Community Partnerships

Current External Partners and Collaborative Projects

Foundations and Community Agencies Project
Community Foundation Education on invasive aquatic plant
Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District
Onondaga County Environmental Health Council
Adopt-A-Shoreline Volunteers
Finger Lakes Institute
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Water chestnut control, invasive aquatic plant education
Finger Lakes-Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance
Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation District
Onondaga County Environmental Health Council
Madison County Planning Department
Onondaga Lake Partnership Non-point source pollution outreach, Onondaga Lake watershed
Onondaga County Environmental Health Council
Onondaga Environmental Institute Education and outreach, Onondaga Creek watershed; collaborate on plan for Onondaga Creek
State University of New York College of  Environmental Science and Forestry
Canopy
City of Syracuse
Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Partnership for Onondaga Creek
Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environment and Energy Systems Green infrastructure at 515 Tully St.
Home Headquarters
Central New York Regional Planning Board (not currently funded) Oneida Lake Education Initiative
Sea Grant and CBFS at Shakelton Point
Corporate Partnerships Project
Bristol Myers Squibb Urban forestry project—East Syracuse, NY and Dewitt, NY
East Syracuse Department of Public Works
Town of Dewitt
National Grid Urban forestry project—City of Syracuse
New York State Project
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Purchase of equipment for NYS Fair Youth Building
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (no current funding) Urban forestry (CommuniTree Stewards)
Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University
Local and State Department of Social Services Cornell University Nutrition and food resource management
20+ county & school-based agencies
New York State Office of Minority Health Kidney Foundation of CNY Nutrition education to reduce disease risk factors – minority focus
Onondaga County Project
Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District Promote intensively managed pasture
US Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service
Syracuse-Onondaga Planning Agency Agricultural district recertification and Farmland protection
Onondaga County Community Development Urban forestry in low-income areas
Village of East Syracuse
Village of Liverpool
Village of North Syracuse
Village of Elbridge
Village of Jordan
City of Syracuse
Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University
Onondaga County Office of Water Rain Gardens & Urban forestry on the NWS
Environment Protection (DEC grant)
City of Syracuse
Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Onondaga County Department of Health Rain garden education and outreach
Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources
Onondaga County Health Department 8 county region for Nutrition Wellness implementation
Local/regional schools
Oswego County Project
Oswego County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. Water chestnut control; invasive aquatic
Onondaga County Environmental Health Council Plant education on Seneca River and Otisco Lake
City of Syracuse Project
Department of Parks and Recreation CommuniTree Stewards, (add variety of  landscape materials)
Department of Water Economic analysis of environmental impact of farms on Skaneateles Lake watershed
Department of Water Education in Skaneateles Lake watershed
Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources
Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District
Municipalities within watershed Skaneateles, Spafford, Niles, Sempronius and Scott
City of Syracuse Urban forestry in City of Syracuse
Cornell University Project
NYS Biodiversity Research Institute (funder) Education and outreach re invasive aquatic plants
Cayuga Extension Association
Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources
Adopt-A-Shoreline Volunteers
Cornell University Extension Administration Sea Grant Oneida Lake watershed youth education
Cornell Biological Field Station at Shakelton Point
CNY Regional Planning and Development Board
Cornell University Waste Institute Soils education in Onondaga County (Program is no longer Ag.)
Cornell University Cooperative Extension Dutchess County Urban Forestry Education throughout the state
National Grid
Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell
Cornell Biological Field Station at Shakelton Point Sea Grant Oneida Lake Watershed Scholars
Cornell University DNS Family based cooking with vegetable prep focus
Syracuse City Parks & Rec and Syracuse City School District (SCSD)  – 3 year pilot
Cornell University EDEN Coordinator Emergency preparedness for at risk residents
Onondaga County Department of Emergency Management