Project Baseline Tahoe Community Report

Observation Date:	14 October, 2012
Dive Team Members:	xx
Begin Time:xx	End Time:xx        Bottom Time: xx
Weather Conditions:	clear
Wind	Direction : N/A   Speed: N/A  Duration: N/A
Water Conditions
Surface	flat
Last 24 hrs:	Calm
Temperature:	Surface- 68 At Depth- Site Gauge- xx    Diver Gauge- xx
Visibility:	Vertical-xx      Horizontal- 50 +
Current:	Direction-N/A  Speed- N/A
Site Depth Benchmark reading (Per the site gauge): 22 ffw     Dive Team Gauge:  #1- 19 ffw     #2- 21ffw
Animal & Plant Life
Fin Fish	Very populas Shiners, Suckers, Dace and Trout
Copepod	Est. Density: Low
Invasive Species	N/A
Mysis Shrimp	Est. Density: Low
Team Observations/Comments: Today the Project Baseline Staff, tabled at Sand Harbor and discussed with over 50 divers the efforts going on in Tahoe.  It was extremely productive and we had several divers report that our depth benchmark was still at 22', their gauges varied by plus or minus 2 feet, temp was 68 on our depth benchmark and that the visibility was at or better than 50 feet during the first dive.  This was an abnormally warm, calm October day surrounded by some rain storms earlier in the week but for the most part, very calm atmosphere from Thursday thru this day which was Sunday.

Project Baseline, Hurricane Bay, Tahoe October 13, 2012

Observation Date:	13 October, 2012
Dive Team Members:	Mike Soldswich, Marc Briseno,  Martin McClellan
Begin Time: 10:45am	End Time:11:55am        Bottom Time: 50min
Weather Conditions:	Clear Calm 58f
Wind	Direction : n/a Speed: n/a Duration: n/a
Water Conditions
Surface	Flat Calm with some small surface ripples - Boat Wake present
Last 24 hrs:	Calm with no wind
Temperature:	Surface- 66f At Depth- 62 Site Gauge- 62    Diver Gauge- 62
Visibility:	Vertical- 30 minus      Horizontal- 20 - 30ft
Current:	Direction-N?A Speed-N/A
Site Depth Benchmark reading (Per the site gauge): 62 ffw     Dive Team Gauge:  #1- 59 ffw     #2- 60ffw
Animal & Plant Life
Fin Fish	Description : Lahotan Shiners Quantity: large schools 100+
Copepod	Est. Density: Low
Invasive Species	None Present
Mysis Shrimp	Est. Density: Low
Team Observations/Comments: Today, NMDE divers established the PBTahoe site in Hurricane Bay at the site of the Alley Cat, a 30+ foot sail boat that sank some 10 years ago.  We also cleaned off a 1 meter square area of the Alley Cat's hull from algae and debris and took some photos of the Hurricane Bay site under water.  Following the set-up of the site depth/temperature/visibility metering devices, we scootered south along the 40 - 60 foot contour and noticed a very active crayfish community, many shiners but did not see any trout, suckers, or other fin fish.  We failed to notice copepod or mysis shrimp but that said, there was probably a very small population however I personally saw the biggest Paiute Sculpin I have ever seen.  Crusing the contours at between 40 and 60 feet provided no improvement in the 20 - 30 foot visibility. PB Tahoe stats: Depth: 62 feet Temp: 62f Visibility: 20-30 feet Photo: