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Buy Onondaga Grown products and support local farms - Local SYR

CCE Plans Educational Programs - June 2023, Skaneateles Press

Cornell Cooperative Extension Program Discusses Lake Elevation - March 2023, Skaneateles Press

NEW YORK STATE FAIR 800-POUND BUTTER SCULPTURE RECYCLED INTO ENERGY AT WESTERN NEW YORK DAIRY FARM - CISION PR Newswire, September 2022

A Butter Farewell: The State Fair sculpture is off to greener pastures - Syracuse.com, September 2022

CNY Lyme Alliance teaching Fair visitors about preventing ticks and diseases they carry - Syracuse.com, August 2022

Team of experts hunt for Asian jumping worms in CNY gardens: ‘It took off like a snake!’ - Syracuse.com, August 2022

Inflation and high fuel prices hitting small farms - WSKG, July 2022

New York State Hemlock Initiative aims to control Eastern Hemlock infestation - Daily Orange, April 2022

Sweet Talk about Urban & Suburban Sugaring - Cornell Maple Program, Podcast

CNY Youth Wanted For Leadership Program - Bridge Street, October 2021

Cornell Cooperative Extension looks at cicadas, gypsy moths & spotted lantern flies - Utica Observer-Dispatch, August 2021

Onondaga Grown Campaign Kickoffs in Pompey -Skaneateles Press, July 2021

Program helps homeowners become energy efficient and for some it’s free - News Channel 9, Local SYR April 2021

4-H Clubs Grow During Pandemic - Spectrum News, January 2021

New Skaneateles Lake website launched - The Auburn Citizen, November 2020

Smart Energy Choices to Save Energy and Money This Winter - Local SYR, October 2020

CCE hosts virtual stewardship program - Skaneateles Press, September 2020

CCE to host stewardship webinar - Eagle News, September 2020

CCE Onondaga partnership leads to NEW website -- Bridge Street, August 2020

CCE Onondaga to maintain website focused on Skaneateles Watershed -- OurCity, August 2020

CCE Onondaga to distribute hand sanitizer, face covers - Morning Ag Clips, May 2020

Keep Forests Healthy - Morning Ag Clips, April 2020

Maple Candy Making Workshop - Morning Ag Clips, February 2020

CCE Onondaga Maple Workshop - Morning Ag Clips, January 2020

Cutting down trees for Christmas is beneficial to the environment - NCC News, November 2019

Volunteers Plant Trees to Revive Graveyard - NCC News, October 2019

Tick and deer meeting held in Fayetteville - Eagle News, October 2019

Arbor Day Tree Planting - Local SYR, October 2019

CCE Onondaga Master Gardeners honored at state fair - Morning Ag Clips, October 2019

Making Apple Sauce - Bob Lonsberry Show on 570 WSYR, September 2019

Syracuse taking aim at deer with culling plan - Local SYR Channel 9, September 2019

Tour 11 Onondaga County Farms At ‘On Farm Fest’ - Bridge Street Local SYR, September 2019

Eleven farms opening their doors for ON Farm Fest next weekend - CNY Central, September 2019

Master Gardeners invite visitors to tour six private gardens in Onondaga County - Syracuse.com, July 2019

Master Gardeners to present second annual Garden Tour on July 20 - Eagle News, July 2019

Skaneateles Lake: Protecting a Shared, Vital Resource  - DEC NYS Conversationist, June 2019

City Takes Additional Steps to Combat Deer and Tick Population - Spectrum Local News, June 2019

Deer and Tick Advisory Group Recommend Multi-Point Plan To Tackle The Issue - WAER, June 2019

Culling being considered as Syracuse moves forward with deer management plan - Local SYR, June 2019

Local refugees work to become self-sustainable through community gardens, urban farming - Daily Orange, April 2019

Preventing tick-borne illness - CNY Central, April 2019

Profit with woodlot enterprises - Country Folks, March 2019

Preparing Your Woods for More Frequent Disturbance - Webinar Recording, February 2019

Protecting our Local Water Supply  - ESF Newsletter, February 2019

Partnership with 4-H Program Teaches Middle School Students Healthy Living - February 2019

Vegetation helps protect watersheds - January 2019

From the Skaneateles Lake Association - December 2018

Homeowners can help protect water - Auburn News, November 2018

CCE, OCRRA Help Salem Hyde Students Learn About Plants - SCSD News, September 2018

Sons of monarchy - Eagle News, September 2018

Bridge Street: ON Farm Fest 09.20.18 - September 2018

Cornell Cooperative Offers Canning Workshops - CNY Central 9/20/2018

Helping Landowners Choose a Resilient Forest  - Excerpt from The New York Forest Owner (NYFOA) October 2018

From Somalia to Syracuse: CCE Onondaga's Urban Agriculture Educator through SyRAPP helps refugees grow and sell produce (See the video here) - August 2018

2018 Onondaga County 4-H Youth Fair

Collaboration & using FORCES/ YNLT volunteers for CCE’s HAB forum

Celebrate Ice-Cream Month with a free tasting - July 2018

The Perfect Time for Strawberry Jam - July 2018

From Watershed to Drinking Water - Skaneateles Lake & HABs - June 2018

Watershed Education and HAB in Skaneateles Lake (Audio Clip)

Going Green: Combating algal blooms

Skaneateles leaders provide update on lake's water quality

Harmful algae blooms expected in Skaneateles this summer

Emerald Ash Borer Coverage - June 2018

News Coverage on CNY Central Promoting CommuniTree Stewards

Liverpool 4-H branch up and running - April 2018

Cooperative Extension Assists Neighborhood Groups in Monitoring Tick Populations August 2017

(Syracuse.com coverage: Click here)

Local 4-H Youth to Experience Japanese Culture July 2017

Volunteers plant trees to restore Thornden Park canopy April 2017

NYSERDA OFFERS NO-COST ENERGY AUDITS June 2016

Last updated January 2, 2024