Glenmere Lake

Glenmere Lake
Glenmere Lake
	Glenmere, October 2008
Location	Orange County, New York
Coordinates	41°20′09″N 74°19′48″W / 41.33583°N 74.33000°WCoordinates: 41°20′09″N 74°19′48″W / 41.33583°N 74.33000°W
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	531 ft (162 m)
References	USGS[1]

Glenmere Lake is a colonial mill pond or reservoir located in Orange County, New York, United States. It is New York State's largest habitat^[2] of the Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans), listed as endangered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The lake is part of the greater Orange County-owned Glenmere Preserve, one of the largest wild areas in Orange County. Glenmere Lake is the most biologically diverse natural feature of Orange County, with hardwood swamp, shale ridgelines, wide marsh, mossy bogs, vernal pools and an open-water reservoir. Such biodiversity, present in New York’s fastest-growing county, underscores the critical nature of Glenmere’s unique habitat.^[3] The Glenmere Reservoir lands are home to bald eagles, six species of hawk and six of owl. Endangered plant and animal species inhabit the Glenmere lands^[4]- in fact, New York State’s largest and virtually last population of endangered northern cricket frogs inhabits the entire parcel.

Glenmere straddles Orange County’s two largest Hudson River watershed basins: The Wallkill, on its western side, and the Moodna, on its east (Represented by its westernmost tributary, the Black Meadow Creek). The Glenmere Reservoir Lands include a "watershed ambiguous zone" where small brooks split off into either watershed. The lake and associated county lands comprise sections of the towns and villages of Warwick, Chester, Sugar Loaf and Florida.

The 1912 Glenmere mansion still overlooks the reservoir.

Studies of the lake and its associated periphery are performed by the educational non-profit Glenmere Conservation Coalition.^[2]

The state recently slapped Orange County, the Town of Chester and Village of Florida with a $350,000 penalty, finding they had blown off decades of warnings to keep the Glenmere Lake Dam in safe condition and had attempted repairs on the dam without obtaining permits.^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glenmere Lake.
1 2 Glenmere Conservation Coalition website.
↑ John Lew (April 5, 2008). "Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people", Warwick Advertiser.
↑ Matt King (July 7, 2008). "Endangered frog halts development", Pocono Record.
↑ Novinson, Michael. "3 municipalities fined $350K in dam dispute". recordonline.com.

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glenmere Lake.

[GlenmereCC-2] 1 2 Glenmere Conservation Coalition website.

[3] John Lew (April 5, 2008). "Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people", Warwick Advertiser.

[4] Matt King (July 7, 2008). "Endangered frog halts development", Pocono Record.

[5] Novinson, Michael. "3 municipalities fined $350K in dam dispute". recordonline.com.

Hudson River watershed
Tributaries	Batten Kill Black Meadow Creek Bowery Creek Breakneck Brook Canajoharie Creek Caroga Creek Casperkill Catskill Creek Cayadutta Creek Cedar River Claverack Creek Clove Brook Cobleskill Creek Coeymans Creek Coxsackie Creek Cross River Croton River East Branch Croton River East Branch Sacandaga River East Canada Creek Eightmile Creek Esopus Creek Fall Kill Fishkill Creek Fonteyn Kill Fulmer Creek Hannacrois Creek Honnedaga Brook Hoosic River Jackson Creek Jan De Bakkers Kill Kaaterskill Creek Kayaderosseras Kinderhook Creek Kisco River Lake Creek Little Shawangunk Kill Maritje Kill Miami River Mill Creek Mohawk River Moodna Creek Moordener Kill Moyer Creek Muddy Kill Neepaulakating Creek Normans Kill Nowadaga Creek Onesquethaw Creek Oriskany Creek Otsquago Creek Otter Kill Papakating Creek Peekskill Hollow Creek Pocantico River Pochuck Creek Poesten Kill Potic Creek Quassaick Creek Roeliff Jansen Kill Rondout Creek Sacandaga River Sauquoit Creek Saw Kill Saw Mill River Sawyer Kill Schoharie Creek Schroon River Shawangunk Kill Sparkill Creek Sprout Creek Steele Creek Stockport Creek Stony Clove Creek Taghkanic Creek Tenmile Creek Tin Brook Titicus River Verkeerder Kill Vloman Kill Wallkill River Walloomsac River Wappinger Creek Wawayanda Creek West Branch Papakating Creek West Branch Sacandaga River West Canada Creek West Kill Wynants Kill
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