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Dr. Robert Werner Research & Education Boat

The research and education boat, or “The Bob,” plays an important part in the SLA’s core programs. Additionally it hosts ongoing research conducted by Syracuse University, ESF, and other higher education institutions in the following capacity:

  • Lake turbidity monitoring and sediment studies
  • Aquatic plant surveys, including Eurasian watermilfoil management planning
  • Harmful algal bloom monitoring
  • NYSDEC Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP)

The Bob will also be host to small group education programs and teacher workshops that will complement the SLA’s Floating Classroom initiative.

July 8, 2022 – Press Observer article about The Bob

You can help support the work of The Bob and the Skaneateles Lake Association by becoming an annual member.  
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We would like to thank the following people for their donations to fund The Bob:

Thank you kindly to Bob Werner’s son-in-law Andy Robinson for producing this video and capturing the spirit of “The Bob” emanating from the legacy Dr. Robert Werner has left for the lake community. Andy is a retired professor with Syracuse University’s Newhouse School and owner of PR Productions.

The Dr. Robert Werner Research and Education Boat hit the waters in the summer of 2022.

The boat was named in celebration of Bob Werner’s life, and the legacy he left for Skaneateles Lake. Dr. Werner passed in 2020 and was the SLA’s volunteer lake ecologist and dedicated board member. He has become known to many in memoriam as “The Lake Professor.”

 

 

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