Sources Christopher Page Genna Waldvogel Hannah Cady

Agriculture Definition  Crop and livestock landuse practices  Non-point source  Phosphorus, toxic substances, pathogens, and land fragmentation  Crop and livestock landuse practices  Non-point source  Phosphorus, toxic substances, pathogens, and land fragmentation

Urban Definition  Landuse designated as a city or town  Densely populated with impervious surfaces  Non-point source for phosphorus, toxic substences, pathogens and land fragmentation  Landuse designated as a city or town  Densely populated with impervious surfaces  Non-point source for phosphorus, toxic substences, pathogens and land fragmentation

Forested Areas Definition  Area covered by a high density community of trees  Natural and managed  Phosphorus and recreation  Area covered by a high density community of trees  Natural and managed  Phosphorus and recreation

Landuse Analysis  Austin Troy’s Landuse Raster Dataset  Inconsistent pixelation, distored landuse counts in each watershed  In the future: overlay watersheds on landuse layer, count total pixels of each landcover type  Austin Troy’s Landuse Raster Dataset  Inconsistent pixelation, distored landuse counts in each watershed  In the future: overlay watersheds on landuse layer, count total pixels of each landcover type

Roads Definition  Any impervious surface, paved or heavily compacted  Miles of road in each watershed  Non-point source for phosphorus, toxic substances, land fragmenation, and barrier to aquatic organisms  Roads layer provided by Habitat Fragmentation group  In future: divide by watershed, determine total road miles  Any impervious surface, paved or heavily compacted  Miles of road in each watershed  Non-point source for phosphorus, toxic substances, land fragmenation, and barrier to aquatic organisms  Roads layer provided by Habitat Fragmentation group  In future: divide by watershed, determine total road miles

Fisheries Definition  Fish hatcheries  Phosphorus, pathogens, invasive species, and recreation  Data provided by LCBP Atlas  5 hatcheries within the basin  Fish hatcheries  Phosphorus, pathogens, invasive species, and recreation  Data provided by LCBP Atlas  5 hatcheries within the basin

Marinas Definition  Areas where boats are docked, fueled, and used as ports  Ferries included  Toxic substances, barriers to aquatic organisms, invasive species, and recreation  Data From VCGI and NYSGIS  Discrepancy between layers  Areas where boats are docked, fueled, and used as ports  Ferries included  Toxic substances, barriers to aquatic organisms, invasive species, and recreation  Data From VCGI and NYSGIS  Discrepancy between layers

Waste Water Treatment Plant Definition  Human and industrial waste water  Point source for phosphorus, toxic substances, and pathogens  Selected from EPA registered polluters  Human and industrial waste water  Point source for phosphorus, toxic substances, and pathogens  Selected from EPA registered polluters

Dams  A barrier to obstruct the flow of water  Land fragmentation and barriers to aquatic organisms  Data from NYSGIS and VCGI  All dams are given equal weight  A barrier to obstruct the flow of water  Land fragmentation and barriers to aquatic organisms  Data from NYSGIS and VCGI  All dams are given equal weight

Recreational Parks Definition  Any recreational area, spanning from beach to ski resorts  phosphorus, toxic substances, land fragmentation, invasive species, and recreation  Ski Resorts counted through Google  No thorough data for NY  Other recreation data from VCGI  Any recreational area, spanning from beach to ski resorts  phosphorus, toxic substances, land fragmentation, invasive species, and recreation  Ski Resorts counted through Google  No thorough data for NY  Other recreation data from VCGI

Industrial Definition  Variety of business sites  Paper mills, metal smelters, landfills, etc  Phosphorus, toxic substances, and land fragmentation  Registered EPA Polluters  All industrial sites are given equal weight  Variety of business sites  Paper mills, metal smelters, landfills, etc  Phosphorus, toxic substances, and land fragmentation  Registered EPA Polluters  All industrial sites are given equal weight

Current Data for Sources in Each Watershed

Source-Stressor Pathways

Importance Matrix