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National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress 2011: An Integrated Assessment Title IV has been successful in reducing emissions of SO2 and NOx from power generation to the levels set by Congress. In fact, by 2009, SO2 emissions from power plants were already 3.25 million tons lower than the final 2010 cap level of 8.95 million tons, and NOx emissions were 6.1 million tons less than the projected level in 2000 without the ARP, or more than triple the Title IV NOx emission-reduction objective. As a result of these emission reductions, air quality has improved, providing significant human health benefits, and acid deposition has decreased to the extent that some acid-sensitive areas are beginning to show signs of recovery. Current emission reductions and the passage of time, which is needed... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Completed, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Ecosystem Health, National Atmospheric Deposition Program, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Fewer tags Appalachian Trail MEGA-Transect Atmospheric Deposition Effects Study The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 14-state footpath from Maine to Georgia, is a unit of the National Park Service that is cooperatively managed and maintained by the National Park Service (NPS), the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, AT Club volunteers, the USDA Forest Service, and other public land-management agencies. Upper elevation and ridge-top ecosystems, which comprise much of the trail corridor, have been impacted by and remain extremely sensitive to acidic deposition. Ridgetop soils that are often low in calcium make the ecosystems of the AT more sensitive to acidic deposition than other ecosystems. Furthermore, upper elevations tend to receive the highest levels of deposition. In areas along the AT, such... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Appalachian Trail, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Climate Impacts, Completed, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, acid rain, forest health, Fewer tags Mohawk Microplastics Problem - Plastic debris pollution in freshwater ecosystems is becoming a major ecosystem and public health concern. Plastic pollution is now identified as the most abundant anthropogenic debris and it is found throughout all marine environments, comprising 60-80% of all floating debris (Eriksen et al., 2013). This debris can have a lasting effect on marine life through ingestion or entanglement (Laist, 1987). Recent studies in small tributaries and freshwater environments (Baldwin, 2016) indicate microplastic pollution is pervasive across all hydrologic environments. Mike Antidormi using a net sampler to collect a microplastic sample Microscope used for size, colors, and count for microplastics analyisis... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Contaminants, Emerging, Contaminants, Emerging, All tags... Contaminants, emerging, 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, Ecosystem Health, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, New York, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Fewer tags Documenting Biological Recovery in Acidified Adirondack Streams in Response to the 1990 Amendment to the Clean Air Act BACKGROUND Chemistry data from a group of Adirondack lakes monitored since the mid-1990s indicate that chemical recovery is currently underway and can be attributed to declining deposition loads of sulfate and nitrate in direct response to the 1990 amendment to the Clean Air Act (CAA) and other regulations. Changes in the water quality of several western Adirondack streams suggest that chemical recovery from acidification is underway as well, while data from recent large-scale stream surveys also support the assertion. Changes in stream chemistry, however, appear to be more complicated than changes in lake chemistry. The pH levels in Buck Creek, for example, have changed very little since the 1990s but dissolved... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Ecosystem Health, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water quality, Fewer tags Effects of acid-base chemistry on biology of streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Background Watersheds of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) receive high levels of acid deposition resulting from atmospheric emissions of nitrogen and sulfur oxides. Acidic deposition has been shown to reduce acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) and calcium concentrations and increase acidity and aluminum concentrations in soils and surface waters and affect forest health as well as fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages across the GRSM. In fact, 12 streams on the Tennessee-side of the GRSM National Park are listed on the Clean Water Act’s 303d list of impaired surface waters for failing the pH standard (<6.0) as a result of atmospheric deposition of air pollutants (mainly nitrogen and sulfur). In the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, USGS New York Water Science Center, All tags... WSC, Fewer tags New York Water Science Center Data Program Objective: The USGS New York Water Science Center (NYWSC) works with other Federal agencies as well as with State, municipal, and tribal agencies to provide research and data about water-related issues. Relevance and Impact: The NYWSC leads the scientific and water-resources management communities by providing high-quality, timely, and unbiased scientific data, reports, and other information that are widely accessible and understandable and that benefit science interests of all levels of government, academia, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and the general public. Statement of Problem: The NYWSC studies the effects of weather, climate, and manmade influences on groundwater levels, streamflow (discharge),... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Beach and Barrier Dynamics, Beach and Barrier Dynamics, Beach and Barrier dynamics, Coastal Science, Coastal Science, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Geophysics, Geophysics, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater and Streamflow Information, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Groundwater-Quality Monitoring, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, Hydrogeologic Characterization, New York, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Monitoring, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring, Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics, Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics, Tide and Wave Hydrodynamics, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Use and Availability Science, Water quality, Water-Quailty Modeling, Water-Quailty Modeling, Water-Quality Modeling, Fewer tags Compilation of Mercury Data and Associated Risk to Human and Ecosystem Health, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Purpose and Scope The Natural Resources Department of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Odanah, Wisconsin has requested assistance with compiling existing mercury (Hg) concentration data from measurements in a variety of environmental media in an effort to evaluate risks to ecosystem and human health and to identify key data gaps that could be addressed through future sampling. These data include Hg concentrations in fish, frogs, otters, birds, wild rice, the atmosphere, surface water, and sediment. The purpose of this proposed study is to compile existing Hg data collected by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, evaluate the potential risks to humans and to local ecosystems, and to recommend... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Aquatic Community Health, Coastal Science, Coastal Science, All tags... Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Focused Assessments, Focused Assessments, Focused Assessments, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wetlands, Fewer tags Assessment of sugar maple health and associated soil conditions in the Adirondack Region of New York This project provides a regional assessment of sugar maple health and associated soil conditions in the Adirondack Region of New York, where sugar maple are a major component of the forest. The focus of the study is to develop an improved understanding of relationships among watershed characteristics, soil chemistry, and acidic deposition effects on sugar maple trees and other tree species that grow in association with sugar maple, which are one of the most highly valued tree species in the northeast. Project results are therefore important for the management of sugar maple in the Adirondack region where acidic deposition has lowered the nutritional status of soils by depleting calcium, a key nutrient for trees.Purpose... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Adirondack Mountains, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Assessment, BiogeochemicalandHydrologicAssessment, All tags... Black River, Cooperative Water Program, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, NY, New York, Oswegatchie River, Soils, Soils, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, acid rain, acid rain, acid rain, soils, sugar maple, watershed, Fewer tags Hydrologic Assessment of the Shallow Groundwater-Flow System Beneath the Shinnecock Nation Tribal Lands, Suffolk County, New York 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