The Buck Creek‐Boreas River Adirondack watershed monitoring program

The Buck Creek-Boreas River Adirondack Watershed Monitoring Program, located in the region of New York State, United States, combines monitoring headwater streams, soils, and vegetation based on a watershed design. Continuous six watersheds is linked to sampling more than 400 additional streams between 2003 2019 for chemical analysis 14 constituents throughout highly valued ecoregion that covers an area 24 000 km2. Much this landscape has low capacity acid buffering, but due spatial variation geologic features, some areas are moderately well buffered. This program includes data extends back early 1980s ongoing. focus streams. Soil, stream used better understand environmental effects linkages these ecosystem components. Documentation long-term responses ecosystems disturbances such as rain, climate change other unforeseen factors primary objective program.