Chloride Coasters

Written By Michale Glennon

Widespread use of road salt over the last several decades has increased significantly the concentration of sodium and chloride in the environment.  Many lakes in the Adirondacks now exhibit chloride concentrations many times higher than background levels and AWI estimates that 72% of lakes participating in our Adirondack Lake Assessment Program are influenced by road salt.  Road salt can result in a variety of impacts to human and wildlife health, particularly in near road environments that receive direct runoff such as roadside streams or vernal pools.  These are improvised knitted and felted coasters illustrating the increasing amount of sodium and chloride measured in Lake George by the Jefferson Project and using historical information from their data dashboard.

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Creator: Michale Glennon

Michale Glennon

Michale Glennon serves as the Senior Research Scientist of the Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute. She is interested in the effects of land use management on wildlife populations in the Adirondacks and is engaged in research ranging from issues of residential development to recreation ecology to climate change. She is an ecologist and previously spent 15 years as the Director of Science for the Adirondack Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society. At AWI, Michale works to support and help shape the scientific research program, provide high quality research opportunities for students, and distribute and champion AWI's work in order to enhance the use of science in the management and stewardship of the natural resources of the Adirondack Park.

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