Selected Articles from the Archives of the Newsletter
of the Boquet River Association (BRASS)

The articles are grouped according to subject matter. We hope that each of the articles will contain information of interest to a wide variety of people. For members, residents, and officials who wish to learn more about BRASS activities in particular watershed towns, we have put the name of the town concerned after the article. Articles not followed by a name are understood to apply to watershed-wide or county-wide projects.

Agriculture

• "Rotational Grazing" (Sept 1994)

Clean-up

• "Trash" (Dec 2002)
• "Moriah Shock Help" (Dec 2001) Elizabethtown
• "Pesticide Cleanup" (Dec 2001)
• "Tree Jams on The Branch" (Sept 2001) Elizabethtown
• "Trash" (June 2001)
• "Split Rock Mountain Clean-up" (Aug/Sept 1998) Essex and Westport

Environmental Studies

• "Measuring & Sampling Soils of Streambanks" (Sept 2002)
• "Buffer Zone Study" (Sept 2001)
• "Embeddedness Studies" (March 1998)
• "BRASS Funded for Erosion Control & Surveys for Mussels & Sediment" (May/June 1997)
• "Macroinvertebrate Study: The Results" (Nov/Dec 1996)
• "The Macroinvertebrate Study" (June 1996)
• "Sediment Embeddedness of Fisheries" (Dec 1994)
• "How Quickly, and in What Amount, is Sand Transported in the River" (Dec 1994)
• "Where is the Sand Coming From?" (Dec 1994)
• "Willsboro Black Ash" (June 1994) Willsboro
• "Vegetation Trials on Black Ash" (June 1994) Willsboro

Floods and Flooding

• "Results of Flood Buy-Out" (Nov/Dec 1997)
• "Probability of Flooding" (Feb/Mar 1997)
• "Flood Maps and Insurance" (Feb/Mar 1997)
• "The Flood Buy-Out Program" (Feb/Mar 1997)
• "Floodplain Codes" (Feb/Mar 1997)
• "What To Do About Floods?" (Feb/Mar 1997)
• "Why More Frequent Flooding?" (Nov/Dec 1996)
• "Another Flood" (Nov/Dec 1996)
• "The Flood of '96" (Mar 1996)
• "Aftermath of January Flood" (June 1996)
• "A Boquet Flood 83 Years Ago" (June 1996)
• "Towns Should Look Again at Flood Zone Maps" (March 1996)
• "March Flooding on the Boquet" (March 1992)

Invasive Species

• "Lincoln Pond Moth Study: 3 yrs" (Dec 2003) Elizabethtown
• "Watershed Invasive Plants" (Dec 2003)
• "Invasive Plants" (Dec 2002)
• "Loosestrife Beetle Project" (Sept 2002)
• "Milfoil Update" (Sept 2002) Elizabethtown
• "Purple Loosestrife" (June 2002)
• "Biological Milfoil Control" (June 2001) Elizabethtown
• "Moths for Lincoln Pond" (March 2000) Elizabethtown
• "Alewives: A New Threat to the Lake?" (Nov/Dec 1997)
• "Could Zebra Mussels Invade Lincoln Pond?" (March 1994) Elizabethtown

Parks, Sustainable Tourism, and Public Access

• "Coon Mountain Nature Preserve Grows" (Dec 2003) Westport
• "Mount Discovery" (March 2002) Lewis
• "Bicycle Tourism" (March 1999)
• "International Volunteers" (Aug/Sept 1998) Willsboro and Westport
• "Bicycle Racks" (Aug/Sept 1998>
• "A New Small Boat Launch for the River" (Aug/Sept 1998) Willsboro
• "Bicycle Map Guide" (June 1998)
• "Interpretive Tours" (Nov/Dec 1997)
• "Carefully Designed Tours For Tourists" (May/June 1997)
• "Stairway to the Lake" (Aug/Sept 1997) Willsboro
• "Hiking Trail on Coon Mountain" (Sept/Oct 1995) Westport and Essex
• "Split Rock Mountain: A Valuable Public Resource" (Dec 1993) Essex and Westport
• "Park Designs" (July 1992)

Road Run-Off Controls

• "Essex Has Better Sediment Control to the Lake" (Sept/Oct 1999) Essex
• "Rock and Dirt" (June 1999)

