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The Stream Health Pyramid Ausable River Association

WebThe steps in our approach to stream health assessment, protection, and restoration follow the pyramid from bottom to top. Hydrology describes the transport of water from watershed to channel. Understanding its …

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Healthy Streams Have Wild Edges Ausable River Association

WebSpecies composition and health is a critical category. Leaving the buffer wild is often the best way to keep it healthy. In some cases, seasonal or annual management can help …

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Restoring Stream Health and Measuring Success

WebRestoring stream health involves many different strategies, but the goals are always the same. From a scientific perspective, a "healthy" stream is more than a collection of …

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Are You Drinking Road Salt

WebThese new results make road salt pollution a human health issue. Early in 2018 the Adirondack Watershed Institute, our research partner, released the results of a park-wide …

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How Do We Track Water Quality

WebOne current focus of our monitoring tracks two pollutants, chloride and sodium . Both enter streams and lakes as a result of winter road deicing practices. We’re also on the lookout …

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Caring Ausable River Association

WebBut just as human activity creates challenges, your actions can help protect the watershed you live, work, and play in. Caring for the Ausable River watershed—ensuring clean …

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Watershed Management Plan Ausable River Association

WebThe Ausable River is one of 14 major rivers that have their sources in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and the longest of the three that drain into Lake …

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Connectivity for Stream Health Ausable River Association

WebHow do we ensure the health of wild streams? Restoring connectivity by replacing or retrofitting undersized, collapsing, or deteriorated road crossings is one essential step. …

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A Plan for Restoring Stream Health

WebA Plan for Restoring Stream Health. Page 3. The East Branch Restoration Program identifies 13 sites in the Town of Jay in need of restoration to improve flood resilience, …

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Why Wood is Good for Streams Ausable River Association

WebIndeed, wood is essential to the health, structure, and biodiversity of streams in this region. Stream lovers know that wide riparian buffers of native trees and woody plants provide …

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Getting Restoration Right Ausable River Association

WebOver the past 10 years the Ausable River Association has developed a regional reputation for successfully applying natural stream restoration techniques to protect the health of …

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What is a Buffer

WebDIY Stream Stewardship. One of the biggest influences on the health of a stream or river is the vegetation on its banks. The strip of vegetation along a waterbody is called a riparian …

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What Can A River Do For You, Your Community, And Your Planet

WebOver the past several years, the Ausable River Association (AsRA) has worked with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and others to restore river health in ways that support …

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5 Reasons to Ride for the River Ausable River Association

WebThe long-term health of these communities relies heavily on the health of the Ausable River. When compared to other watersheds and river systems in New York State, and …

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Mirror Lake 2020 Water Quality Update

Webhealth and integral to the economic value of the lake. Mirror Lake is oligotrophic, meaning low nutrient content, and had relatively low phosphorus concentrations throughout 2020. …

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Road Salt Mobilizes Heavy Metals into Freshwater Ecosystems and

WebFrom a human health perspective, this also means that heavy metals are more likely to be transported away from roads and impact groundwater that may serve as a drinking water …

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Building a Culvert that Frees a Stream

WebShifting the stream back to its original path, restoring the former streambed, and installing a 16-foot wide open-bottom aluminum arch at the appropriate slope restored stream …

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Stream Features: Riffle to Glide Ausable River Association

WebStream channels, their near riparian areas, wetlands, and floodplains are part of a network essential to ecosystem health. Streams transport water and sediment gathered from the …

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AsRA from the Eyes of the 2023 Intern Ausable River Association

WebAsRA monitors the health of brooks along the Ausable River through water quality testing, temperature monitoring, fish health, and tracking of invasive species, and also engages …

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Water Chemistry Parameters Ausable River Association

WebThe behavior of nitrogen in surface waters is strongly influenced by its vital importance to plant and animal nutrition. Nitrogen occurs in water as nitrite (NO2-) or nitrate (NO3-) …

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