Syracuse.com - Tuesday meeting to focus on Oneida Lake

[HuntingNY-News]

It's the 67th annual membership meeting of the Oneida Lake Association being held in the Cicero-North Syracuse High School auditorium.

So, how’s Oneida Lake doing lately?

There’s a “one-stop shopping” event Tuesday evening at which one can get some good, solid answers to that question.

It’s the 67th annual membership meeting of the Oneida Lake Association being held in the Cicero-North Syracuse High School auditorium. The school is at 6002 Route 31 in Cicero.

The auditorium’s doors will open at 6 p.m. A host of exhibits put up by local fishing-related groups also will be available for viewing. The meeting starts at 7 p.m.

The lake association, which has the motto, “It’s Your Lake — Help Us Preserve It!” has more than 3,000 members.

Tuesday’s program will include annual reports, board elections and an update on the DEC-organized cormorant control plans for 2012.

Guest speakers will include:

- ;Mike Riordan, chair of the Calvary Baptist Church’s annual youth fishing seminar in Brewerton.

- Mark Babenzien, manager of the DEC fish hatchery in Constantia, who will give an update on the walleye run and egg take for 2012.

- Randy Jackson, senior research associate at the Cornell Biological Field Station at Shackleton Point, who will talk about the lake’s perch and walleye populations. He’ll also provide an update on lake sturgeon.

- Dave White, recreation/tourism specialist with New York Sea Grant, who will give an update on the Oneida Lake Education Initiative.

- Paul Curtis, associate professor and extension wildlife specialist in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University, who will talk about the common tern on Oneida Lake.

The meeting will also feature numerous fishing-related door prizes and raffles.

Among the prize drawings will be a Capt. Tony Buffa charter boat fishing trip for a youth 16 and under (who must be present to win) and two guests. Raffles will be held for two GPS units.

For more on the meeting or the Oneida Lake Association, go to the Association's Web site.

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