DESCRIPTION:HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES WILL WORK WITH THEIR SUBAWARDEE YATES COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ($132,600) TO CREATE WETLAND DETENTION BASINS TO HYDROLOGICALLY RECONNECT THE ABANDONED CROOKED LAKE CANAL TO THE KEUKA LAKE OUTLET.ACTIVITIES:THIS PROJECT WILL STABILIZE 4.3-MILES OF THE CANAL WILL REDUCE PHOSPHORUS INPUTS TO SENECA LAKE BY 1,521-POUNDS ANNUALLY AND MITIGATE FLOODING IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE OSWEGO RIVER WATERSHED - LAKE ONTARIO'S LARGEST SUBWATERSHED. THE PROJECT IS AN INNOVATIVE EXAMPLE OF REPURPOSING ABANDONED INFRASTRUCTURE TO YIELD ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS. SUBRECIPIENT:THE SUBAWARD AGREEMENT TO YATES COUNTY SWCD WILL SUPPORT THE SWCD PROJECT STAFF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH SURVEYING, PERMITTING ASSISTANCE, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND THE PROCUREMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE PROJECT.OUTCOMES:THE COMMUNITIES OF THE TOWN OF MILO AND TOWN OF TORREY, NEW YORK WILL BENEFIT FROM IMPROVED WATER QUALITY IN THE SENECA LAKE WATERSHED DUE TO REDUCED NUTRIENTS AND SEDIMENT RUNOFF.