Aquatic Networks on the Rensselaer Plateau in Rensselaer County, New York

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Comprehensive map of regionally-important aquatic networks for the Rensselaer Plateau. Aquatic networks represent long, hydrologically-connected two-dimensional landscape-level areas with a centralized stream system plus closely associated buffer areas that most strongly influence the ecology of that system.
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Rensselaer Plateau Alliance.  Conceptualization by the Rensselaer Plateau Ecological Features Working Group (David M. Hunt, Ecological Intuition & Medicine, with assistance from and review by Nick Conrad, Rensselaer Land Trust and New York Natural Heritage Program). Delineation & Digitization: David M. Hunt, Ecological Intuition & Medicine.
 Attribute Population: David M. Hunt, Ecological Intuition & Medicine.
Funding provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program and the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance.
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Based primarily on 2004 aerial photograph. Likely to have an accuracy of 95% or more for several decades (past to future), generally averaging an estimate of about 100 years past and future, especially around its centrum stream system. A long to mid-term ecological feature sometimes with portions altered by individual land use (e.g., forest clearing, stream impoundment), both in terms of the network importance and the fine-scale network boundaries. See the Rensselaer Plateau Ecology Report, Aquatic Network Section AN7-8 for more details.
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Hunt, David M. 2013. Important Aquatic Network Map for the Rensselaer Plateau (2004). Averill Park, NY:  Rensselaer Plateau Alliance. [GIS database]. http://databasin.org/datasets/f450e3f5dd064895a05072857cdcab2e.
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1:8,000
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Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (RPA). For technical information, contact: Sarah Parks and Rachel Riemann; For content questions, contact David Hunt (518-279-4124).
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watersheds, stream systems, aquatic networks, aquatic systems, rensselaer plateau, aquatic habitat, riparian habitat, stream habitat, aquatic landscape, water quality
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The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (RPA), established in 2008, is a diverse group of organizations and people who want to conserve and protect the forested character of the Rensselaer Plateau and the many economic and environmental benefits it provides. A grassroots organization, the RPA is people...