Lake Plains RC&D Information

Agenda & Minutes
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Meetings are scheduled on the second Thursday of
Feb., Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct., and December.
See Meeting Notice and Minutes for further details.

Meeting Notice
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes before April 2006 are available at the Lake Plains Office.

Project Measures
Annual Report

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Johnson Creek Pond Restoration Project

The Council is supporting the Village of Lyndonville (Orleans County, New York) in its' efforts to develop a restoration plan for the Johnson Pond area. The village is concerned that hazardous substances may have been discharged into the Johnson Creek upstream of the village. The village wishes to remove the accumulated sediments and to make improvements to the area.

Pictured below are representatives of the Village, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the NRCS. The meeting was part of the efforts by the Lake Plains RC&D to help begin the projecting planning process (Summer 2000).

Recent activities include development of a number grants. These grants will help with the planning and assessment needs for the project. The restoration plan will identify and evaluate the feasibility of actions to improve water quality in the pond and in Johnson Creek, remove contaminated sediments from the pond, remove barriers to fish migration, and increase recreational opportunities at the pond and Johnson Creek. The project will help to protect, enhance, and restore the water quality and fish habitat of Johnson Creek, a designated Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat.

Johnson Creek Pond Project - Johnson Pond Dam site


Caring for Creeks II Watershed Symposium Genesee Country Village, April 28, 2000. The Lake Plains RC&D helped Orleans County SWCD put together a display for the Johnson Creek/Oak Orchard Watershed Projects. Lake Plains RC&D members attending the meeting included Ron Sloat, Nichelle Billhardt, George Squires, Robert Remillard and Esther Leadley.

The Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of completing a preliminary assessment report for the project. Partners in this project include: Village of Lyndonville, Lake Plains RC&D Council, Lyndonville Foundation, Town of Yates, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, New York State DEC, Orleans County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Orleans County Water Quality Coordinating Committee.

Pictured below are representatives of the Village, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (Summer 2001)

The meeting was part of the efforts by the Lake Plains RC&D to help built a partnership among the many different agencies that will need to work together to successfully completed.


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service set up a briefing for Congressmen Lafalce during the summer of 2001

 

 

Updated: 3/20/07