Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan
Seneca Lake is the largest of the eleven Finger Lakes that make up a complex system of lakes and rivers in central New York State known as Oswego River Basin. The lake’s surface area is 66.3 square miles, and the watershed is approximately 457 square miles. The Seneca Lake watershed encompasses 40 municipalities and five counties, including parts of Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, and Yates Counties. The Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan will serve as a long-term strategy for the protection and restoration of water quality and ensure compatible land use and development.
The watershed community has shown strong support for watershed planning; various partnerships and stakeholders have been cooperatively operating since the mid-1990’s. The watershed planning process will build upon these relationships and previous studies and reports, including Setting a Course for Seneca Lake, the State of the Seneca Lake Watershed (1999). The Plan will identify characteristics of the watershed, sources of impairment, priority projects and necessary actions.
For more information please visit the Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan website.
This webpage was prepared for the New York State Department of State with funds provided under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund.
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Last Modified: February 24, 2011