YATES COUNTY- Recent flooding around Keuka Lake did not reach the Finger Lakes Museum in Jerusalem, NY thanks to an innovative stormwater management system installed in the summer of 2013. In May, a massive storm threw down an impressive 10 inches of rain in a 72-hour period. However, after the runoff passed through a series of water-cleansing “bioretention” vegetated ponds, the main building on the Museum’s Discovery Campus experienced … [Read more...]
Group Doubts Cuomo’s Sustainability Plan and Home Rule Rights at Meeting
HEMLOCK —Tuesday night, New Yorkers for Property Rights hosted a public meeting in hopes of educating local residents on government mandated sustainability initiatives, specifically, Governor Cuomo's Finger Lakes Regional Sustainability Plan and the UN's Agenda 21. Presenters Tim Altier and Sue Englert expressed concern that Agenda 21, a UN sustainability initiative drafted in 1992, is being implemented at a regional level through Cuomo's … [Read more...]