Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

Overview The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Inc. is a community-based, non-profit organization, made up of individual citizens, and individuals who represent businesses, agricultural interests, associations, and local governments. It was founded in 1998 to protect and bolster the environmental and economic health of Cayuga Lake and its 870-square-mile watershed. The watershed encompasses all or parts of seven counties: three with shoreline on Cayuga Lake (Cayuga, Seneca and Tompkins) and four that share part of the upper watershed area (Schuyler, Tioga, Cortland and Ontario).

Mission and Goals The Network identifies threats to the Cayuga Lake Watershed and helps develop and implement solutions that support a healthy environment and vibrant communities. It does so by developing researched positions on issues of concern, supporting collaborative efforts for maintaining and improving water quality, and by fostering support and collaboration to those ends. The Network does not participate in partisan activities or lobbying.