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Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

March 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake courtesy Ausable River AssociationThe Ausable River Association’s (AsRA) has released a salt use survey for residents, businesses, and independent contractors in Lake Placid, with emphasis on Mirror Lake. Developed in partnership with the Adirondack Watershed Institute, the survey is essential to determining the amount of salt entering Mirror Lake and the Chubb River. [Read more…] about Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Chubb River, Essex County, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, nature, pollution, road salt, Transportation, water quality

Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

December 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake (courtesy Ausable River Association)This week, the Ausable River Association released their fifth annual report on Mirror Lake at Lake Placid in the Adirondacks in partnership with Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute.

The technical brief focuses on data collected throughout the 2020 field season and documents the effects of road salt runoff entering the lake. The lake completed turnover in spring and fall of 2020 after a mild 2019-2020 winter season. This was the first time spring turnover occurred since 2016. [Read more…] about Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, Ausable River Association, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, water quality

Harmful Algal Bloom Confirmed in the Village of Lake Placid

November 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harmful algal bloom provided by AWIThe Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) has confirmed the presence of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Mirror Lake in the Village of Lake Placid.

On Monday, November 9th, a concerned citizen contacted the Mirror Lake Watershed Association to report a suspicious algal bloom at the south end of the lake. A sample delivered to the AWI lab later that day was analyzed and confirmed the dominant algae to be a species cyanobacteria capable of producing cyanotoxins, harmful to people, pets, and wildlife. [Read more…] about Harmful Algal Bloom Confirmed in the Village of Lake Placid

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: harmful algal bloom, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, nature, Wildlife

An Adk Lake’s Sufferings: High Salt Load, 22 Less Days of Ice

April 14, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake water quality reportMirror Lake, along which the Village of Lake Placid is spread, is no longer flowing like it should, and has been iced-over an average of 22 days less since the 1990s. High concentrations of road salt and climate change are considered the culprits.

The lake has apparently stop its natural mixing in the spring, a issue first documented in 2017. During February and March of 2019, the highest chloride concentrations documented so far were observed. [Read more…] about An Adk Lake’s Sufferings: High Salt Load, 22 Less Days of Ice

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Climate Change, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, nature, Paul Smith's College, road salt, water quality

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