Online presentations and related materials from previous OLP Annual Progress Meetings are available to borrow from your local library. Educators and civic groups may also request a copy from the OLP for classroom and/or meeting purposes, by email or by calling toll free 1-800-833-6390.

2006 Annual Meeting

The Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) held its Sixth Annual Progress Meeting Monday, October 30, 2006, before a standing room only audience at the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse, New York.

Highlights of the presentation included a review of the many improvements in Onondaga Lake's water quality. To encourage public participation, the format of the meeting included five interactive group discussions regarding outreach and education, hazardous waste and lake bottom issues, wastewater improvements, water quality, and recreation.

The OLP continues to offer Mini-grant and Education Fund Programs to local residents and schools for projects and field trips.

Onondaga Lake is a wonderful resource and it is getting better!

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2005 Annual Meeting

The Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) held its Fifth Annual Progress Meeting on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.

Highlights of the 2005 Year in Review included the completion of the ammonia and phosphorous upgrades at the Metropolitan Water Treatment Facility which will greatly improve Onondaga Lake's water quality, completion of a sewer separation project on the West side of Syracuse near Tallman and Onondaga Streets that eliminated four combined sewer overflows. A final plan was approved for the remediation Onondaga Lake's bottom which includes dredging of up to 2.65 million cubic yards of sediment, isolation capping of 600 acres of the lake bottom and extensive monitoring to assure the effectiveness of the plan.

Presentations were given for the following mini-grants "The Fund for the Environment," "Project Watershed Consortium," "Summer Science Camp," "Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods," "Natural Resources of the Nine-Mile Creek Sub-Basin," and "Carp in Onondaga Lake."

Videos or DVDs of the Annual Progress Meeting, as well as the 2005 Year in Review DVD, "Reflecting Our Progress," are available to borrow from your local library. Educators and civic groups may also request a copy from the OLP for classroom and/or meeting purposes, by email at info@onlakepartners.org or by calling toll free 1-800-833-6390.

2004 Annual Meeting

The Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) held its Fourth Annual Progress Meeting on Wednesday, November 3, 2004, from 6:30 - 9:30 PM at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.

Videos of the Annual Progress Meeting, as well as the 2004 Year in Review "Reflecting Our Progress" are available to borrow from your local library. Educators and civic groups may also request a copy from the OLP for classroom and/or meeting purposes, by email at info@onlakepartners.org or by calling toll free 1-800-833-6390.

2003 Annual Meeting

The Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) held its Third Annual Progress Meeting on Thursday, November 13, 2003, from 6:30 - 9:00 PM at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.

Videos of the Annual Progress Meeting, as well as the 2003 Year in Review and the 20-minute "On Our Way to a Healthy Onondaga Lake" overview, are all available to borrow from your local library. Educators and civic groups may also request a copy from the OLP for classroom and/or meeting purposes, by email at info@onlakepartners.org or by calling toll free 1-800-833-6390.

 Notes from the Third Annual Progress Meeting—Reflecting Our Progress and Potential

2002 Annual Meeting

The Onondaga Lake Partnership (OLP) held its Second Annual Progress Meeting on Wednesday, November 13, 2002, from 6:30 - 9:00 PM at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.

A slide presentation summarizing progress made in restoration of Onondaga lake in 2002 is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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2002 Annual Progress Meeting Presentation (1.3 MB)

 Looking Ahead segment of Annual Progress Meeting:

Participants at the OLP 2002 Annual Progress Meeting

2001 Annual Meeting

 2001 Progress Meeting Report
 Responses to 2001 Progress Meeting Feedback Cards