Notes from a Watershed - The Mohawk River

Road salt pollution affects public health

The Great Flats Aquifer and the Mohawk River in NY have rising levels of sodium and chloride

Apr 12 • 

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Rebeavering the Mohawk

History of beavers and how they are reclaiming their role in the Mohawk Watershed

Apr 8 • 

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January 2025

Risk rising with aging dams

Climate change and dam safety will drive decisions on the fate of many NY dams

Jan 21 • 

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Precipitation stripes

Visualizing precipitation trends in the Mohawk Watershed

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

Infrastructure Under Water

Climate change stresses aging water infrastructure

Dec 10, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Beavers Thrive with Forest Recovery in the Mohawk Valley

Land-use changes foster wetland expansion and climate resilience

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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November 2023

Increased summer rainfall in the Mohawk watershed

Water quality, flooding, and ecosystems are affected by more warm-month rain in the Mohawk Watershed

Nov 30, 2023 • 

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October 2023

Invasive Water Chestnut is choking the lower Mohawk

Explosive growth driven by sediment blocked by the Crescent dam

Oct 24, 2023 • 

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April 2023

Salinization in the Mohawk Watershed

Road salt contamination in the Great Flats Aquifer threatens public health

Apr 9, 2023 • 

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September 2022

Aquatic pathway between the Mohawk and Lake Champlain

Aquatic invaders are using the Erie Canal to get into Lake Champlain

Sep 14, 2022 • 

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August 2022

Assisted passage for Forage Fish in the Mohawk watershed

Waterford flight is a fish ladder: April opening would benefit fish and boaters

Aug 30, 2022 • 

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The NY-NJ Watershed Protection Act S./H.R. 4677

New funding could address water quality, flooding, and invasive species in the Mohawk Watershed

Aug 25, 2022 • 

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