Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
(FLI) is dedicated to the promotion of environmental research and
education about the Finger Lakes and surrounding environments.
In collaboration with regional environmental partners and state and
local government offices, the Institute fosters environmentally‐sound
development practices throughout the region, and disseminates
accumulated knowledge to the public.
The goals of the FLI are to:
• Advance, coordinate, and disseminate scientific understanding
about the Finger Lakes environment;
• Provide interdisciplinary training for the next generation of
environmental researchers, educators, and policy makers;
• Serve as a clearinghouse for environmental information about
the region;
• Enhance understanding of environmental issues by regional
policy makers and the public;
• Promote models that integrate economic, environmental, and
social impacts of specific economic development strategies; and
• Create and disseminate educational resources and opportunities
at all levels.
FINGER LAKES
PRISM
www.hws.edu/fli
Finger Lakes Institute
Office: 601 S. Main Street
Mail: 300 Pulteney Street
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 781-4390
2015
FINGER LAKES
RESEARCH
CONFERENCE
These goals are accomplished through four primary program areas:
Threats to the Finger Lakes
RESEARCH projects conducted by FLI researchers are often
interdisciplinary and primarily focus on water quality and other
issues relevant to the Finger Lakes region.
EDUCATION develops and integrates curricular materials and
resources to support and extend middle school and high school
inquiry‐based environmental education.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH promotes knowledge, resources, and
life experiences leading to the stewardship of the Finger Lakes
across a variety of learners and ages.
November 12, 2015
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT considers environmental
quality, and includes comprehensive land use planning, policy
development, and sustainable enterprise to promote economic
vitality and environmental integrity in the region.
Vandervort Room
Scandling Campus Center
Printed on 100% PCW paper
2015 Finger Lakes Research Conference:
Threats to the Finger Lakes
Schedule
8:30 a.m.
Registration and poster set-up
9:00-9:15
Welcome and Overview
Lisa B. Cleckner, Director, Finger Lakes Institute,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
9:15-9:45
Nutrient loading issues in the Finger Lakes
region
John Halfman, Professor, Department of Geoscience
and Environmental Studies,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
9:45-10:15
Establishment and effects of predatory invasive
zooplankton in the food webs of the Finger
Lakes and Great Lakes
Kimberly Schulz, Associate Professor, Department of
Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY ESF
10:15-10:45
10:45-11:15
Break
Turning Dreissena into sport fish: Round Goby’s
role in the Lake Ontario food web
Brian Weidel, Research Fishery Biologist,
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
11:15-11:45
Wetland restoration projects in the Braddock
Bay Fish and Wildlife Management Area
Doug Wilcox, Empire Innovation Professor of
Wetland Science, Department of Environmental Science
and Biology, SUNY College at Brockport
11:45 a.m.
-12:15 p.m.
A pound of prevention: New York’s new aquatic
invasive species management plan
Cathy McGlynn, Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator,
NYS DEC
12:15-12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45-1:15
1:15-1:45
KEYNOTE:
Agricultural non-point source pollution
in the Finger Lakes
Todd Walter
Director, Water Resources Institute,
Cornell University;
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological and
Environmental Engineering,
Cornell University
Todd Walter is a hydrologist from Cornell University and
the newly appointed director of the New York State Water
Resources Institute. He joined the faculty of the Biological
and Environmental Engineering department in 2005 after
serving on the faculty at the University of Alaska Southeast
in Juneau, AK. One of the primary topics of his research is
nonpoint source pollution in upstate N.Y.
Eradication of monoecious Hydrilla from
southern Cayuga Lake and southern tributaries,
Ithaca, N.Y.
Robert Johnson, Aquatic Biologist, Racine-Johnson
Aquatic Ecologists
1:45-2:15
Pathogenicity and ecosystem disruption from
ecological competition for B vitamins
Cliff Kraft, Associate Professor of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell
University
2:15-2:30
Break
2:30-3:00
Mercury concentrations in Finger Lakes food
webs
Roxanne Razavi, Finger Lakes Institute, Hobart and William
Smith Colleges
3:00-3:30
Mercury bioaccumulation in New York’s streams
Karen Riva-Murray, USGS, New York Water Sciences Center
3:30-4:00
St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental
Sciences-protecting ecosystems and engaging
diverse stakeholders through scientific research
and community outreach
Jeff Ridal, Executive Director and Chief Research Scientist,
St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences
4:00-5:00
Poster Session