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The Catskill Mountains of southeastern New York receive among the highest loads of acid deposition in New York and the northeastern U.S. Additionally, the Catskills are underlain by sandstone and conglomerate, which is base poor and weathers slowly. Thus, the Catskills contain numerous streams with low (< 50 µeq/L) acid-neutralizing capacity (ANC) and are sensitive to impacts from atmospheric acid deposition. Since at least 1983, however, the levels of acidity in atmospheric deposition (primarily sulfuric acid) have been declining in the Catskills and throughout New York. While widespread recovery of streams in the Catskills has not yet been confirmed, recent data suggest that recovery in waters with ANC values...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Catskill Mountains,
Completed,
Cooperative Water Program,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, All tags...
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecosystem Health,
Ecosystem Health,
Neversink River,
New York,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
Water quality, Fewer tags
Problem The mainstem of the Mohawk River extends from Lake Delta Dam near Rome, NY downstream to its confluence with the Hudson River near Cohoes, NY. It supports a diverse fishery that is used extensively by recreational anglers. Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) and walleye (Sander vitreus) are among the most popular game species with anglers but past biological surveys have documented at least 56 fish species that inhabit the river. An extensive fish survey of the Lower Mohawk River was last conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) from 1979-1983. Some key findings of this research include: • the river supported an abundant and fast growing smallmouth bass...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Aquatic Community Health,
Aquatic Community Health,
Aquatic Community Health,
Biology,
Cooperative Water Program, All tags...
Ecosystem Health,
Ecosystem Health,
Environments,
Mohawk River, Hudson River Basin,
New York,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC, Fewer tags
Problem Water temperature is a critical component of trout habitat. Stream temperatures not only affect the distribution, behavior, and survival of trout (and other species), but also compel these species to move toward small areas of preferred temperatures, known as refuges, to maximize growth, survival, and fitness. The Schoharie watershed in the Catskill Mountains, including East Kill, West Kill, and Batavia Kill tributaries as well as the main-stem Schoharie Creek, supports small or transient populations of wild brook trout as well as naturalized and hatchery brown trout. Water temperatures in parts of these rivers typically exceed lethal thresholds for these species for several weeks each summer. Managing agencies...
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Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Completed,
Cooperative Water Program,
Ecoflows,
Ecoflows,
Ecoflows, All tags...
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts,
Ecosystem Health,
Ecosystem Health,
New York,
Stream Hydraulics,
Stream Hydraulics,
Stream hydraulics,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC, Fewer tags
Background and Problem The Retsof salt mine in the Genesee River valley, Livingston County, New York flooded after roof collapses in 1994 created two rubble chimneys in overlying bedrock that intersected a confined aquifer in the basal glacial-drift deposits (figs. 1 and 2). Groundwater flowed downward through the rubble chimneys causing widespread drawdown in the lower confined aquifer until the mine was completely flooded in 1996 (Yager and others, 2001). By 2005, water levels in the lower confined aquifer had nearly recovered to pre-collapse conditions but the hydraulic connection through the rubble chimneys between the brine-filled mine cavity, saline-water bedrock fracture zones, and the lower confined aquifer...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
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OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Borehole Geophysics,
Borehole Geophysics,
Borehole Geophysics,
Cooperative Water Program,
Geophysics, All tags...
Geophysics,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Mining,
Mining,
Mining,
New York,
Retsof mine,Genessee River Valley, Livingston County,
Saltwater Intrusion,
Saltwater Intrusion,
Saltwater intrusion,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Quality,
Water Quality,
Water quality, Fewer tags
Problem The Peconic Estuary of eastern Long Island, New York, is undergoing development as the region transitions from a rural area dependent on agriculture and tourism to a suburban one with a larger year-round population. The glacial and coastal-plain sediments underlying Long Island comprise a sole-source aquifer system that supplies the region’s communities with potable water. The area surrounding the Peconic Estuary was intensely farmed prior to suburbanization. Nitrogen loading from past fertilizer use was high as estimated from historical information and the continued detection of legacy effects in the aquifer system. In some areas, the peak or bolus of agricultural nitrogen loading from practices several...
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Project;
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Map Service,
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Shapefile;
Tags: Cooperative Water Program,
GW Model,
GW Model,
Geophysics,
Geophysics, All tags...
