Finger Lakes Water Hub

The Hub is the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's center of activity to better understand, protect and address the water quality issues confronting the Finger Lakes. The Hub is composed of four experts stationed in NYSDEC's Syracuse office who operate throughout the region. The Hub takes a collaborative approach, as maintaining water quality and ecology is necessarily a team effort. To build on the existing passion and drive for protecting and restoring the Finger Lakes, the Hub staff coordinate with existing NYSDEC water programs, such as the harmful algal bloom program, the Great Lakes program, and watershed-based scientific monitoring and assessment activities. Hub staff are working to connect state agency programs with the work of research institutions, local governments and civic organizations, and will work with key stakeholders to develop strategies for individual Finger Lakes.