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ANNUAL CITIZEN AWARD 2022

ANDY ZEPP

Andy Zepp, executive director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust(FLLT), received the 2022 FLRWA Citizen of the Year Award. The Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance(FLRWA) board met May 15 2023 at the Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva NY, where Andy could be presented the award in person. The award was presented to Andy recognizing twenty plus years of Finger Lakes attention from Andy. The Finger Lakes Land Trust has worked with land owners and lake associations throughout the Finger Lakes in many ways - one of them, to reduce nutrient runoff in our watersheds.Their work has impacted the water quality of our lakes positively as viewed on their website: fllt.org Also above, Andy is receiving his 2022 award, a wooden plaque acknowledging him as recipient designed with the dimensions of each of the 11 finger lakes.  

Standing with him is FLRWA president Margie Creamer (Otisco Lake). Behind are the board members present as well:

Left to right, Row 2: Neal Atkins (Canandiagua) Don Cook (Honeoye)

                     Row 3: Mark Morris (FLRWA Treasurer), Lindsay McMillan ( Lake Friendly Living Coalition Representative).

                     Row 4: Susan Oliver (Keuka), Nancy Mueller (NYSFOLA), Liz Kreitinger (Cayuga), Buzz Roberts (Skaneateles), Jake Welch (Seneca) and Peter Rogers (Owasco). 

Absent - Jim Beckwith (Owasco) John Maier (Canadice & Hemlock) Deidre Coyle (Conesus)

 

PAST WINNERS

Maura Toole of Lodi has been selected the winner of the 2021 Citizen Award from the Finger Lakes Regional Watershed Alliance.

The award goes to someone who contributes significantly to the Alliance’s cause of protecting the water quality of the Finger Lakes and its 11 lakes.

Toole is an active member of the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association.

“Maura, hands down, has been an essential component in establishing the Lake Friendly Living Coalition of the Finger Lakes as our founding team organizer,” said Frank Moses, executive director of the Skaneateles Lake Association. “She has been at the forefront of synergizing watershed protection leadership throughout the Finger Lakes, which continues to be better off every day through her unwavering dedication.”

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2020 Citizen Award Winner

Thank you to Dr. John Halfman, for his years of conscientious work and assistance to multiple Finger Lakes.

Click here to see the full presentationon YouTube!

Additionally, read the full details in this article published by Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Learn more!

Effective January 1, 2022, the voting members are:

Conesus: Deirdre Coyle; Hemlock/Canadice, John Maier; Honeoye: Don Cook; Canandaigua Lake: Neil Atkins; Keuka Lake: Maria Hudson; Seneca Lake: Jacob Walsh; Cayuga Lake: Liz Kreitinger; Owasco Lake: Peter Rogers; Skaneateles Lake: Buzz Williams; and Otisco Lake: Margie Creamer.

Partner Organizations and their non-voting members are:

Sodus Bay: Dave Scudder

Officers are: President: Margie Creamer, Otisco Lake; Vice President: Mark Morris, Keuka Lake; Treasurer: Peter Rogers, Owasco Lake; Secretary: Lindsay McMillian, Canandaigua Lake.