We have completed our 2024 summer and fall Honeoye Lake water quality monitoring season. We will resume water quality reports in mid-May 2025. We will provide HLWTF blog updates periodically this fall and winter when there is Honeoye Lake news like fall color peak, ice in and ice out dates, FLCC Muller Field Station newsletter updates, etc. Please check our HLWTF blog periodically over the fall and winter to keep up with what is happing that you might be interested in.
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Fall has arrived at Honeoye Lake. The leaves are about 50% turned now. We expect that fall color will peak around next weekend, October 26 & 27, or shortly thereafter. We hope you will be able to enjoy the beautiful fall color!
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Please click on the link below to register for this event on Tuesday October 22nd:
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Honeoye Lake Receives a New Tool to Fight Aquatic Invasive Species
The Honeoye Lake community has a new tool to fight the spread of aquatic invasive species that severely alter and damage lake environments. A waterless, boater-operated cleaning system developed by CD3, a Minnesota-based company (the land of 10,000 lakes), recently arrived! The cleaning station will be conveniently located at the NYS Honeoye Lake Marine Boat Launch in the spring of 2025 and will be free for all to use.
The cleaning station will complement the work of the watercraft stewards who inspect boats and trailers and provide education about invasive species to launch users. The CD3 cleaning station is made possible through the NYS DEC Finger Lakes Watershed Grant Program to Ontario County with matching contributions from the Towns of Richmond and Canadice and Ontario County Water Resources Council.
CD3 stands for “Clean, Drain, Dry and Dispose”. The standalone, self-service unit offers an air blower, wet-dry vacuum, and hand tools to help boaters remove and dispose of water, weeds, and debris, including leftover bait.
Starting next spring, the CD3 System will help the boating community take an active role in stopping the spread of invasive species (like milfoil and zebra mussels) from Honeoye Lake as well as to the lake (such as starry stonewort and hydrilla, which are present in other Finger Lakes but have not been identified in Honeoye). A free, self-service boat cleaning system will make it easier for day boaters to do their part to protect local lakes and fisheries.
More information is forthcoming in 2025. For more information on the cleaning system visit cd3systems.com.
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Click on the link below to see the Honeoye Lake Watershed Task Force 2024 Winter Newsletter:
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New York Safe Boating Class Certificate will be required of all boaters on this schedule:
If born on or after: You will need boating safety certificate to operate motorized vessel in:
January 1, 1988 2022
January 1, 1983 2023
January 1, 1978 2024
All operators of motorized vessels, regardless of age, will need a boating safety certificate by January 1, 2025.
Click on the link below for more information and the schedule of local NYS Safe Boating classes:
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