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Problem Tribal Lands of the Shinnecock Nation Tribal community were inundated during Hurricane Sandy’s storm tide, resulting in detrimental effects on the Tribal Land’s natural resources. The existing science being used to inform decisions on remediation is biased toward activities are necessarily focused on the immediate aftermath of storms An assessment of the sources of contaminants that may have been introduced from inundation is needed to provide a context with which the Tribal community can better understand how to prioritize and manage the sources and minimize risk. Objectives This project will evaluate key human- and ecological-health concerns related to transport and persistence of...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Climate Impacts,
Climate Impacts,
Climate impacts,
Contaminants, Emerging,
Contaminants, Emerging, All tags...
Contaminants, Natural,
Contaminants, Natural,
Contaminants, emerging,
Contaminants, natural,
Cooperative Water Program,
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,
Flood Inundation,
Flood Inundation,
Flood Inundation,
GW or SW,
GW or SW,
GW or SW,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
Groundwater-Quality Monitoring,
New York,
Sediment,
Sediment,
Sediment,
Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Long Island,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Quality,
Water Quality, Fewer tags
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Background The Shinnecock Nation is located on the south fork of eastern Long Island adjacent to the town of Southampton to the east, and the hamlet of Shinnecock Hills to the west, in Suffolk County, NY. Shinnecock Nation tribal lands encompass approximately 1.2 square miles and are bounded to the east and west by tidal creeks, and to the south by Shinnecock Bay. The Shinnecock Nation has a population of 662 residents who live in 256 housing units (U.S. Census, 2016). The Shinnecock Nation became the 565th federally recognized Tribe by the United States government in October 2010. (Shinnecock Nation, 2014). Shinnecock Nation tribal lands are situated in a coastal environment where bay and wetland health are...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Contaminants, Emerging,
Contaminants, Emerging,
Contaminants, Microbial,
Contaminants, Microbial,
Contaminants, Natural, All tags...
Contaminants, Natural,
Contaminants, Organic,
Contaminants, Organic,
Contaminants, emerging,
Contaminants, microbial,
Contaminants, natural,
Contaminants, organic,
Cooperative Water Program,
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,
Flood Inundation,
Flood Inundation,
Flood Inundation,
GW or SW,
GW or SW,
GW or SW,
Micropollutants,
Micropollutants,
Micropollutants,
New York,
Shinnecock Nation, Suffolk County, Long Island,
Source Water or Drinking Water,
Source Water or Drinking Water,
Source water or drinking water,
USGS New York Water Science Center,
WSC,
Water Use,
Water Use and Availability Science,
Water Use and Availability Science,
Water-Use,
Water-Use, Fewer tags
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