Lake assessment and watershed action planning for New York lakes

Wiltse, Brendan Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (2026). Lake assessment and watershed action planning for New York lakes. Technical Report #114, Grand Isle, VT. Lake Champlain Basin Program.

This project collected water quality data, through community-science and professional staff, on
seventy-six unassessed or under-assessed waterbodies on the N.Y. side of the Lake Champlain
Basin and developed watershed action plans for three priority water bodies; Lake Colby, Mirror
Lake, and Lake Roxanne. The outcome of this work is a reduced number of unassessed
waterbodies in the basin, increased community engagement in watershed issues, and action plans
to guide projects in priority waterbodies.