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Awi 2018-02 Adirondack Watershed Institute Year in Review 1 Stewardship Program AWI 2018-02 ADIRONDACK WATERSHED INSTITUTE YEAR IN REVIEW 1 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Graphic by Jake Sporn www.adkwatershed.org ADIRONDACK WATERSHED INSTITUTE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Table of Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Program Description and Methods ............................................................................................................ 14 Summary of Results ................................................................................................................................... 24 Program Discussion and Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 45 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Lake Ontario Headwaters Watercraft Inspection Program ................................ 45 2017 Adirondack AIS Spread Prevention Program ...................................................................................... 52 Education and Outreach ............................................................................................................................ 60 Special Project Reports .............................................................................................................................. 64 Location Use Data Summaries.................................................................................................................... 67 Black Lake, Goose Bay (St. Lawrence River) and Indian River Lakes ........................................................................ 67 Black River Watershed ......................................................................................................................................... 71 Carry Falls Reservoir ............................................................................................................................................. 75 Chateaugay Lake .................................................................................................................................................. 77 Chazy Lake ........................................................................................................................................................... 80 Cranberry Lake ..................................................................................................................................................... 83 Fish Creek Ponds .................................................................................................................................................. 87 Fourth Lake .......................................................................................................................................................... 90 GLRI North Lakes .................................................................................................................................................. 93 Great Sacandaga Lake .......................................................................................................................................... 96 Hudson River...................................................................................................................................................... 101 Indian Lake ........................................................................................................................................................ 105 Lake Champlain .................................................................................................................................................. 108 Lake Flower ........................................................................................................................................................ 115 Lake Placid ......................................................................................................................................................... 118 Lake Pleasant ..................................................................................................................................................... 122 Long Lake ........................................................................................................................................................... 125 Osgood Pond ...................................................................................................................................................... 128 Piseco Lake ........................................................................................................................................................ 131 Rainbow Lake - Buck Pond .................................................................................................................................. 134 Raquette Lake .................................................................................................................................................... 137 Sacandaga Lake (Moffitt Beach) .......................................................................................................................... 140 Second Pond ...................................................................................................................................................... 143 Stillwater Reservoir ............................................................................................................................................ 147 Tupper Lake ....................................................................................................................................................... 150 Upper Saranac Lake ............................................................................................................................................ 153 Upper St. Regis Lake ........................................................................................................................................... 157 AWI Data Analysis Support Services Reports ....................................................................................................... 160 Schroon Region – Brant Lake ...................................................................................................................................... 160 Schroon Region – Loon Lake ....................................................................................................................................... 163 Schroon Region – Paradox Lake & Northern Schroon/Paradox Decon Station .......................................................... 166 Schroon Region – Schroon Lake .................................................................................................................................. 169 Canada Lake & Caroga Decontamination Station ....................................................................................................... 173 www.adkwatershed.org ADIRONDACK WATERSHED INSTITUTE TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Appendices .............................................................................................................................................. 176 Appendix A: Seasonal Staff Profiles ..................................................................................................................... 176 Appendix B: Education and Outreach Events ....................................................................................................... 179 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Abbreviations List. ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 2. Total number of days covered and typical weekly coverage level at each location. .............................................. 14 Table 3. Comprehensive data summary, total # of visitors and # of organisms. .................................................................. 26 Table 4. Comprehensive data summary, boat types. ........................................................................................................... 27 Table 5. Summary of organisms removed from watercraft. ................................................................................................. 28 Table 6. Organism transport rates and AIS spread prevention steps by type of watercraft. ............................................... 29 Table 7. AIS transport rates by type of watercraft ............................................................................................................... 30 Table 8. AIS spread prevention information. ........................................................................................................................ 32 Table 9. Top 25 Previously Visited Waterways. .................................................................................................................... 33 Table 10. AWI Decontamination Station overview ............................................................................................................... 34 Table 11. AIS removed from AWI decontamination stations. .............................................................................................. 36 Table 12. GLRI data summary, boat types. ........................................................................................................................... 47 Table
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