Whose Lake Is It Anyway?

A panel to discuss competing interests in the Finger Lakes watersheds, "Whose Lake Is It Anyway? will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 in the Geneva Room of the Warren Hunting Smith Library.

Panelists will include Marion Balyszak, director of the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Edith Davey, conservation educator with the Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation District; Marion Schwartz, longtime resident on Canandaigua Lake; and Daniel Davis, acting regional director for the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Finger Lakes Region.

Co-sponsored with the Geneva Historical Society, the panel is offered in conjunction with the Society's current exhibit, "From Steamboat to State Park: Public Access in the Finger Lakes, which examines the use and development of the lakes over the past 200 years and how attitudes have changed about quality of life in the area and about the environmental impact of industry.

The panel will focus primarily on environmental issues and the impact of land and water use on the Finger Lakes, particularly how to balance residential, agricultural, and recreational use of the lakes with environmental concerns about water quality and invasive species.

The program is free and open to all; registration is requested by e-mailing fli@hws.edu.