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      You are here: Home / News / Free Adirondack Boat Inspection and Decontamination Stations Open on Memorial Day Weekend

      Free Adirondack Boat Inspection and Decontamination Stations Open on Memorial Day Weekend

      May 28, 2021 By Adirondack Watershed Institute Leave a Comment

      AWI steward training
      AWI stewards just finished a 2-week training at Paul Smith’s College to learn techniques for implementing Clean, Drain and Dry at area boat launches. (Photo provided by Connor Vara/Adirondack Watershed Institute.)

      Stewards are ready for another busy Adirondack boating season

      Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) is offering free boat inspections and decontaminations starting on Memorial Day weekend at more than 60 boat launches and road-side locations across the Adirondack region to help the public stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS).

      AWI staff educate boaters, anglers and other visitors about aquatic invasive species and inspect and decontaminate their boats to meet the Clean, Drain, and Dry standard required by New York State.

      The program operates on behalf of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Adirondack Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention Program to help the public observe the New York spread prevention law which prohibits invasive plants and animals on boats launching into lakes, ponds and rivers.

      The AWI-operated boat steward program is the largest in the state and hires more than 100 seasonal staff to run decontamination stations and boat inspection locations at popular boat launches throughout the Adirondacks and northern New York.

      The spread prevention network contains the busiest launches such as those found at Great Sacandaga Lake, Lake Champlain, the Saranac Lake and Fulton Lake Chains, and Lake Placid as well as launches at smaller lakes that are either vulnerable to invasion or pose a threat of AIS spread to surrounding waterbodies.  This year Mirror Lake will have its first watershed steward to inspect the non-motorized boats that access this lake in the village of Lake Placid.

      “In the 2020 season, we saw a 25% increase in boaters compared with 2019, and we anticipate another busy season at the launches this year,” said Dan Kelting, executive director of AWI. “We have a great group of dedicated and committed seasonal staff working hard to protect our waterways and helping the public take precautions against the spread of aquatic invasive species.”

      Eurasian watermilfoil, variable leaf milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed are the most common AIS found in Adirondack waterways. Water chestnut, spiny water flea, Asian clams and zebra mussels are not as common but just are as threatening. These nonnative plants and animals degrade water quality, significantly limit fishing, swimming and boating opportunities, and cost towns and lake associations millions of dollars to manage.

      “Boat inspections aren’t mandatory but our goal is to encourage the boating public to voluntarily take measures to ensure their boats aren’t inadvertently transporting invasive species from one lake to another,” said Eric Paul, AWI’s stewardship program director. “We want to thank the public in advance for their participation in this program.”

      The boat inspection and decontamination stations are cooperatively funded by New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund, USEPA-Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Lake Champlain Basin Program, numerous Lake Associations, private foundations, and municipalities. The Mirror Lake steward was funded by a grant from the Local Enhancement & Advancement Fund (LEAF), a new program derived from a dedicated 2 percent Essex County occupancy tax that was implemented in June of 2020.

      Information about inspection and decontamination station locations, aquatic invasive species ecology and steps the public can take to maintain the quality of New York’s waterways is at www.adkcleanboats.org.

      The mission of the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute is to protect clean water, conserve habitat and support the health and well-being of the people in the Adirondacks through science, collaboration, and real world experiences for students.

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      About Adirondack Watershed Institute

      The Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) is a component of Paul Smith's College (PSC). The program started in 1989 as a local-scale water quality monitoring program called the Adirondack Aquatic Institute (AAI) and expanded in 1999 to include invasive species management. PSC started the Watershed Stewardship Program (WSP) in 2000 as a separate initiative that focused on local-scale invasive species prevention activities. These two programs expanded over the years as separate efforts, in 2002 the college recognized the synergy of linking these programs and thus merged them to begin the AWI. The AWI has since grown into a regional-scale water quality monitoring and invasive species management program.

      The mission of the Adirondack Watershed Institute is to protect clean water, conserve habitat and support the health and well-being of people in the Adirondacks through scientific inquiry, stewardship and real world experiences for students.

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