Stream Morphology

• "Stream Morphology BRASS Project: III" (March 2001) Elizabethtown
• "Stream Morphology BRASS Project: II" (Dec 2000) Westport
• "Stream Morphology BRASS Project: I" (Sept 2000) Willsboro
• "Work and Behavior of Rivers: Part 4" (June 2000)
• "Work and Behavior of Rivers: Part 3" (March 2000)
• "Work and Behavior of Rivers: Part 2" (Dec 1999)
• "Work and Behavior of Rivers: Part 1" (Sept/Oct 1999)
• "Stream Geomorphology" (Sept/Oct 1999)
• "A View of the River" (Feb/March 1997)

Streambank Erosion Controls

• "New Russia Crib Work" (Dec 2002) Elizabethtown
• "Sherman Buffer" (June 2002) Westport
• "Two Erosion Control Projects" (June 2001) Essex and Westport
• "Problems With Streambank Design" (June 1998) Essex and Westport
• "Good News/Bad News: A Lunker for the North Branch" (June 1998) Lewis and Willsboro
• "A Tall, Steep Streambank Stabilization Project" (Aug/Sept 1997) Elizabethtown
• "1997 BRASS Projects" (June 1997) Elizabethtown
• "Wadhams Crib Complete" (Nov/Dec 1996) Westport
• "Log Cribbing at the Willsboro Salmon Pool" (Sept/Oct 1995) Willsboro
• "Cuttings Planted as "Wattles": BRASS helps NRCS" (June 1995) Lewis
• "Landowners Get Assistance Through "Partners for Wildlife" and Finlandia Vodka" (June 1995) Lewis and Westport
• "Workshop on Using Willow Posts for Streambank Improvement" (March/April 1995) Willsboro
• "Whallonsburg Black Willow Project" (June 1994) Essex

Water Quality

• "Surface & Groundwater Issues" (Dec 2003)
• "Sediment Basins" (June 1998)
• "Buffer Zones and Water Quality" (May/June 1997)
• "Fecal Coliform Rates During the Summer" (June 1995)
• "Willsboro Wastewater Management System Progress" (Dec 1993) Willsboro
• "Slide on Dix Mountain" (Sept 1992)
• "Non-Point Source Pollution and Essex County's Strategy" (July 1992)

Watershed History

• "When Wet Is Wet" (March 1999)
• "Early History of the River" (March 1998)
• "Navigational History of Willsboro" (Sept 1993) Willsboro
• "Morris F. Glenn's Descriptions of Merriams Forge & Coon Mountain" (March 1992) Essex and Westport

Weather

• "Spring '02 Weather" (June 2002)
• "Q&A: Drought and Wells?" (June 2002)
• "Q&A: Microburst?" (June 2002)
• "Weather 'Spotters'" (Dec 2001)
• "A River in Winter" (March 2000)
• "Discharge of Boquet River from March 1 - June 15" (Nov/Dec 1996)
• "Dry, Dry, Dry" (Sept/Oct 1995)

Wetlands

• "Wetland Completed on Walker Road" (Sept/Oct 1995) Westport

Wildlife

• "Biodiversity Revisited - Species Lists" (Dec 2003)
• "Q&A: Fish Species?" (June 2002)
• "Electro-fishing on the North Branch" (Sept 2001) Willsboro
• "Wood Turtle" (June 1999)
• "The Windsor Pond" (Nov/Dec 1997) Lewis
• "Timber Rattler" (Aug/Sept 1997) Essex and Westport
• "Signs of Spring and a Mountain Lion" (May/June 1997) Elizabethtown
• "Nice Kitty" (Feb/Mar 1997) Lewis
• "Mussels in the Boquet" (Nov/Dec 1996)
• "Of Meanders and Kingfishers" (Aug 1996)
• "Temperature and Fish" (June 1995)
• "Ready for Black Flies?" (Mar/Apr 1995)
• "The Willsboro Fishway" (Feb 1993) Willsboro

Calendar

• "Calendar: Dec, Jan, Feb 2003-2004" (Dec 2003)
• "Calendar: Dec, Jan, Feb 2002-2003" (Dec 2002)

Other

• "Pool Digger Fixed" (Dec 2002) Elizabethtown
• "Near Drowning" (June 2002)
• "Crowningshield Dam" (March 2002) Lewis
• "Helicopter Survey" (June 1995)
• "A Board Game About the Boquet" (July 1993)