If you know which specialist or staff member you would like to reach, their contact information is provided below. If, however, you are unsure whom to contact, please use the inquiry form to the right and the appropriate team member will respond to your request.

Terry Bates

Director, Cornell Lake Erie Research & Extension

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland, NY, 14769

phone 716-792-2800 ext 207
fax 716-792-2805
email Terry

Jennifer Russo

Team Leader, Viticulturalist

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland NY 14769

phone 716-792-2800 ext 204
email Jennifer

Kevin Martin

Extension Educator, Business Management

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland, NY 14769

phone 716-792-2800 ext 202
fax 716-792-2805
email Kevin

Andy Muza

Extension Educator

Penn State Ext., Erie Co, PA.
606 West 2nd St.
Erie, PA 16507

phone 814-825-0900
fax 814-825-0900
email Andy

Peter Landre

Regional Ag Team Leader, Cornell University
email Peter

Scott Ebert

Field Assistant 1

CLEREL
6592 West Main Rd
Portland

phone 716-792-2800 ext 208
email Scott

Rhiann Eckstrom

Program Assistant - GIS

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland, NY 14769

phone 716-792-2800 ext 206
fax 716-792-2805
email Rhiann

Andy Joy

Field Tech III

CLEREL
6592 West Main Rd
Portland

phone 716-792-2800
email Andy

Kim Knappenberger

Program Aid II

CLEREL
6592 West Main Rd
Portland

phone 716-792-2800
email Kim

Madonna Martin

Field Assistant I

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland, NY, 14769

phone 716-792-2800
email Madonna

Kate Robinson

Administrative Assistant

CLEREL
6592 West Main Rd.
Portland, NY 14769

phone 716-792-2800 x201
fax 716-792-2805
email Kate

Daniel Sprague Jr.

Field Coordinator

CLEREL
6592 West Main Rd
Portland, NY 14769

phone 716-792-2800
email Daniel

Ted Taft

Research Support Specialist I

CLEREL
6592 West Main Road
Portland, NY, 14769

phone 716-792-2800
fax 716-792-2805
email Ted

LERGP Coffee Pot Meeting #2

May 12, 2021

Please come join the LERGP team for discussion on your vineyards.  NY and PA pesticide credits have been applied for.

LERGP Coffee Pot Meeting #3

May 19, 2021

Please come join the LERGP team for discussion on your vineyards.  NY and PA pesticide credits have been applied for.

LERGP Coffee Pot Meeting #4

May 26, 2021

Please come join the LERGP team for discussion on your vineyards.  NY and PA pesticide credits have been applied for.

Assess Your Freeze Damage

Assess Your Freeze Damage with a MyEV data Collector- By Terry Bates

Recorded Coffee Pot Meetings

You may not be able to obtain Pesticide License Recertification points but you can gain plenty of valuable information by watching the coffee pot meetings if you missed them! We have had some special guest speakers sharing valuable information with us!

Click the link below for access to all of the recorded LERGP Coffee Pot Meetings!

Recorded LERGP Coffee Pot Meetings

Hand sanitizer and Masks Still Available

Hand Sanitizer and Face Masks Still Available

It's not too late! If you haven't picked up your free NYS Clean hand sanitizer and washable Hanes masks, you still can. All farms in New York are eligible to request supplies. Click on this link to make the request. We will set up a time for you to come pick up the supplies at CLEREL in Portland.

LERGP Podcasts- check them out!

LERGP POD CASTS

Loaner Sensor Program

The loaner sensor program will not be available this growing season in light of the COVID -19 protocols.  We offer our sincere apologies