Glenmere Lake

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location = Orange County, New York
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Glenmere Lake is a colonial Mill pond located in Orange County, New York. It is New York State's largest and virtually last habitat [http://www.glenmere.us/ Glenmere Conservation Coalition website] .] of the NYS-listed "Endangered" Northern Cricket Frog ("Acris crepitans") and is threatened by both private and municipal developments. [ [http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080831/NEWS/808310321 "Enjoy cricket frogs before they're gone"] , "Times Herald Record" (August 31, 2008).] [Matt King (October 26, 2007). [http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071026/NEWS/710260357 "Another delay for Glenmere Lake project"] , "Times Herald Record".] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhUXiTmXo6c&feature=related Glenmere Lake's Tiny Little Frog] . YouTube.]

The lake is part of the greater Orange County-owned Glenmere Preserve.Glenmere presents one of the largest wild areas in Orange County., the fastest-growing county in New York State. Glenmere is the most biologically diverse natural feature of Orange County.

Hardwood swamp, shale ridgelines, wide marsh, mossy bogs, vernal pools and open-water reservoir comprise one of the Hudson Valley’s most biologically diverse parcels.

Such biodiversity, presenting in New York’s fastest-growing county, underscores the critical nature of Glenmere’s unique habitat. [John Lew (April 5, 2008). [http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/04/05/warwick_advertiser/news/12.txt "Glenmere Lake Discovery Day attracts more than 100 people"] , "Warwick Advertiser".] 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 [Matt King (July 7, 2008). [http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080707/NEWS/807070311 "Endangered frog halts development"] , "Pocono Record".] - 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. 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.

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

References

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reservoirs_and_dams_in_New_York]