As Lake Ontario water levels rise, towns on the shore are preparing in case of flooding similar to spring of 2017. In Webster, Supervisor Ron Nesbitt says the town has 2,000 sandbags and will deliver them by the pallet load to homeowners who need them. The town will only deliver by the pallet. Webster residents […]
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo is calling on the International Joint Commission to immediately act to lower high water levels on Lake Ontario. Winter is when the water levels are at their lowest, but this year they’re approaching the same levels as the winter of 2017. Heavy rains and snow melt caused record high […]
A 20-year effort to re-establish the sturgeon in Lake Ontario led to the release of 1,000 young fish into the Genesee River today; one group out of 4,000 being released along the lake this week. DEC and US Fish and Wildlife Service officials say the sturgeon were nearly wiped out in the Great Lakes […]