Partnership Plants Trees To Protect Lake – All Otsego

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Partnership Plants Trees To Protect Lake

SPRINGFIELD—SUNY Oneonta and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition partnered to plant 2,000 trees on the University’s land at Thayer Farm on the west side of Otsego Lake in November. Funding for the purchase, planting and maintenance of the seedlings, which are intended to combat harmful algae bloom growth, was provided through National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant funding managed by the USC. The trees will absorb phosphorus, nitrogen and other nutrients, and prevent them from entering the lake where they contribute to problematic plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. They were strategically planted on Thayer Farm, property gifted to the University for academic and research purposes, to protect the watershed streams on and near the land.






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