Spine E-News Email Newsletter Archive

Welcome to the archive of Spine E-News, so named for the creature featured in our logo, the Spiny Softshell Turtle Apalone Spinifera.

02/03/2026 – Issue 22 – Testing PFAS in local waters, Redefining bodies of water, Data centers: An emerging threat, New YouTube video showing 2025 satellite images, By the Numbers highlights our work in 2025

12/17/2025 – Issue 21 – Spine-E News Holiday 2025

10/04/2025 – Issue 20 – Lake water levels, Weeds in Chautauqua Lake, Spiny softshell turtles

07/02/2025 – Issue 19 – Spine-E News Summer 2025

04/01/2025 – Issue 18 – Changes in lake aquatic vegetation report summary, Battles for clean water

12/19/2024 – Issue 17 – Support wetland regulation, Chautauqua Lake fishing report for 2024

08/11/2024 – Issue 16 – Summer report card, Keeping watch for PFAS in our region, Are we ready for climate change?

05/20/2024 – Issue 15 – Herbicide treatments in the lake, Starry stonewort: A new invasive algae

02/01/2024 – Issue 14 – Lake plants, HABs in Conewango Creek, No Lake Ice

11/06/2023 – Issue 13 – Fishing report, Cost-sharing solutions for healthier waters, Consortium’s Interactions with Freshwater Future

06/07/2023 – Issue 12 – PFAS levels in fish, Supreme Court and Clean Water Act, Herbicide Treatments in Chautauqua Lake

03/10/2023 – Issue 11 – Consortium Leads with Science, Lake George Court Ruling

01/18/2023 – Issue 10 – Creation of a Lake District-Provide your Input

10/04/2022 – Issue 9 – Consortium Receives Technical Assistance from the Environmental Protection Network, Watershed Cleanup, State of the Lake Fishing Report

06/29/2022 – Special Edition – Herbicide ProcellaCOR Used in Lake Same as Lake George

06/08/2022 – Special Edition – Chautauqua Lake Herbicide on Hold at Lake George

05/18/2022 – Issue 8 – Lake Chautauqua Cleanup, Stormwater Pollution

02/08/2022 – Issue 7 – Activities for 2022, Clean Water Act at 50, Eurasian Watermilfoil

11/06/2021 – Issue 6 – Spine-E News November 2021

10/21/2021 – Issue 5 – State of the Lake Report, Green Amendment, Plastics in our Environment

09/28/2021 – Special Edition – Conversation with Dr. Sherri Mason, microplastic pollution scientist

07/14/2021 – Issue 4 – Consortium Responds to Community Concerns, HABs in the News, Plastic Pollution, Microplastics in the Great Lakes Food Web

04/25/2021 – Issue 3 – Spring Watershed Cleanup, Are Annual Herbicide Treatments in Chautauqua Lake a Good Investment, Herbicides and Bird Deaths

01/29/2021 – Issue 2 – Happy New Year! Gallery of Photographs by Jeanne Wiebenga

11/18/2020 – Issue 1 – Greetings! Introducing the Consortium-A Voice for the Water