Attached is the 2012 report and scorecard for your lake. The report and
scorecards are similar to those in the past, but the following changes can be
found:
Report-
1. added an Appendix D, which shows the summer average values over time for each
of the indicators that are measured through CSLAP. Important trends and other
helpful 'interpretive' information is called out in the accompanying bullet
points.
2. the raw data and legend now include all of the algal toxicity and screening
data. These are also discussed at greater length in the report and in the data
table
Scorecard-
1. The "shell" for the scorecard is much more extensive. We (DEC) have some PDF
size limits for posting documents on our web page, and the old scorecard format
did not meet these requirements. So since we had to add some additional pages to
the PDF, we thought we'd provide the context for the scorecards.
2. The trends column has been eliminated from the lake use and biological
assessments, since we don't have a credible way to evaluate trends for these
categories for most lakes.
I don't expect that either the report or scorecard will be posted to the FOLA or
DEC websites for at least several weeks, so feel free to distribute these as you
deem appropriate. They will likely be posted to at least the FOLA website
(http://nysfola.mylaketown.com/CSLAP-PDF-Search) and perhaps the DEC website
(http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/81849.html) before summer.
Thanks for your patience and your continued support of CSLAP.
Scott A. Kishbaugh, P.E.