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The ASRA is currently conducting Watershed Management Planning. This will revise and update the Au Sable River Study. The process of planning involves getting input from the public about the concerns, issues, and visions they have for the river. The plan also summarizes existing data about the natural and cultural resources of the Au Sable River. This second piece will include the results of all of the studies ASRA has done in the past 10 years.
A watershed is the area of land that drains water to a body of water, such as a stream, tributary, river, wetland, and/or lake. All of the rain water that falls in the Au Sable Watershed flows into the Au Sable River, it then flows northeast and empties into Lake Champlain. Click here to view a map of the Au Sable watershed.
The watershed is a useful land delineation to use in planning because water does not stop at village, town, or county boundaries. We all live upstream of somebody and downstream of somebody else. We all share the water. The water in the Au Sable Watershed is shared by 7 towns, 2 villages, 7 hamlets, and 2 counties. The Au Sable River and its watershed are a jewel of the Adirondacks so we need a plan to protect it! To read more about the Au Sable Watershed, click here.
Watershed Management Planning starts with the public. Implementation items in the plan come from ideas that citizens of the watershed express during Public Input meetings. You can also help by filing out this survey and mailing back to the ASRA. To learn more about the WMP click here to view a list of our committee members. Or, you can also follow the links below to read meeting minutes.
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