Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/15 Data RIVER MILE 76 Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Brian Reid & Lynn Fordin, Poughkeepsie Day School Second Grade 24 students and 9 adults N 417’ – W 739’ Location: Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, New York. Area: public park, pier, grassy, parking lot. Park used for fishing, small boat launch, another pier for small boat launching Surrounding Land Use: 10 % urban/residential; 40% Industrial/commercial, 50% park area with grass and waterfront docks Sampling Site: shoreline is riprap, vegetation, banks altered, pier, rocky Plants in Sample Area: None Shoreline: 100% rocky River Bottom –rocky ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 11:03 AM 55 F 12.8 C 11:30 AM 55 F 12.9 C Wind Speed 11:25 AM #3 Cloud Cover 11:15 AM Partly 26-50% cloudy Water Calm Weather Dry Weather last 3 Very cold last 2 nights (below 20 degrees F) and very dry days stretch 11:01 AM 16 degrees C 60.8 F . Water Temp.-from 0.5 ft. of water in 11:32 AM 15 degrees C 59 F shade 11:00 Am 36 cm Average 35 Turbidity long – 34 cm cm site tube Chemical DO - Drop Count NR pH color match 2:0 PM 7.2 – Salinity - 11:05 AM 1.5 value 31 ppm Chl 56 ppm TS Fish Catch 28 Number Species Largest – feet net Caught 1 Striped Bass 7.6 cm DIV 3 12:30 PM 1 –seine – Catch - 15 7 Spottali Shiner 10 cm 7 Y-o-y Shad 7.6 cm 11 Spottail Shiner 10 cm DIV 1 1:10 PM seine 2 – – Catch - 11
Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/15 Data RIVER MILE 76 Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County Brian Reid & Lynn Fordin, Poughkeepsie Day School Second Grade 24 students and 9 adults N 417’ – W 739’ Location: Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie, New York. Area: public park, pier, grassy, parking lot. Park used for fishing, small boat launch, another pier for small boat launching Surrounding Land Use: 10 % urban/residential; 40% Industrial/commercial, 50% park area with grass and waterfront docks Sampling Site: shoreline is riprap, vegetation, banks altered, pier, rocky Plants in Sample Area: None Shoreline: 100% rocky River Bottom –rocky ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 11:03 AM 11:30 AM 55 F 55 F 12.8 C 12.9 C Wind Speed 11:25 AM #3 Cloud Cover 11:15 AM Partly cloudy 26-50% Water Calm Weather Dry Weather last 3 days Very cold last 2 nights (below 20 degrees F) and very dry stretch Water Temp.-from 0.5 ft. of water in shade 11:01 AM 11:32 AM 16 degrees C 15 degrees C 60.8 F 59 F . Turbidity – long site tube 11:00 Am 36 cm 34 cm Average 35 cm Chemical DO - Drop Count NR pH – color match 2:0 PM 7.2 Salinity - 11:05 AM 1.5 value 31 ppm Chl 56 ppm TS Fish Catch – 28 feet net Number Caught Species Largest 12:30 PM –seine 1 1 Striped Bass 7.6 cm DIV – 3 Catch - 15 7 Spottali Shiner 10 cm 7 Y-o-y Shad 7.6 cm 1:10 PM – seine 2 11 Spottail Shiner 10 cm DIV – 1 Catch - 11