OB1 PUBLIC FORUMS

Dissemination of information began relatively early and was continued throughout the project. Several audiences have been reached including: educators; researchers; federal, state and local government resource managers; and consultants (Table 10).

**Table 10.** Presentations and public forums.
DATE	ORGANIZATION	NOTES
December 2, 1993	U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Wetlands Inventory, Ralph Tiner (Ray Brook, NY)	Dr. Tiner is Regional Wetland Coordinator. He provided a critique of wetland interpretation techniques in the field and lab.
March 10, 1994	NYS Adirondack Park Agency (Ray Brook, NY)	Public presentation of overview and status of project to APA Park Ecology Committee.
March 17, 1994	Adirondack Technical and Scientific Group (Albany, NY)	Overview to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation staff.
May 30-June 3, 1994	Society of Wetland Scientists Fifteenth Annual Meeting (Portland, OR)	Poster session.
May 30-June 3, 1994	Commission IV International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Meeting (Athens, GA)	Poster session. Paper published in ISPRS Proceedings.
July 28, 1994	New York Inter-Agency Wetlands Managers Meeting (Ray Brook, NY)	Status report to USEPA, USDA-SCS, Fish and Wildlife Service, the Corps of Engineers, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, and the NYS Dept. Env. Conservation.
May 25, 1994	Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation Management Committee Annual Meeting (Ray Brook, NY)	Overview to committee.
August 25, 1994	Herkimer County Water Quality Coordinating Committee (Herkimer, NY)	Overview to NYSDEC, Soil and Water Conservation District, USDA-SCS, USDA-ASCS, Herkimer County Dept. of Highways, and Cornell Cooperative Ext.
September 26, 1994	University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources, Lake workshop (Burlington, VT)	Presentation to technical committee on Nonpoint Source Pollution and Lake Management Institutions.
September 26-27, 1994	Tenth Annual New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference (Albany, NY)	Poster session. Sponsored by NYS Chapter Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Central NY Region of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
November 14, 1994	Joint Annual Meeting of the Empire State Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the NYS American Water Resources Association, and the NYS Association of Conservation Districts (L.George, NY)	Poster session.
May 22-23, 1995	Second Annual Conference of the Adirondack Research Consortium at SUNY Plattsburgh, NY.	Presentation and poster session.
January 9, 1996	Franklin County Water Quality Coordinating Committee meeting, Ray Brook, NY.	Presentation.

The target users of the information generated from this project were expected to be state and local government managers as well as lakeshore owners associations who frequently request lake watershed maps and watershed cover information. Adirondack Park Agency staff worked jointly with the NYS Biological Survey Unit, which includes the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation, and the Remote Sensing Lab staff at SUNY Plattsburgh. Data currently are being used for educational purposes and for decision making.

Technical staff from the New York City Bureau of Water Supply expressed an interest in watershed mapping and coding. At the local government level, both Herkimer and Hamilton County Water Quality Coordinating Committees have shown interest in the project. Both groups were contacted early in the project and a presentation was made to the Herkimer County Committee. Both County Committees indicated an interest in examining project maps, particularly those generated with the additional data gathered for the second phase of the Oswegatchie-Black watershed project. At this time, only Herkimer County has access to a GIS through the regional NYSDEC office. Requests for mapped data has come from a number of individual landowners, most of whom are located outside the study area. For example, a recent concern over the introduction of an exotic mollusk into Adirondack waters has generated inquires about the location of waters with optimal calcium levels. One request for mapped data came from a high school biology teacher in Old Forge who was interested in developing a student project involving wetlands mapping and water quality along portions of the Fulton Chain of lakes.

We have had several requests for digital files and hardcopy maps from researchers for wetland and watershed information in subwatersheds of the study area. These liaisons offer the opportunity for academic assistance in further investigations of wetlands functions and values in the Adirondack Park.

Cowardin, L.M., Carter, V., Golet, F.C., and LaRoe, E.T. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FWS/OBS-79/31, Washington, D.C., 103 pp.

Driscoll, C.T., Yan, C.,Schofield, C.L., Munson, R.K., and Holsapple, J.G. 1994. Environ. Sci. Technol. 28(3):136-143.

Gorham, E., Bayley, S.E. and Schindler, D.W. 1984. Ecological effects of acid deposition upon peatlands: A neglected field in "acid-rain" research. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 41:1256-1268.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 1989. A Policy for NYS on Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Albany, NY.

Simonin, H.A., Gloss, S.P., Driscoll, C.T., Schofield, C.L., Kretser, W.A., Karcher, R.W., and Symula, J. 1994. Mercury in yellow perch from Adirondack drainage lakes (New York, U.S.). In: Mercury Pollution Integration and Synthesis, (eds.) Watras, C.J. and Huckabee, J.W., Lewis Publishers, pp. 457-469.

Sutherland, J.W., Kishbaugh, S.A., Bloomfield, J.A., Lavery, W.T., and VanAlstyne, F.E., 1990. Water resources and water quality in the Adirondack Park, pp. 594-701. In: The Adirondack Park in the Twenty First Century, Technical Reports, Volume One, State of New York, Albany, NY.

USDA. 1977. National Handbook of Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition. Office of Water Data Coordination, Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.

USDA Soil Conservation Service. 1981. Hydrologic Watershed Unit Map - 1980, State of New York, Scale 1:500000.

Appendix B. Oswegatchie-Black river(s) watershed U.S.Geological Survey map names and locations (map attached).

Appendix E. Example watershed flow list extending SCS 11-digit code to a 14-digit code.

Appendix I. Metadata: Oswegatchie River and Black River drainage basins - watershed data layer.

Appendix J. Metadata: Oswegatchie River and Black River drainage basins - wetlands data layer.

Appendix K. Watershed and wetlands maps for 23 Adirondack Long Term Monitoring waters.