Goose Bay Watershed Community Survey

How can we keep the Goose Bay Watershed healthy?

We all want to better understand how we can care for our lands and waters to make sure they are healthy and support long term uses that benefit people, nature, and local economies, but how can we do this?

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s (non-regulatory) Great Lakes Watershed Program is promoting community involvement and partnerships to conserve, protect and maintain our beautiful coastal waterfront, forests, rivers and quality of life within the Goose Bay watershed.

To better inform our efforts, we would like to understand your unique local perspective of which environmental priorities you think are most important for the community and the Goose Bay watershed, and how you would like to be involved.

We’re asking for those who live, work or visit this area to complete a brief survey about what they see locally and how they might like to get involved in a “Goose Bay Watershed Initiative”. Please take a few moments to fill out a brief survey to share your ideas. To find out more, email greatlakes@dec.ny.gov

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* 1. What brings you to the Goose Bay area?

I am a year round resident

I have a second home in the area

I work in the area

I enjoy recreating in the area

I am supporting local businesses in the area

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* 2. Where do you live or visit within the watershed?

Along the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River

Along the shoreline of the Goose Bay, Alexandria Bay, or Chippewa Bay embayment

Along a Goose Bay Tributary (Otter Creek, Mullet Creek, Cranberry Creek, or Crooked Creek)

Within the upper watershed, not bordering a waterway

Not sure

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* 3. What activities do you and your family/friends enjoy in Goose Bay and the surrounding watershed? (Examples may include but are not limited to local restaurants and businesses, boating, fishing, viewing wildlife, visiting parks and trails, etc.)

shopping and dining at local businesses

water recreation (fishing, swimming, boating, diving)

land recreation (hiking, biking, wildlife viewing)

Snowmobiling and/or ATVing

Other (please specify)

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* 4. In what way do you benefit from use of the water or natural resources in the area (check all that apply)?

As a farmer

As a marina or waterfront business owner

As a resident

I am not aware of any way that I benefit from using the water or natural resources

Other (Please describe in comments at the end)

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* 5. Tell us of any threats and/or changes you have noticed to the natural resources (such as waterways, forests and wildlife) of the area that you would like our group to know about:

odors

trash and litter

sewer/septic discharges to waterways

agricultural runoff in waterways

invasive species impacts

loss of fish and wildlife habitat

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Of the following, which three actions would you most like to see within the Goose Bay watershed? (check three actions you see as a priority)

Improve water quality

Enhance or protect fish and wildlife habitat

Manage invasive species impacts and prevent their spread

Promote sustainable land use and development,

Revitalize local communities

Increase recreational access areas (such as boat launches as hiking trails)

Promote stewardship and prevent degradation of lands and waters

Improve shoreline and floodplain management to protect assets

Other (Share in comment box at the end)

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* 7. Are you aware of any of the following organizations and the work they do in the area? (check all that you are aware of)

Thousand Islands Land Trust

Save the River

Local governments (Town and village offices)

The Goose Bay Reclamation Corporation

US Fish and Wildlife Service

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which of the following activities would you like to participate in to help care for the watershed? (Check all that apply)

Attend a workshop to learn about the watershed and network

Join a committee to help plan out projects and studies needed

Help monitor water quality

Help monitor invasive species

Help monitor fish, wildlife and/or aquatic life

Learn about what I can do on my land and in my community (such as tree planting) to better manage land and water resources.

Join an email list to keep updated and share feedback

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* 9. Please share your contact information for your preferred method of being contacted:

Name

Email/Phone or Address:

Affiliation (optional):

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* 10. Please share any additional comments about the area, feedback on this survey, explanation of an above answer, and your thoughts on how we can better care for our land and waters in the following comment box: