Principal Investigator(s):

Greg Lawrence, Karen Roy, Sophia Passy, Robert Bode

Summary:

Project Update (1,264kb .pdf)

While New York State streams and soils have been affected by acidification, in acid-sensitive regions such as the Adirondack Mountains, neither the proportion of affected streams nor the spatial extent of soil acidification has been determined. Insufficient data exist for determining whether stream acidity has decreased in response to the measured declines in the atmospheric deposition of acids. Furthermore, the baseline data needed to evaluate future trends in stream and soil acidity is inadequate.

This project addresses the gaps in available data through a stream survey in the Black River and Oswegatchie River watersheds of the western Adirondack region. Its primary objective is an improved characterization of the acidification status of streams and soils in an area representative of the region likely to be most affected by acid deposition in New York and possibly in the United States.

Partners: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Downloads:

Project Update (1,264kb .pdf)

Project Site(s):

Oswegatchie River, Black River

Latitude/Longitude: (11kb .pdf)

Region(s): North Country

County(ies): Saint Lawrence

Sampling:

Sampled Medium(Media): stream water, macroinvertebrates, periphytic diatoms

Analyte(s): sulfur, nitrogen, mercury

Sampling Technolog(ies):

Sampling Frequency:

Funding:

Total Costs: $794,487

NYSERDA Costs: $476,001

Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Geological Survey, Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation

Contract Initiated: February, 2003

Estimated Completion Date: February, 2006

Links:

Project Website: http://ny.cf.er.usgs.gov/nyserdaproject/projects/model.cfm

Related EMEP Projects: Doug Burns 7606, Tim Sullivan 7605, Karen Roy 4915, Myron Mitchell 8646

Related Link(s): http://www.usgs.gov

Contact:

Greg Lawrence
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
425 Jordan Road
Troy, New York 12180-8349
PH: (518) 285-5664
Fax: (518) 285-5601
Email: glawrenc@usgs.gov

Karen Roy
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation
P.O. Box 296
Route 86 Ray Brook
New York 12977
PH: (518) 897-1354
Fax: (518) 897-1364
Email: kmroy@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Sophia Passy
Department of Biology
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19498
501 S. Nedderman Dr.
Arlington, Texas 76019-0498
PH: (817) 272-2415
Fax: (817) 272-2855
Email: sophia.passy@uta.edu

Robert Bode
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
425 Jordan Road
Troy, New York 12180
PH: (518) 285-5682
Email: rwbode@gw.dec.state.ny.us