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Watershed Stories

Keep up with the work of Ausable Freshwater Center (AFC) staff. These stories share information about our stewardship and monitoring work, natural stream restoration, and culvert replacement techniques by highlighting specific projects in the Ausable and Boquet River watersheds of northern New York. They also give you fun facts about the plants and wildlife that live in these watersheds, as well as tips for enjoying responsible, low-impact recreational opportunities.

Nov
01
2022
A Riparian Planting Primer: Ausable Natives
Ausable River Association staff along with botanist Steve Langdon have been working to inventory native trees, shrubs, plants, and grasses in the Ausable River watershed. Since 2019, we have inventoried 17 sites along the East Branch, West Branch and...
Ecology
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Oct
26
2022
A Young Fisherman’s Journey
This is the story of our 2022 River Steward, Vy Duong, learning to fly fish in the Ausable River.
Recreation
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Oct
11
2022
10 Essentials to Bring on Every Adirondack Adventure
Packing for an outdoor adventure can be overwhelming, especially if you are new to it. Am I bringing enough? Am I bringing too much? Is there something I'm forgetting about? Read on to learn about what you should bring along on every outdoor adventure.
Recreation
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Aug
24
2022
An Update on the Ausable River Association’s 2022 Lake Sampling Program
Monitoring water quality is critical to ensuring the health of Ausable streams and lakes. Each year AsRA's staff monitors 30 stream sites and 12 lakes. Two of those lakes, the stunning Cascades Lakes, are a focus of our long-term monitoring efforts.
Limnology
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Aug
19
2022
Healthy Streams Have Wild Edges
Talk about getting to know the Ausable River even better than before! AsRA science staff Carrianne and Liz spent the past two weeks climbing up, down, and along riverbank forests surveying the buffer zone between people’s homes and the river or stream bordering their yard. From thick stands of speckled alder-dominated shrub lands and dense hemlock forests, all the way to riverbanks full of towering hardwoods, we've seen a lot of healthy buffers.
Ecology
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Aug
11
2022
Imprints Of Time In The Ausable Watershed
The landscape of the Ausable River watershed bears the marks of events that extend far into the Earth's deep past. The rocks, structures, and sediments in the watershed represent distinct occurrences in the natural history of this area. Some of these events occurred over a billion years ago and lasted for hundreds of millions of years. Other events are much more recent and can be seen on much finer time scales. Everything in the natural landscape represents part of that story and owes its present form to one or more of the events that made this place.
Natural History
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Aug
03
2022
Journey to a Lake’s Past
On a beautiful July morning, we hosted a floating watershed tour to examine the ecology and history of Lower Saint Regis Lake led by renowned local scientist and professor Dr. Curt Stager. Come along on this virtual version of the tour with us and learn more about what participants learned.
Limnology
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Jul
27
2022
What's Up With the Spongy Moth?
In the Ausable River watershed, we have an invasive insect known as spongy moths. You may find their egg masses on trees, see the tattered remains of devoured leaves strewn about the ground, or notice the little brown larva that seemingly fall from the...
Invasives
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Jul
20
2022
AsRA from the Eyes of the Intern
Remember Cat Wang, our Colgate University Upstate Summer Field School fellow? She's been keeping busy learning all about the Ausable Watershed. From field to forest to lake, Cat has seen it all (almost!).
Stewardship
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Jun
21
2022
Nature’s Water Infrastructure
Nature's Water Infrastructure - A Foundation for Our CommunitiesThis September, half a dozen large yellow excavators converged on the East Branch Ausable River in Upper Jay. In five weeks, they completed the restoration of almost 2000' of the river...
Restoration
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