Wetland Monitoring Program for the Boquet River Watershed
The Boquet River, a major tributary to Lake Champlain, is
located at Essex County, NY. The river's 280 square mile watershed is in the
Adirondack Park. The United Nations' Man and Biosphere program has
designated this area as the Champlain Adirondack Biosphere Reserve, one of the
forty-seven such special designations in the United States. Plattsburgh
State, in partnership with the Boquet
River Association, received a Wetland Program Development grant from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a wetland monitoring program for
the watershed. Comprehensive surveys on wetland hydrology and vegetation
were conducted on 40 wetlands in year 2005 and 2006. The success of
the program relies on continuation of the monitoring program. To ensure
the quality of the data, please follow the procedures listed on the website to
conduct hydrology and/or vegetation survey.
