Dataset

Upper St. Lawrence River Volunteer Monitoring

Dataset by River Institute

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 10 August 2023

    Near South Inlet by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

    no Secchi depth. The current is too strong.

  • 10 August 2023

    Howe Island Ferry Terminal by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Fish: smallmouth bass, banded killifish, spotfin shiner, round goby, TUBENOSE GOBY Plants: CHARA ALGAE, stargrass, typha sp.

  • 9 August 2023

    End of Hopps Bay by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

    For the Secchi depth the vegetation there is so dense we can't physically see past .1m

  • 9 August 2023

    End of Hopps Bay by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Plants: fragrant white pondlilies, SAGO PONDWEED, flowering rush, elodea, tapegrass, pickrelweed, flat top sedge, flatstem pondweed, fanwort, nitellopsis. Reptiles: Map turtle! Fish: Gar, ROCK BASS, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, blackchin shiner, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill sunfish, brook stickleback, tubenose goby, round goby. Birds: bald eagle, great blue heron, red winged blackbird, sparrow species. Inverts: DRAGONFLIES, water striders, whirlygig beetles. Invasive species: tubenose and round gobies, flowering sedge, nitellopsis algae.

  • 9 August 2023

    Janelle's Beach by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Birds: Common tern, ring billed gull, osprey, great blue heron. Plants: tape grass, elodea, richardsons pondweed, coontail, flowering rush, Fish: fallfish, banded killifish, smallmouth bass, longnose gar, tubenose goby, round goby Invasive species: flowering rush, tubenose and round gobies, rusty crayfish

  • 9 August 2023

    Janelle's Beach by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  • 4 August 2023

    Grenadier Island by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Birds: loon, swans, osprey, cat bird, black-capped chickadee Plants: SEDGE, floating arrowhead. Fish: finescale dace, rockbass, alewife, banded killifish, bluntnose minnow, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, brown bullhead, tadpole madtom, tubenose goby, round goby Invasive species: round and tubenose gobies, alewife.

  • 2 August 2023

    Yellow Island by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Plants: Star grass, tape grass, coontail, elodea, willow trees Fish: BROWN BULLHEAD, banded killifish, brook stickleback, white sucker, FALLFISH, bluntnose minnow, Johnny darter, tubenose goby, round goby Crustaceans: Virile crayfish, rusty crayfish Invasive species: Rusty crayfish, round and tubenose gobies.

  • 2 August 2023

    Yellow Island by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  • 2 August 2023

    Near South Inlet by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  • 1 August 2023

    Rotary Creek by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Virile (?) Crayfish, painted turtles, LOTS of phragmites, fragrant white lilypads, typha, tape grass, eurasian milfoil. Fish: Spotfin shiner, Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, banded killifish, logperch, yellow perch, mottled sculpin, brown bullhead, cutlip minnow, bluegill sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, bluntnose minnow, fallfish, Tubenose goby, round goby Species at risk: cutlip minnow invasive species: Phragmites, tubenose and round gobies

  • 1 August 2023

    Maegan's property by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  • 28 July 2023

    Pollys Gut East by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA)

  • 28 July 2023

    Pollys Gut East by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Fish: Brook sticklebac, bluntnose minnow, spotfin shiner, mimic shiner, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, tubenose goby, round goby, banded killifish, yellow perch. Plants: Elodea, richardsons pondweed, coontail, tapegrass, bullrush. Invasive species: Tubenose and round gobies, zebra mussels.

  • 26 July 2023

    Salmon Creek East by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Reptiles: Painted Turtle Amphibians: Likely bullfrog tadpoles Birds: Great egret, black tern, common tern, least bittern, mallard ducks. Invertebrates: Crayfish sp., freshwater sponge, dragonfly sp. larvae, whirlygig beetles, water striders. Plants: Purple loosestrife, phrag, fanwort, elodea, richardsons pondweed, coontail, fragrant white lily, greater duckweed, tape grass, cattails (typha sp.), sedge, labrador tea, elm. Fish: Banded killifish, LOGPERCH, Smallmouth bass, rock bass, bluntnose minnow, round goby, tubenose goby, spottail shiner, tadpole madtom, brown bullhead, Johnny darter, shorthead readhorse, white sucker, yellow perch.

  • 25 July 2023

    Jacobs Island South by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Birds: Bank swallows, great egret, osprey, double crested cormorant Plants: Tape grass, elodea, sago, curly leaf pondweed, richardsons, coontail, flatstem pondweed. Fish: Yellow perch, FALLFISH, white sucker, banded killifish, bluntnose minnow, smallmouth bass, ROUND GOBY, tubenose goby Invasive species: Round goby, tubenose goby, curlyleaf pondweed

  • 24 July 2023

    Mariatown Bay - Erosion Project site by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Birds: American crow, common tern, american robin, belted kingfisher, canadian geese. Fish: Mottled sculpin, round goby, tubenose goby, spotfin shiner, fallfish, white sucker, banded killifish, yellow perch, largemouth bass, logperch. Plants: Stonewort, richardsons pondweed, sago, elodea, milkweed

  • 20 July 2023

    Chateauguay River Bridge by Emma Ehrenfeld

    Invertebrates: chinese mystery snail, zebra mussels Plants: Elodea, tape grass, coontail, bullrush, stonewort, sago. Fish: Spotfin shiner, smallmouth bass, logperch, brook silverside, fallfish, bluntnose minnow, mimic shiner.

Intended audience
Our group or organization, Our community, Broad audience/everyone
Intended use
Benchmarking of water body or watershed health, Share and compare results across watersheds., Education and engagement of local communities, Use in resource prioritization and decision making