Au Sable River

Association

The mission of the Au Sable River Association (ARA), a non-profit membership-based organization, is to protect and enhance the natural and cultural resources of the Au Sable River watershed. The ARA was established in 1999. The ARA has one staff person and is guided by a board of directors with representatives from all seven towns in the watershed and a variety of interest areas.

Au Sable River Association
Carol Treadwell-Steitz, Executive Director
c/o Government Building
PO Box 217
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Phone: (518) 873-3752
Email: info@ausableriver.org

ARA volunteers and members are active in many projects throughout the Au Sable watershed, including:

• restoring eroded river banks
• conducting a geo-morphological study of the river
• helping a landowner fence horses out of Gay Brook (a tributary of the Au Sable) and providing an alternative water source
• assisting village and town highway departments with erosion control and pollution prevention
• assisting with the purchase by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)of sixteen homes in the floodplain
• conducting a corridor management plan for Route 73
• hosting educational events and workshops

Native Mussels in the Au Sable River Watershed Fact Sheet (192 KB in Adobe PDF)

Volunteers are always welcome and needed. Volunteers can participate in activities such as: river clean-ups, macroinvertebrate sampling and surveying river reaches. The ARA has a membership program and members receive a quarterly newsletter and the opportunity to vote at their annual meeting. Other types of donations and services are also accepted.

Membership Categories:

• Mayfly: $5.00
• Minnow: $20.00
• Brown Trout: $50.00
• Rainbow Trout: $100.00
• Brook Trout: $250.00