Environment

Lake Ontario, water levels, conservation, parks, environmental review, climate-touching local stories.

Environment

Meet Webster's Conservation Board: the environmental review board you've probably never heard from

A five-member board most residents have never heard of just pitched Tree City USA to the Town Board. Here is what Webster's Conservation Board actually does, and how it landed real say over development review.

Environment

The lake has peaked. Here is where Ontario stands, and what Webster built since the last time it got bad.

Lake Ontario has reached its seasonal peak at approximately 247.4 feet, about 13 inches above the long-term May average. Here is where the lake stands, what changed since the 2017 and 2019 flooding years, and what Webster built for the next high-water event.