Dear ECOLOG community -
The NY Attorney General's office is seeking a particular type of data set.
Please see the below message from their office. Feel free to contact me
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you have any questions or Dr. Silver directly.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide!
Adrienne Sponberg
ASLO Director of Public Affairs
The Water Quality Effect on Tributaries of So-Called "Isolated"
Wetlands
I am searching for an example of the following scenario:
A stream flows parallel to a wetland but has no surface water
connection to it. Physical, chemical, and (if possible) biological
parameters of the stream are and have been measured at established
monitoring stations a least once a year for several years. (It could be
for a college limnology or aquatic biology project).
The wetland is located between two stream monitoring stations.
For the purposes of this scenario we will designate them as the Upstream
Monitoring Station (Up) #10 and the Downstream Monitoring Station (Down)
#11. One day, for whatever reason, the wetland is filled.
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10 (Upstream Monitoring
Station #10)
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( FORMER
WETLAND )
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11 (Downstream Monitoring
Station #11)
Question: Will the data collected at Down #11 reflect the destruction
of the former nearby wetland, that did not have a surface water
connection to the stream, after one year, two years, three years, etc.,
and if so how? I am after case studies that prove a groundwater
connection and that also demonstrate that downstream water quality has
been adversely impacted by the destruction of a wetland.
Charlie Silver, Ph.D.
NYS Office of the Attorney General
Environmental Protection Bureau
NYC Watershed Inspector General Scientist
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224-0341
direct phone: (518) 473-6620
fax: (518) 473-6818
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
