Current Lake Resources

Click the link below to access the Chautauqua Lake Association’s 2020 Work Reports.

• CLA Work Reports

Click the link below to access the Chautauqua Lake Association’s Weekly Work Plans.

• CLA Work Plans

Other Watershed Resources

The Chautauqua Lake Watershed Stormwater Toolkit provides important information to help simplify and clarify the use of best management practices (BMPs) and permit processes and direct people to the appropriate agencies and offices prior to project implementation.

• 2021 Chautauqua Lake Watershed Stormwater Toolkit

The 2010 Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plan identifies strategies and recommendations to protect and improve water quality in Chautauqua Lake and its Watershed.

• 2010 Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plan Part 1
• 2010 Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plant Part 2
• 2010 Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plan Part 3

This is a link to a variety of sewage management plans for Chautauqua Lake.

• 2014 Integrated Sewage Management Plan
• 2015 Sewer Extension for West Side Chautauqua Lake

The Village of Lakewood-Town of Busti Stormwater Management Engineering Study develops recommended improvements to address stormwater quality and quantity.

• Village of Lakewood/Town of Busti Stormwater Management Engineering Study

Other Lake Resources

The 2012 TMDL for Chautauqua Lake sets guidelines for phosphorus reductions with in the lake and watershed.

• 2012 TMDL for Phosphorus in Chautauqua Lake

The 2013 Dredging Feasibility Study for Chautauqua Lake evaluates the feasibility of a dredging project on Chautauqua Lake.

The Macrophyte Management Strategy (MMS) provides a set of guidelines for the management of macrophytes in Chautauqua Lake.

• 2017 Macrophyte Management Strategy (MMS) Executive Summary
• 2017 MMS Part 1
• 2017 MMS Part 2
• 2017 MMS Appendix 1

The Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Action Plan identifies the causes of HABs in Chautauqua Lake and identifies actions that could be taken to reduce HABs.

• Chautauqua Lake HAB Action Plan

The NYS DEC 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Research Guide highlights topics to advance the study, management, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in New York. For more information, click the link below. 

• 2021 NYS DEC Harmful Algal Blooms Research Guide

The 2018 Chautauqua Lake Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) addresses the impacts of nuisance macrophytes on Chautauqua Lake and evaluates the extent that herbicides can be used in Chautauqua Lake.

• 2018 Chautauqua Lake Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)

2019 E&E White Paper for Chautauqua Lake Macrophyte Management

• Summary of Methods for Control of Aquatic Invasive and Nuisance Plants with Special Emphasis on Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myrophillum spicatum) and Curly-leaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)

The 2019 Chautauqua Lake Weed Management Consensus Strategy is a document that brings lake and watershed related stakeholders together to agree on a plan for the management of Chautauqua Lake.

• 2019 Chautauqua Lake Weed Management Consensus Strategy (MOA)

This web page is an introduction to invasive aquatic macrophytes both within Chautauqua Lake and outside of Chautauqua Lake.

• Introduction to Chautauqua Lake’s Aquatic Invasive Plants

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The Erosion Diagnosis and Mitigation Study for Goose and Dutch Hollow Creeks is an in-depth analysis of both stream systems which identifies sources of erosion within these systems.

• 2014 Erosion Diagnosis and Mitigation Study for Goose and Dutch Hollow Creeks