OTSEGO LAKE YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW

The Otsego Lake Association is pleased to invite one and all to attend the Annual Gathering of the Otsego Lake Association When: Saturday August 13, 2022

Come at 8:30 for coffee and donuts! Presentations are scheduled from 9:00am until 11:00am

Spend a couple of your Saturday morning hours learning what’s happening in and around OTSEGO LAKE. In addition to a very informative Otsego Lake Historical presentation, we will learn the latest on invasive species that have populated the lake as well as other scientific updates. As a bonus, we will have an opportunity learn about the Otsego Sailing Club, the generous host of our gathering.

Additionally:

• Participate in a Silent Auction
• Take a chance to win a week at an Orlando Florida Resort
• Shop the latest Otsego Lake Association apparel

Other scientific updates* that will be on display at the Otsego Lake Association Annual Gathering will include the following Poster Presentations by SUNY Biological Field Station interns:

• Diets of Otsego Lake fishes. Kaylee Kiser and Alex Javitz.

• Aging fish populations in Otsego Lake. Max Ballard.

• Species richness of Otsego Lake fish community 2000-present. Liam Spencer.

• Growth of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Otsego Lake, NY. Kari Minissale.

• • Assessing the resistance capabilities of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussel (D. rostriformis bugensis) veligers and young adults to citric acid as a control measure. Emma Diaz and Liz Bolt.

The gathering is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Where: Otsego Sailing Club —in their beautiful new open air pavilion 5992 NY-80 (east side of the lake 1.8 miles north of The Otesaga Hotel)

Contact Info: Otsego Lake Association website: https://www.otsegolakeassociation.org

The mission of the Otsego Lake Association is to educate, advocate, and actively participate in protecting the health, beauty, and well being of Otsego Lake by facilitating the implementation of the Otsego Lake Watershed Management Plan.