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Casadaga Lake flooding: county, conservationists and contractors outline short- and long-term actions
Summary
County watershed staff, local lake association leaders and consultants described a three-part plan — remove sediment at Maple Avenue bridge, manage beaver impacts and pursue longer-term infrastructure to control water levels — and said DEC permitting and wetland protections make the timeline protracted.
County and local officials updated the Planning & Economic Development Committee on severe high-water and sediment problems at Casadaga Lake and Casadaga Creek, and outlined immediate and longer-term steps to reduce flooding risk to private property and septic systems.
Dave McCoy, Chautauqua County watershed coordinator, and Bob Reuther, Casadaga Lakes Association (CLA) manager, described a drainage choke point beneath the Maple Avenue bridge where sand, gravel, vegetation and fallen trees have reduced outflow and raised lake levels. Reuther estimated several beaver dams and multiple sediment accumulations between Maple Avenue and Reese Road and said the condition has worsened in the last three years.
The CLA and county…
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