Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County 

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