Earlier this month, a press release from Glimmerglass State Park announced Otsego Lake’s first toxic algae bloom of 2023. Though it soon proved to be a false alarm, it sent a ripple of anxiety through the surrounding community.…
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Biological Field Station Research Support Specialist Holly Waterfield conducts harmful algal bloom testing on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown. (Photo provided) Clark Foundation Grants Support forContinued HAB Testing by BFS ONEONTA Generous new grants from The Clark Foundation will allow researchers at SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station in Cooperstown to continue to monitor and study the presence of harmful algal blooms on Otsego Lake, just in time for the summer season. Earlier this spring, The Clark Foundation Board of Directors approved a grant with two components to the State University at Oneonta Foundation: a grant of $100,000.00 payable over two years…
On a recent Monday, Harman sat in his office in the Field Station’s original building on the lake. Most of his books and photos were gone, but a bright orange jacket with HARMAN written across the back still hung just outside, alongside heavy waders and several pairs of galoshes.…