Groundwater-Flow Modeling,
Groundwater-Flow Modeling,
Groundwater-Flow Modeling,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Hydrogeologic Characterization,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Use and Availability Science,
Water Use and Availability Science, Fewer tags
Background: The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) and Health (NYS DOH) are concerned about groundwater contamination in the carbonate-bedrock aquifers in New York, especially relating to the unintended introduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and liquid manure to these aquifers. These carbonate rocks form extensive aquifers that transmit, and can yield, water from solution-enlarged fractures, bedding planes, and other openings (Olcott, 1995). Groundwater contamination from liquid manure application (fecal coliform bacteria [E. coli] and nitrate) has been on the increase over the past decade as these incidents have been reported to the NYS DEC. Nitrate is highly water-soluble...
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Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Basin & Hydrogeologic Characterization,
Cooperative Water Program,
Geospatial Applications, All tags...
Geospatial Applications,
Groundwater Recharge,
Groundwater Recharge,
Groundwater recharge,
NY,
New York,
Toxic Substance Hydrology,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
aquifers,
carobnate-bedrock,
contamination,
focused-recharge,
groundwater,
statewide, Fewer tags
Soil water dynamic is a crucial factor for understanding water-limited, arid to semiarid ecosystems (Porporato et al. 2002, Loik et al. 2004, Lauenroth and Bradford 2006), which cover c. 30% of global land area (Peel et al. 2007). The spatial and temporal patterns of available water, i.e., the amount of soil water that is extractable by plants, is a major determinant of aboveground net primary production and plant functional composition (Noy-Meir 1973, Sala et al. 1988, Sala et al. 1997). Climatic conditions including precipitation, temperature and potential evapotranspiration (PET), which are frequently summarized in climate diagrams (Fig. 1a, Walter and Lieth 1967), explain general patterns of soil water availability...
Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists initiated a study in the 1990s on avian distribution and habitat associations within the Sky Islands. By re-measuring vegetation and bird populations following wildfires and applying climate change models, they will assess the singular and synergistic effects of climate change and wildfire and provide strategies for managing resilient forests and conserving the avian community structure. They will also continue and expand citizen science efforts to develop a long term avian monitoring plan, as well as simulation studies to provide optimal monitoring designs for avian species to detect changes from large-scale stressors.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service,
Shapefile;
Tags: 2013,
AZ-01,
AZ-02,
Arizona,
Birds, All tags...
Citizen science,
Datasets/Database,
Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS,
Federal resource managers,
Interested public,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Monitoring,
Monitoring,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Presentation,
Project,
Publication,
Sky Islands,
Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
United States,
United States,
Vulnerability Assessment,
Website,
Wildfire,
avian communities,
biota,
completed, Fewer tags
Information on the sources of sediment production and amount is necessary to better understand the relationship between landscape-scale ecosystem drivers (fire, large-scale invasive species removal, recreation, oil and gas development, and grazing) and sediment loading in rivers, streams, and reservoirs. An improved understanding of the sources of sediment production and the contribution of each source to total sediment load would enable resource managers to better locate and design conservation strategies to reduce sediment loading, and improve water quality, native fish habitats, and upland vegetation cover.This project will conduct an erosion and sediment supply analysis in a portion of the Upper Green River...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service,
ArcGIS Service Definition,
Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: CO-03,
Colorado,
Data Acquisition and Development,
Datasets/Database,
Decision Support, All tags...
Federal resource managers,
Green River Basin,
Green River Basin,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Native Fish,
Project,
SRLCC,
Southern Rockies LCC,
State agencies,
Streamflows,
Tribes,
UT-01,
Upper Green River Basin,
Utah,
WY-00,
Wyoming,
Wyoming,
completed,
ecosystem drivers,
ecosystem drivers,
erosion,
erosion,
erosion,
fire,
fire,
fire,
green river basin,
invasive species removal,
invasive species removal,
invasive species removal,
oil and gas development,
oil and gas development,
oil and gas development,
recreation,
recreation,
recreation,
sediment,
sediment,
sediment,
sediment loading,
sediment loading,
sediment loading,
upper green river basin, Fewer tags
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