Rochester Environmental Issues

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The Rochester region is an environmentally conscious community with several issues of particular interest to the region. RocWiki provides this page to gather thoughts on the issues, provide resource links for our community, and allow you to participate in the discussion on our Talk Page.

Major Issues:

• See - Rochester Issues for detailed descriptions.
  

• Water Quality of Lake Ontario and the Genesee River - see the Watershed Exercise
  

• Air Quality
  

• Invasive Species
  

• Snowmobile Trails
  

• Wind farms and Wind Power
  

• Power plants such as Ginna Nuclear Power Plant
  

• Toxic waste - nobody wants a Love Canal here
  

• Industrial Pollution

Organizations

• Sierra Club, Rochester

References and Resources

• NY Department of Environmental Conservation
  

• RochesterEnvironment.com - comprehensive site with a separate Blog Environmental Thoughts, Rochester NY on BlogSpot.com and a extensive List of Resources at every level down to the towns and villages.