners will find the lake edition of the survey HERE.
“The information gained from these surveys will help New York’s Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River communities strengthen their capacity for future resiliency,” said New York Sea Grant Associate Director Katherine Bunting-Howarth, assistant director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY.
The survey project leaders are New York Sea Grant Coastal Community Specialist Mary Austerman, Cornell University Assistant Professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering Dr. Scott Steinschneider, and Cornell University Professor of Natural Resources Dr. Richard C. Stedman.
For more information, contact Mary Austerman at 315-331-8415 or mp357@cornell.edu or visit the Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Program resource site, www.nyseagrant.org/ccd, the project page for this effort, www.nyseagrant.org/waterlevel2017, and Facebook page, www.facebook.com/NYSGCCD.
In Photos: High water levels in St. Lawrence River Region
Submerged docks at Clayton Yacht Club, Clayton, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Submerged docks at Clayton Yacht Club, Clayton, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Submerged docks and sandbagging. Cape Vincent, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Road flooding and property inundation on Point St in Cape Vincent, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Submerged docks, Clayton, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Town Boat Launch, Cape Vincent, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Town Boat Launch, Cape Vincent, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Submerged boat launch ramp, Clayton, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
Waterline and submerged boat launch ramp, Clayton, NY. Photo: Mary Austerman, New York Sea Grant
More Info: New York Sea Grant
New York Sea Grant (NYSG), a cooperative program of Cornell University
and the State University of New York, is one of 33 university-based
programs under the National Sea Grant College Program (NSGCP) of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NSGCP
engages this network of the nation’s top universities in conducting
scientific research, education, training and extension projects designed
to foster science-based decisions about the use and conservation of our
aquatic resources. Through its statewide network of integrated
services, NYSG has been promoting coastal vitality, environmental
sustainability, and citizen awareness about the State’s marine and Great
Lakes resources since 1971.
New York Sea Grant maintains Great Lakes offices at SUNY Buffalo, the
Wayne County Cooperative Extension office in Newark and at SUNY Oswego.
In the State's marine waters, NYSG has offices at Stony Brook University
and Stony Brook Manhattan, in the Hudson Valley through Cooperative
Extension in Kingston and at Brooklyn College.
For updates on Sea Grant activities: www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube links. NYSG produces a monthly e-newsletter, "NOAA Sea Grant's Social Media Review," via its blog, www.nyseagrant.org/blog. Our program also offers a free e-list sign up via www.nyseagrant.org/coastlines for its flagship publication, NY Coastlines/Currents, which is published 1-2 times a year.
