The 2012 NPCA Watershed Report Card consists of 8 Watershed Planning Area (WPA) sections which contain 44 individual report cards. Each section provides information on Watershed Characteristics, Stewardship Highlights, and Groundwater. In addition, within each WPA the NPCA assesses and grades surface water quality and forest conditions. Surface water quality indicators include total phosphorus, bacteria (E. coli) and benthic invertebrate community. Forest condition indicators include percent forest cover, percent forest interior, and percent riparian zone forested. The NPCA has used the best available data to produce these Report Cards. This Watershed Report Card does not include grades for the entire NPCA watershed because there was limited data available. These watersheds include the Welland Canal watershed and many small watersheds that drain into Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Niagara River. These watersheds are marked as insufficient data on all mapping in the NPCA Watershed Report Card.