Weekly replicate samples have been collected from both the Arbutus Lake Inlet and Outlet since 1995.  Previously, samples were collected from the Arbutus Lake Outlet only (1983-1994).Beginning in the Fall 2008, additional weekly samples have been collected from two streams (S14 & S15) and four groundwater wells (W12, W33, W34, & W36) in the upper Arbutus Watershed. Following collection, samples are kept cold and mailed to the Biogeochemistry Laboratory at SUNY-ESF, where laboratory analyses are performed. Data produced from these analyses include: pH, DOC, NO-3, Cl-, SO2-4, NH+4, total dissolved N, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, total Al, silicon, and total Sulfur (2009).

 

1999 - 2007: The stage height at the Arbutus Lake Inlet and Outlet has been continuously measured with a pressure transducer, and recorded by a Campbell Scientific, Inc. datalogger from 1999-2007. During this period, data were downloaded weekly, by AEC staff, and emailed to SUNY-ESF.

2007 - Present: With the establishment of the wireless data network at the Huntington Wildlife Forest, data are downloaded from the Arbutus Inlet and Outlet sites automatically by a server at SUNY-ESF. In addition, data are also downloaded from many other sites at the HWF (Goodnow Mountain Fire Tower, Stream 14, Stream 15, Ackerman Clearing Tower, Groundwater Wells 12, 33, 34, 35 & 36). In the future, archived data from all sites at the HWF will also be available for downloading.

In 2007, we began measuring air temperature at the fire tower on Goodnow Mountain . A meteorological station was also established in the upper Arbutus Lake Watershed, at the Ackerman Clearing site.